Diabetic retinopathy, the most common type of diabetic eye disease, affects more than 7 million Americans and that number is expected to rise to 11 million by 2030, according to the National Eye Institute (NEI). Latinos, American Indians and African Americans are at higher risk. “Only about half of all people with diabetes get an annual comprehensive dilated eye exam, which is essential for detecting diabetic eye disease early, when it is most treatable,” Dr. Paul Sieving, director of the NEI said in a press release. Diabetic eye disease is a group of conditions including cataract, glaucoma, and diabetic retinopathy and everyone with type 1 and type 2 diabetes is at risk. What can you do if you have diabetes? Take your medications as prescribed by your doctor
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How can one family have an impact on reducing obesity in their school and beyond? Just look at the Surani sisters of Corpus Christi, Texas. After learning that their city had been named the fattest in the nation and how obesity is a huge health threat among children, the three girls wanted to take action They, with the help of their parents and others, created several programs to improve children’s health, including the iConquer program to help kids beat obesity by achieving healthy lifestyles starting from the early ages of 3 to 6 years old.
Sister History of Health
Fifteen-year-old Zoya Surani, along with sisters Sara (19) and Saherish (16), grew up in a household where healthy choices were commonplace. Their father, a pulmonologist, and mother, a respiratory therapist, ...
The Springfield, Miss. City Council rewrote an indecency law in September 2015, after two Free the Nipple protests in August 2015, in which protestors showed up topless with only tape covering their nipples. This was legal under the previous law, but the new law makes it a crime to show the female breast below a point immediately above the top of the areola. However, women in the adult entertainment business and women breastfeeding infants less than 1-year-old are exempt. This law is viewed by many to disriminate based on gender and to criminalize breastfeeding and pumping. On October 26, 2015, Free the Nipple and local residents, with help from the American Civil Liberties Union, filed a lawsuit suing the city. Deb Hipp of Courthouse News Service stated, "The plaintiffs claim ...
A new app by the company LowestMed has been launched that will allow Latinos to compare prescription medicine prices. The app, called MediBajo, is the first of its kind specifically designed for the Latino community. The app utilizes user-friendly mobile technology to compare prescription drug prices at local pharmacies. “Prescription drug prices vary and many people end up paying too much or skip their medications simply because of the lack of pricing transparency,” said LowestMed CEO Brad Bangerter. “This can be an even bigger problem if there is a language barrier. We created MediBajo specifically for the 55 million Hispanics in the U.S. to help ensure they can compare prices at local pharmacies and get the best discounts available by using an app tailored to their own ...
According to a report from the Utah Department of Health, the health of Utah’s Latinos has shown little improvement in the last five years. Latinos in the state continue to show higher levels of obesity, infant mortality, and other negative health measures. According to a report from the Utah Department of Health, the health of Utah’s Latinos has shown little improvement in the last five years. Latinos in the state continue to show higher levels of obesity, infant mortality, and other negative health measures. “We didn’t seem to improve a whole lot in some of these measures that we’ve been needing to improve,” said the report’s lead author and health program specialist at the Utah Department of Health, Jake Fitisemanu. “Being an optimistic person and seeing the great ...
A report published by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research determined that health disparities persist for California’s 9.8 million adult Latinos. The rates of obesity, poor health, food insecurity and lack of insurance are higher than the state’s average. The Center used the data from the 2012-2013 California Health Interview Survey. An estimated 2.7 million Latinos are estimated to be food insecure. The data revealed large gaps in the between Latino groups in that nearly 40% of Salvadorans, as an example reported fair or poor health compared to 12.8% of South Americans and 30.8% of Latinos overall. Non-U.S. born Mexican adults and Salvadorans were shown to have the most difficulty in reliably obtaining food. Among Latino groups, South Americans have the lowest ...
It motivated Andrew Jimenez to pursue a PhD “when it previously wasn’t a thought.” It opened Jasmin Berrios’ eyes to new cancer research fields to study. “It” is the Éxito! Latino Cancer Research Leadership Training program at the Institute for Health Promotion Research (IHPR) at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio. Éxito! (English: Success!) recently received a $1.4 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to continue to offer its annual five-day summer institute, internships, and other activities from 2015-2020 to empower master’s-level students and health professionals—like Jimenez and Berrios—to pursue a doctoral degree and cancer research careers. Of 101 Éxito! graduates since 2010, more than 30 percent have applied to doctoral ...
There is a movement in central Florida starting to blossom that promotes healthy food and activities through intergenerational connections. OASIS Catch Healthy Habits program encourages senior citizens to teach young kids how to stay healthy and active by volunteering and teaching them wisdom about what it takes to live a healthy long life. The program is sponsored by a grant from the Winter Park Health Foundation. The Rollins Center for Lifelong Learning established the Volunteers organized in Community Engagement program (VOICE), to recruit the senior citizen volunteers. The senior citizens volunteer with BrookShire Elementary every week to teach K-5 kids with a three-pronged strategy that includes a nutritious snack packed with energy, a nutrition lesson, and a fun game or ...
A como vamos envejeciendo partes del cerebro responsables de la memoria se encojen. Este proceso se acelera cuando se consume alcohol o drogas. De acuerdo a expertos, hay ciertas cosas que se pueden hacer para mantener una memoria al 100 por ciento. Caminar: El caminar por 40 minutos tres veces a la semana, de acuerdo a doctores incrementa el tamaño del hippocampus, la cual es la parte del cerebro donde se guardan las memorias. Reír: Estudios demuestran que el reir por lo menos 20 minutos incrementa la memoria a corto plazo y reduce el estrés. Música: El escuchar música en otro idioma o música clasical también ayuda a incrementar ondas en el cerebro relacionadas a mejor memoria y ...
