El ejercicio puede reducir la probabilidad de padecer de diabetes gestacional, el cual afecta a muchas latinas, reporta Health Day. En un estudio reciente por investigadores españoles publicado en BJOG: an International Journal of Obstretics and Gynaecology, encontró que dentro de 2,800 mujeres que participaron en el estudio, las que ejercitaron durante su embarazo redujeron su riesgo de padecer de diabetes gestacional por más del 30 por ciento. Mujeres embarazadas que combinaron aerobics, pesas, y flexibilidad durante sus ejercicios redujeron su nivel de riesgo aún más. "El ejercicio no es algo que se deba temer durante el embarazo. El nivel moderado de ejercicio usado en estos estudios tuvo efectos significativamente positivos sobre la salud, y se encontró que eran ...
Exercise can reduce risk of gestational diabetes, which significantly affects Latinas, Health Day reports. In a recent study by Spanish researchers published in the BJOG: an International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, found that out of 2,800 women who participated in their research studies, those that exercised reduced their risk of pregnancy-related diabetes (gestational diabetes) by more than 30 percent. Women that exercised throughout the entire pregnancy had a 36 percent lower risk of gestational diabetes. Pregnant women that combined toning, flexibility, strength and aerobic exercise reduced their risk even more. "Exercise is not something to be feared during pregnancy -- the moderate levels of exercise used in these studies had significantly positive effects on ...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved mid -stage trial of a vaccine that could potentially reverse type one-diabetes, Reuters reports. The FDA gave the green light to test the bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine in 150 adults with advanced cases of diabetes, which significantly affects Latinos in the United States. "In the phase I (preliminary) trial, we demonstrated a statistically significant response to BCG, but our goal in (this trial) is to create a lasting therapeutic response,” Dr. Denise Faustman, director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Immunobiology Laboratory in Boston and principal investigator of the study said in a statement. "We will be working again with people who have had type 1 diabetes for many years. This is not a prevention ...
Bicycling is one of the healthiest and greenest ways to get around. The number of people peddling to work has significantly increased over the last couple of years, according to the League of American Bicyclists. But the number may not be high enough to make a difference in the health of millions of Americans, especially Latinos who are at a higher risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease. According to doctors the benefits of bike riding include Increased cardiovascular fitness
Increased muscle strength and flexibility
Improved joint mobility
Decreased stress levels
Improved posture and coordination
Strengthened bones
Decreased body fat levels
Prevention or management of disease
Reduced anxiety and depression Data from a research in Finland showed ...
The leading causes of death among Latinos are diabetes and cardiovascular disease, according to the first national annual report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The report evaluates the health risks Latinos were exposed to in comparison to non-Hispanic whites in the U.S between 2009 and 2013. Despite less Latinos dying from the top 10 most lethal diseases in the United States more Latinos die from diabetes, chronic liver disease and cirrhosis. The report also found that among Latinos smoking is less common (14%) than among whites (24%), but is high among Puerto Rican males (26 %) and Cuban males (22%). The CDC also found differences among Hispanics born in the U.S. and those born abroad. Latinos born outside the United States are more prone to suffer ...
You're invited to register for a webinar at 1-2:30 p.m. ET, April 10, 2015, on the power of storytelling as a public health tool in preventing diabetes and obesity. The webinar, which will take place during National Public Health Week on April 6-12, 2015, will feature a panel of community workers and researchers doing work in vulnerable communities from two cutting-edge projects. Natasha Huey and José Vadi will share the exciting work of The Bigger Picture campaign, which inspires young people to give voice to their stories using spoken word to change the conversation about the disease and the social and environmental factors that have led to its spread. Researchers Jayme Hannay and Rob Dudley, with support from Salud America! (a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation program on Latino ...
About 3.2 million U.S. Latinos have diabetes. And Latino kids have about a 50% lifetime risk of developing diabetes. This makes diabetes a tremendous current and future threat to Latino health—but they way Latinos see this threat varies, according to a new survey. The survey, from the National Alliance for Hispanic Health, shows that while there is general awareness of the disease, Latinos with diabetes are more likely than non-Latinos to worry that, besides themselves, someone in their family would develop diabetes. But the survey also yielded some complicated findings. For example, Latinos were more likely (87%) than whites (80%) to believe that a diabetic can take actions to prevent diabetes. But fewer than half named key disease-management practices like being ...
Latinos struggle with higher rates of diabetes than other groups. But Latinos, who also tend to be early adopters of new media technology, are ready to use their technological savvy to help prevent, manage and treat diabetes, according to promising new survey results by electronic health records review company Software Advice. The survey, which queried 1,983 Latinos, found that: 60% of Latinos are interested in tracking diabetes-related risk factors by independently accessing their medical records online (also known as electronic health records, or EHR).
71% of Latinos would be more likely to try to lower their diabetes risk if their physician sent a personalized risk assessment.
54% of Latinos say they would log and send personal health information electronically at their ...
Latinos, with a diabetes prevalence of roughly 16.9% compared to 10.2% for non-Hispanic whites, are greatly affected by diabetes. Fortunately, a new multicultural initiative aimed at closing the disparities gap is offering hope to members of Latino, African American, and Native American communities. The new five-year initiative, the Alliance to Reduce Disparities in Diabetes (Alliance), has found success by using a unique multisystem approach to managing chronic disease in vulnerable populations. In a cross-site evaluation of the initiative's five-site community-based care centers, investigators found that patients who were a part of the Alliance experienced decreases in blood glucose levels, increased quality of life, and decreased health care costs. Additionally, ...
