Hispanic men in the United States tend to have a more passive approach to their health than other men in the United States, putting them at risk of being diagnosed with life-threatening diseases when is too late. Diabetes, liver failure, hypertension and obesity are among the top diseases that affect Latino men. Type 2 diabetes often referred to as the ‘silent killer’ often presents no symptoms and can cause loss of eyesight, stroke and kidney failure. Liver disease which is often genetic or caused by obesity can rapidly damage the liver beyond repair. Heart disease, when left untreated, can cause blood clots and lead to a heart attack or stroke and sometimes death. “Hispanic men place great emphasis and pride on supporting their families and being great providers; ...
Six Flags theme parks offer family fun in the sun—but no tips on how to eat healthy while having fun. Six Flags’ “healthy food” webpages have no nutritional facts! They list churros, nachos, pizza, and fried chicken as nutritious, and only have vague references to healthy options, like salad. The parks’ 26 million annual visitors deserve better. Tell Six Flags to list and describe its specific healthy menu options and add nutritional information to its website so families can make plans to eat healthy while at the theme parks! For example, 9 of the 10 foods claimed as “nutritious” at Six Flags Fiesta Texas in Latino-majority San Antonio are not actually that nutritious if prepared traditionally, according to a dietician—they’re high in cholesterol, sodium and ...
Doctores en Texas han rediseñado antiguo procedimiento para el tratamiento de cáncer ovárico, combinando cirugía con quimioterapia con muy buenos resultados. La rediseñada estrategia que incluye “asignar una calificación a la severidad del cáncer para guiar el tratamiento, “ ha demostrado ser muy eficaz y doctores han logrado remover el 86 por ciento de la enfermedad en pacientes tratados durante los dos últimos años, reporta the Wall Street Journal. Sin embargo, doctores aún no han demostrado que esta rediseñada estrategia pueda extender la vida de pacientes afectadas, pero si están seguros de que tendrá un impacto positivo. “La idea era tomar información que es ya conocida y ponerla en práctica para poder tener un impacto rápido y eficaz en la salud del ...
More than 200 cancer survivors and healthcare providers explored diet, spirituality, and more at the inaugural Women’s Survivorship Summit on June 13, 2015, in San Antonio. The summit, which featured guest speakers and cancer resources, was organized by the San Antonio Cancer Education Collaborative, a coalition that includes the Institute for Health Promotion Research (IHPR) at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio. “The event was a huge success. We made great strides to increase awareness of the various issues faced by cancer survivors, and solutions to those issues” said Sandra San Miguel, summit co-chair and a researcher of Redes En Acción, a Latino cancer research network supported by the National Cancer Institute and led by the IHPR. The summit featured ...
A new international panel of breast cancer experts has agreed that mammograms are most effective in women in their 50's and 60’s, Fox Health reports. According to statistics by Susan G. Komen, 64% of Latina women have had a mammogram over the last two years, but still breast cancer continues to be the leading cause of cancer death among Latinas. For years, experts have recommended women in their 40’s to have a yearly mammogram, but little evidence exists that these are effective before age 50, although some members of the panel disagreed that this is true for women 45 to 49. “The cancer society soon will update its own guidance”, said its chief medical officer, Dr. Otis Brawley. “The international panel's stance does demonstrate that there is legitimate scientific question ...
De acuerdo a un nuevo estudio sobrevivientes de cáncer de próstata que tienden a tener una dieta “occidental,” fuerte en carnes rojas, queso y pan blanco están a un más alto riesgo de volver a tener cáncer, reporta NBC Health. Según los expertos esta es una evidencia más que la dieta típica “Americana,” puedo causar desde problemas cardiovasculares hasta Alzhéimer. Una de las dietas más recomendadas por doctores y expertos en la materia es la “Mediterránea,” rica en frutas y vegetales, aceite de olivo, pescado y granos. “Nuestros resultados demuestran que las mismas recomendaciones que se le hacen a la población en general para prevenir problemas cardiovasculares también pueden disminuir el riesgo de muerte a causa de cáncer de próstata entre ...
The first Wednesday in June is National Running day and according to runningday.org, today is the perfect day "for runners to reaffirm their passion for running and it is also a good day for beginners to begin a life-changing commitment to running." If you haven’t laced your sneakers yet, today might be the perfect day to go out for a stroll or a run. According to experts the benefits of running include: An increase of Good cholesterol
A boost of feel-good chemical serotonin levels in the brain
Decrease your risk of developing blood-clots To find out more about National Running Day and events happening in your community visit ...
Latino kids who grow up in a house with a smoker are twice as likely to become smokers than those who grow up in non-smoking households, according to a new study in the journal Preventive Medicine. The findings are based on data from the Hispanic Community Health Study (HCHS/SOL), the largest ongoing study of Hispanics in the United States. “We know that exposure to cigarette smoking as a child is a risk factor for adult smoking because it’s a learned behavior, and our study results corroborate this theory,” said Dr. Elena Navas-Nacher, a researcher in the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Institute for Minority Health Research and lead author on the paper. The researchers looked at data collected through questionnaires from 13,231 adults ages 18-74 living in cities with ...
Texas doctors have tweaked an old procedure of combining surgery and chemotherapy with promising results to treat ovarian cancer, which disproportionately affects Latinas. The altered strategy, which involves “assigning a score on the severity of the cancer to guide treatment,” has proven quite effective, and doctors have successfully removed 86% of the disease in treated patients over the last two years, the Wall Street Journal reports. Despite the great success of this new approach, doctors haven’t yet proved this new strategy will extend lives, but they’re confident it will have a great impact. “The idea was to take information that’s already known and implement it into practice so we could immediately have an impact on patient survival,” Alpa Nick, gynecological ...
