The gap is closing for some disparities among Latinos, but others are widening, according to the 2014 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). The most notable reduction in health disparities is the number of uninsured Hispanics. In the first half of 2014, “the percentage of adults ages 18-64 without health insurance decreased more quickly among Blacks and Hispanics than Whites.” The decrease was significant, especially in states that expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Health Care Act. Disparities Among the disparities widening, is Hispanics access to quality health care. Latinos “received worse care than Whites for some quality measures.” The report also found that poor households ...
A recent report by the Annie E. Casey Foundation reveals that in the last years the gap between financially stable families and “economically fragile” Latino families is widening. The 2015 Kids Count Data Book, reveals the harsh realities of growing up Hispanic in the United States. Among the most interesting findings: 42% live in single-parent families.
35% — more than any other racial or ethnic group — live in a household headed by someone without a high-school diploma.
63% of 3- and 4-year-olds do not participate in pre-K programs.
More than 80% fail to read at a proficient level in 4th grade.
Nearly 80% fail to score proficient in math in 8th grade. In Texas, where Latinos make up more than 40 percent of the population, Latino children’s reading ...
El cáncer de mama es una de los canceres más comunes entre mujeres latinas. Pero ahora gracias a la tecnología y a la nueva aplicación “My Cancer Journey Apps,” disponible en inglés y en español, para dispositivos móviles, mujeres que han sido diagnosticadas con cáncer de seno podrán contar con un acompañante las 24 horas del día que les brindara información acerca de su condición y además contestara todas sus dudas. “Siempre ha sido nuestro objetivo que todo lo que hacemos llegue a la máximo número de personas posible. Haciendo nuestras aplicaciones disponibles también en español es un paso al frente en nuestro objetivo,” dice John Papandrea presidente de Willowglade Technologies. Pacientes pueden personalizar la aplicación de acuerdo a su ...
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 ...
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 ...
Breast cancer is the most common cancer among Latinas. But now, thanks to “My Cancer Journey Apps,” available in English and Spanish for iPhone and Android, women who had been diagnosed with breast cancer will have a 24/7 companion providing them with answers and information about their illness. “It has always been our objective that everything we do reaches the highest audience possible. Making our apps available also in Spanish is a step forward in achieving that objective,” John Papandrea, CEO and President of Willowglade Technologies said. Patients can personalize the app according to their treatment, their stage and emotional state. The app based on algorithms provides the patient with new content and relevant information during the treatment process. Users can also ...
According to the Skin Cancer Foundation Latinos are more prone to be diagnosed with skin cancer at a much later stage than others in the United States. The deadliest form of skin cancer is melanoma affecting primarily women ages 25-29. According to the doctors most people have the misperception that skin cancer only affects adults, but recent studies show the incidence among children has been growing over the last couple of years. “This misperception that if you're a kid, there's no way you can have skin cancer, whether it be non-melanoma or melanoma skin cancer, is very misleading,” Dr. Adam Friedman told Fox Health. While skin cancer mostly affects fair-skinned individuals everyone is at-risk. "Anyone can get skin cancer. Skin cancer does not care what color your skin is, what ...
