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Latina Health Advocates Commemorate Cervical Cancer Awareness Month
January 17, 2013 | by HS News Staff
The National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health (NLIRH) is proud to commemorate January as Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. Jessica González-Rojas, executive director of NLIRH, issued the following statement: continue reading »
Latino Attitudes on Abortion: Roe v. Wade 40 Years Later
January 17, 2013 | by National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health
The upcoming 40th anniversary of the historic Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision is sure to be a widely covered moment in U.S. culture and politics. But two narratives often und continue reading »
Hispanic Health: White Young Adults More Like to Have DUI’s than Latinos and Other Minorities
January 17, 2013 | by Health Behavior News Service/Center for Advancing Health
White young adults were 50 percent more likely than their Black, Hispanic or Asian peers to self-report driving after drinking at age 21, finds a new study in the Journal of Adolescent Health. continue reading »
New Spanish Website Engages Hispanic Community About Sexual Health
January 17, 2013 | by HS News Staff
Beforeplay.org, a Colorado public health initiative aimed at reducing the number of unintended pregnancies, has recently launched a new Spanish website, Beforeplay.org/es. continue reading »
Texting Could Help Spread the Word on Teen Health
January 17, 2013 | by HS News Staff
Study takes advantage of technology to educate kids on nutrition, fitness. Healthy lifestyle text messages could help improve teens' eating and exercise habits, a new study suggests. continue reading »
U.S. Military Suicides Set New Record
January 15, 2013 | by HS News Staff
Suicides in the U.S. Armed Forces last year reached a record 349, compared with 310 combat deaths in Afghanistan. "We're deeply concerned by the suicides in the Armed Forces, which is one of the most ur continue reading »
Latino Health Study: Bilingual Seniors Have Mental Edge
January 15, 2013 | by Voice of America
Older adults who've spoken two languages since childhood have a distinct cognitive edge over their monolingual peers, according to a new study. Previous studies have shown bilingualism seems to favor the development of heightened mental skills. The new research, published in Neuroscience, provides evidence of that cognitive advantage among older, bilingual adults. continue reading »
Hispanic Health: Minorities Less Likely to Get Colon Cancer Screenings
January 15, 2013 | by HealthFinder
Minority patients in the United States are less likely than whites to be screened for colorectal cancer, a new study finds. continue reading »
Cholera Outbreak Reported in Havana
January 15, 2013 | by HS News Staff
The Cuban government said Tuesday that up to 51 cases of cholera have been confirmed in this capital as a result of the outbreak detected at the beginning of January, but noted that the contagion of the disease "is on the point of extinction." continue reading »
Spain Leads Once Again in Organ Transplants
January 15, 2013 | by HS News Staff
Spain in 2012 kept its world leadership in organ transplants with 4,211 procedures, the director of the National Transplants Organization, or ONT, said Tuesday. continue reading »
30 Percent of U.S. Teen Girls Meet Up With Online Strangers
January 15, 2013 | by HS News Staff
Study found that abused or neglected girls were more likely to do so. Nearly a third of American teenage girls say that at some point they've met up with people with whom their only prior continue reading »
What Do Latino Students Think About Smoking? (VIDEO)
January 14, 2013 | by HS News Staff
From SaludToday: A new video highlights Latino students and their views on not smoking. The videos, available in English and Spanish, were done by a Latino group, Manantial de Salud, continue reading »
Flu Outbreak Triggers Public Health Emergency in New York
January 13, 2013 | by HS News Staff
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has declared a public health emergency due to the outbreak of influenza in his state, where at least two children have died since October, media reports said Sunday. continue reading »
Safe Ways to Relieve Your Young Child’s Flu Symptoms
January 12, 2013 | by HS News Staff
Medications not intended for children younger than 4, expert says. Flu season is especially bad in the United States this year, and young children with the flu tend to suff continue reading »
STUDY: Fans of Reality Beauty Shows Twice as Likely to Tan
January 10, 2013 | by HS News Staff
Practice could make them more susceptible to skin cancer, researchers say. People who tune in to reality beauty shows on television are much more likely to use tanning lamps and to tan outdoors than those who don't watch such shows, a new study finds. continue reading »
