Scientist at the University Of Colorado School of Medicine discovered that stimulant drugs have a more profound effect on women’s brain volume than in men. Recent reports show that since 2008 the use of recreational drugs by Latino teenagers has been on the rise. The study, published in the journal Radiology, analyzed structural brain MRI exams in 127 men and women; 59 people (28 women and 31 men) who previously had an addiction to cocaine, amphetamines and methamphetamine, revealed that women who were previously drug abusers showed significant loss of gray matter. "While the women previously dependent on stimulants demonstrated widespread brain differences when compared to their healthy control counterparts, the men demonstrated no significant brain differences," Jody ...
CentroNía, which provides coaching and professional development training to teachers and administrators recently released its CentroNía Institute Reflective Approach (CIRPA) Toolkit in Washington DC. The toolkit which is based on the latest research in child development is intended to be a guide and on-going support to teachers and school administrators to implement effective lesson planning and to evaluate the effectiveness of their lessons. "We are moving from early care to early learning when implementing the CIRPA Toolkit, “Esteban Morales Educational Director at CentroNía said. The toolkit which is funded by Fight for Children and the Washington Area Women’s Foundation will be first implemented in 13 centers in the Washington DC area. “We are excited to share the ...
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Jenny Castro Un estudio realizado por el Centro para el Control y Prevención de las Enfermedades de EE.UU. (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés) develó que los hispanos nacidos en este país son casi el doble de propensos a una enfermedad del corazón y cáncer, según el Colegio Americano de Cardiología, esto se debe a que comparado con otros grupos raciales y étnicos, los hispanos están menos informados respecto a las enfermedades del corazón, ignorando que estas son de las principales causas de muerte en Estado Unidos. Por otro lado el CDC estima que los hispanos son el doble de propensos a morir de diabetes y enfermedades del hígado que los caucásicos. En relación al acceso a la salud, más del doble de los hispanos menores de 65 que no tienen ...
The U.S. population does not consume enough fruits and vegetables a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) concluded, NBC Health reports. Latinos in the U.S. consume even less fruits and vegetables than the national average. Most Hispanics consume less than two servings of fruit and vegetables per day. For its study, the CDC went through data from a national survey “to calculate just how close Americans come to meeting national recommendations.” "These results indicate that fewer than 18 percent of adults in each state consumed the recommended amount of fruit and fewer than 14 percent consumed the recommended amount of vegetables," Latetia Moore from the CDC and Frances Thompson from NCI write in the CDC’s ...
De acuerdo a la Fundación de Cáncer de Piel, los latinos tienen un riesgo más alto de ser diagnosticado con este tipo de cáncer en un estado más avanzado. El tipo de cáncer de piel más severo es conocido como melanoma el cual afecta primordialmente a mujeres entre 25-29 años. Según doctores y expertos en la materia la mayor parte de la población tiene la percepción de que el cáncer en la piel nada más afecta a los adultos. Sin embargo, recientes estudios han demostrado que la incidencia de cáncer entre niños y adolescentes ha aumentado en los últimos años. “Esta percepción errónea de que si eres niño, no hay forma de que padezcas de cáncer en la piel es muy engañosa,” dice el Dr. Adam Friedman. Mientras el cáncer en la piel afecta primordialmente a ...
Find the latest advances in Latino health—from a health-promoting video series to removing "taco dogs" from schools—in the IHPR Noticias E-newsletter. IHPR Noticias has lots of info on the latest local and national health disparities-related news, resources and events: Story: New TV Series by Salud America! and KSAT-TV (Pg. 1)
Study: Program Helps Hispanic Kids Adopt Healthier Lifestyle (Pg. 3)
Story: Inaugural Event Explores Women’s Cancer Survivorship (Pg. 4)
Story: Social Media Uproar Causes District to Remove ‘Taco Dog’ from School Menus (Pg. 6)
Campaign: 27,000+ People Tell Taco Bell: Quit Pushing Sugary Drinks (Pg. 8)
Resources: 5 Ways to Set the Stage for Success by Latino Youth (Pg. 9) IHPR Noticias is a quarterly publication from the Institute for ...
Screening women for symptoms of postpartum depression (PPD) right after giving birth may not be an effective method in detecting those at high risk of developing PPD, Fox Health reports. Latinas who suffer from PPD often do it in silence and ignore the feelings of depression as a “temporary case of nervios (nerves),” according to Baby Center In a study published in the Annals of Family Medicine, researchers found that for many women the first signs of depression appeared months later after giving birth. Researchers studied 1,432 women in 16 U.S. states for a period of up to a year after giving birth and found that most women were at higher risk of developing PPD after six months. The center of disease control and prevention reports that PPD affects up to 15 percent of ...
Un panel internacional de expertos en cáncer de seno ha acordado que las mamografías son más efectivas en mujeres en sus 50 y 60 años, reporta Fox Health. De acuerdo a estadísticas por la fundación Susan G. Komen, el 64% de mujeres hispanas han tenido una mamografia en los últimos dos años, pero aun así el cáncer de seno continua siendo la principal causa de muerte entre latinas. Por años expertos, han recomendado que mujeres mayores de 40 años se realizen un mamograma anual, sin embargo hay poca evidencia de que estos sean efectivos en detectar el cáncer de seno en mujeres menores de 50 años, aunque pocos miembros del panel no están convencidos de que esto aplique a mujeres entre 45-49 años. “La sociedad de cáncer pronto actualizara nuestras guías,” dijo su ...
Alzheimer’s kills more people than breast cancer and prostate cancer combined, Latin Post reports. Latinos are significantly affected by Alzheimer’s and are “1.5 times more likely than non-Latino whites to develop the disease. “ High blood pressure, stroke and heart disease are a few of the risk factors for Alzheimer’; health factors that affect a significant portion of elderly Hispanics. “It's time to raise the profile of Alzheimer's in the Latino community. Right now, Alzheimer's disease isn't thought of an urgent health issue within the community. Diabetes, cardiovascular disease and obesity... these are all really seen as urgent issues within the Latino community, but Alzheimer's, for the longest time, has fallen by the wayside," Jason Resendez, Director of ...
