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WASHINGTON, DC – The National Medical Association (NMA) along with the Southeast Dairy Association, the Auxiliary to the Columbus-Ft. Benning Medical Association, the Columbus Georgia Chapter, The Links, Inc. will host T.E.A. Talk, Conversations for a Healthy Body and Mind, on November 21 at the Columbus Georgia Convention Center and Trade Center in Columbus, Georgia. [...]
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PORTLAND, OR – Data from a comprehensive survey of nearly 5,000 people with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis reveal that African Americans, Asians and Latinos are more likely than Caucasians to suffer psychological effects from the diseases. The study also found very severe disease to be more common among members of these groups.
Psoriasis is the most [...]
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Newton, MA – Inflexxion, a company that develops scientifically validated solutions for critical areas of health care, is pleased to announce the publication of Cross-Cultural Pain Management: Effective Treatment of Pain in the Hispanic Population. The manual, available at no charge to health care practitioners who register at the PainEDU.org website, provides guidance for practitioners [...]
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CORAL GABLES, FL – Hispanic marketing communications agency Accentmarketing announced its latest release from its Latinas in Charge initiative – “Redefining the Meaning of Well-Being.” This release further explores the U.S. Latina mindset on health, healthcare and health insurance – topics at the forefront of this nation’s agenda.
“We’ve closed the gap in how previous studies [...]
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CAMBRIDGE, MA – Abt Associates was awarded a $3.2 million contract by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of HIV/AIDS Policy to enhance HIV prevention activities in minority serving institutions, engage and train new community partners in HIV prevention activities, and organize an educational and professional development institute for federal staff.
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LITTLE ROCK, AK – The National Transitions of Care Coalition (NTOCC) released Spanish and French translations of patient/caregiver tools, Taking Care of MY Health Care and My Medicine List. The tools, originally developed in English, provide a resource which patients and their caregivers can use to improve outcomes and satisfaction with the health care they [...]
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Going back to Mexico is not an option, said the 43-year-old man, kneeling next to his wife’s wheelchair.
Ignacio Godinez Lopez worries about where to get regular access to dialysis after a public clinic closes this week.
His wife, 45, lost her eyesight to diabetes. She also has high blood pressure. And her kidneys are failing.
For years, [...]
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WASHINGTON, DC – Patients First, a project of Americans for Prosperity, a national patients’ organization, has launched the Spanish Web site www.pacientesprimero.com to provide information to the Hispanic community on the current health care debate. The Web site contains facts on the health care legislation proposals in Congress, a petition for Hispanics to voice their [...]
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HACKENSACK, NJ – Virgil H. Simons, Founder and President of The Prostate Net announced the organization’s latest major initiative in the fight against prostate cancer. The production and release of a culturally-neutral Website http://theprostatenet.org/espanol/ – that seeks to deliver and discuss contemporary information and issues relative to the disease for Latino/Hispanic consumers, patients, caregivers and [...]
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Rodan + Fields Dermatologists, the clinical skincare brand developed by Stanford University-trained dermatologists Katie Rodan, M.D. and Kathy Fields, M.D., are entering the Hispanic market. Through a variety of Spanish language initiatives, Rodan + Fields will bring the dermatologic knowledge and skincare expertise of Dr. Rodan and Dr. Fields to the [...]
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Washington D.C. – As the current debate on health care rages in town halls across the nation, immigration is being used as a way to jam a stick into the wheels of impending reform. Some are scapegoating immigrants as a way to thwart progress on the issue and are arguing that even legal immigrants be [...]
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA – UnitedHealthcare is launching three Spanish-language educational health seminars targeting Latino seniro citizens. After each seminar, program attendees are being invited to attend a free class called Zumba Gold, an exercise program that helps Latinos stay healthy and fit to the rhythms of Merengue, Salsa, Cumbia, Rumba and Tango.
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ROCKVILLE, MD – Spanish speakers who want to know how soon they can expect to feel better when taking an antidepressant, which rheumatoid arthritis drugs work best against pain or how surgery compares with other options for prostate cancer now can get this and other treatment information through new Spanish-language consumer guides released today by [...]
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. The Latino/a population in the United States is expected to triple by 2050, according to projections from the U.S. Census Bureau. And along with that growth, says University of Illinois professor Lydia Buki, will come a rise in the number of individuals from that population who are diagnosed with cancer.
In particular, based on [...]
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ATLANTA, GA – Blacks had 51 percent higher prevalence of obesity, and Hispanics had 21 percent higher obesity prevalence compared with whites, according to researchers with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Greater prevalences of obesity for blacks and whites were found in the South and Midwest than in the West and Northeast. Hispanics in [...]
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ROCKVILLE, MD – HHS’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality today announced “Consejos de Salud Para Ti,” (Health Advice for You), a new monthly online health advice column for Spanish-speaking consumers. The column provides evidence-based tips on preventive health, safe and appropriate use of medications and other medical therapies, ways to get better health care, [...]
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