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Latinas Support Hirono Amendments to Immigration Reform Bill
May 21, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Hispanic Health News
Health advocates applaud Hawaii Senator’s leadership to keep aspiring citizens healthy and productive - The National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health continue reading »
Increase of Exercise Can Help Teens Quit Smoking
April 10, 2013 | by The Celebrity Cafe | Latino Daily News
A recent study proves that taking a short walk can encourage teen smokers to quit smoking. Time reported that scientists from George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services discovered that teens who increased their physical activity by a measly twenty minutes did not smoke as much. continue reading »
Hispanic Health: Undocumented Hispanic HIV Patients Not Likely to Seek Treatment
March 29, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
In a study of HIV-infected patients at Harris Health System’s Thomas Street Health Center, researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center found that undocumented Hispanic patients were likely to seek treatment at a more advanced stage of HIV than other patients. They also found that once these patients entered care, their outcomes were the same or even better than other patients. continue reading »
New “Bionic Eye” Device Helps Blind People See
February 17, 2013 | by The Celebrity Cafe | Latino Daily News
A “bionic eye” has just been approved by the Food and Drug Administration to help those who are completely blind to see again, to a certain extent. continue reading »
Documentary Asks If Cancer, AIDS and Autism are “Incurable Diseases” or Lucrative Investments?
December 9, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
On the heels of Prop. 37 being denied in California, COS Productions, a Miami-based production company takes on the medical, beauty and food industries in a new documentary, “Incurable Diseases” Is It a Business? continue reading »
1.3 Million Women Received Unnecessary And Invasive Cancer Treatment, Study Finds
November 25, 2012 | by ThinkProgress | Latino Daily News
Routine mammograms have caused more than a million U.S. women to receive “unnecessary and invasive cancer treatments over the last 30 years,” a new study finds, detecting tumors that are harmless. continue reading »
STUDY: Border Violence May Have Negative Effect on Kids’ Mental Health
October 21, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Violence and poverty harm the mental health of children living near the Texas-Mexico border, a new study shows. Researchers looked at the mental health of children and teens living in El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, in 2007 and again in 2010. All of the children were Mexican or Mexican-American and lived in homes below the poverty level. None had a history of diagnosed mental illness. continue reading »
National Hispanic Breast Cancer Awareness Day Makes History
October 21, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The National Breast Cancer Foundation in partnership with the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, also known as the Hispanic Evangelical Association, the nation's largest Christian Hispanic organization, held the first-ever National Hispanic Breast Cancer Awareness Day (NHBCAD) through churches across America on Sunday, October 7, 2012. continue reading »
