Despite the ever-growing population of Latinos in the United States, only a very small percentage participate in clinical trials. Clinical trials are studies with volunteers that help researchers learn how to slow, manage, and treat different diseases. “This massive underrepresentation of Latinos in clinical trials makes it hard for researchers to develop new treatments for this group, which suffers a heavy burden of cancer, Alzheimer’s, and other diseases,” said Dr. Amelie Ramirez, director of the Salud America! program at UT Health San Antonio. Do you know what happens in a clinical trial? How can clinical trial help you and your friends, family, and community? Why is Latino participation in clinical trials important? Get answers and helpful resources in new bilingual ...
Cuatro nuevo informes de investigación en español, infografías, y vídeos animados que hablan de las causas y soluciones innovadoras hacia la obesidad infantil Latina, investigado por Salud America!, una red nacional de prevención basada en UT Health Science Center en San Antonio y fundado por la Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. En muchos barrios latinos, los restaurantes de comida rápida y las tiendas de esquina a menudo superan en número y son más utilizados que los supermercados y mercados de granjeros, lo que resulta en el consumo inadecuado de alimentos saludables y el consumo excesivo de alimentos chatarra—parte de la razón por la cual los niños latinos son más propensos a tener sobrepeso u obesidad que sus pares. ¿Cómo pueden los alimentos y bebidas saludables ...
Si hay algo que a los niños no les gustan oír, es lo siguiente: “Es tiempo recibir las vacunas.” Cuando se trata de recibir la vacuna contra la gripe, cada año muchos niños – casi un tercio de todos los niños vacunados – lo evitan y en vez reciben el “FluMist”, un método de forma de aerosol nasal que es alternativo a la inyección tradicional. Pero después de más de una década de ser un alternativo confiable, este año no está disponible debido a que el CDC ha encontrado que no es un método efectivo. Pero la inyección tradicional contra la gripe sí está disponible y es efectiva. El CDC y Kaiser Permanente recomiendan que personas mayores de seis meses deban recibir la vacuna cada año. La gripe es una enfermedad grave y la vacuna es la mejor forma de ...
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Dr. Michel Choueiri of CancerDocs.org I am going to tell you the story of Anna López and why it is important to always ask two doctors before making a major decision. Anna arrived to Los Angeles in 2014 from Guatemala. She turned 49 last June. She was taking a shower one morning when she noticed a mass on her breast. She did not know what to do and went to the first doctor who her cousin knew. After a pleasant consultation, she was advised that she would need to have surgery to remove all her breast. Sad, Anna went home, cried with her husband that night. She could not speak English and did not know many people in LA to ask for help. She agreed to the surgery and the operation was scheduled for the following week. Luckily, her friend who works at UCLA had ...
Guillermina Rice se ha dedicado a velar por los niños en la escuela primaria de su hijo. Es allí donde ha promovido una iniciativa para el consumo de bebidas saludables. Para Rice, el interés en nutrición y hábitos para una vida saludable es un tema personal. La diabetes afecta a familiares de la representante de ventas de 47 años de edad. Cuando su hijo Aero, quien ahora tiene 13 años, asistía a Central Elementary School en San Diego, ella empezó a cuidar a los niños durante el recreo como voluntaria. “Es triste ver como todos nuestros niños que están en la escuela son como discriminados por los otros chiquitos porque están un poquito de sobrepeso”, dijo Rice, quien vive en City Heights, un vecindario de San Diego famoso por sus comunidades de inmigrantes que ...
About six-in-ten U.S. adult Latinos, or 62%, speak English or are bilingual, according to a new analysis of Pew Research Center data. Among U.S.-born Latinos, the vast majority of the second generation speaks English (42%) or is bilingual (50%). By the third generation the percentage of English increases (76%) and bilingual decreases (23%). Foreign-born Latinos are the least likely to speak English (5%), but many are bilingual (35%). What do these data say? It means that, although Latino adults said Latino immigrants need to speak English to succeed while still valuing the ability to speak Spanish, the future of language use in the U.S. is increasingly English and bilingual, according to a Pew report. "And as a sign of the times, Spanglish, an informal hybrid of both ...
More than 20,000 U.S. Latinos are on kidney transplant lists, struggling to survive as they wait for a potential life-saving organ donation. Just like 7-year-old Anthony Rivera. The family of Anthony, who live in Illinois, took him to the doctor after he was too fatigued to play outside and had swollen eyes. They found out he was experiencing renal failure due to kidney disease. He has to get peritoneal dialysis three times a week and his teacher now home-schools him—often in the hospital. “I wake him up at five in the morning and we are back home by 10 a.m.," said Josefina Rivera, his mother. "He lays down to rest and after sleeping a bit, he gets back up to greet his teacher.” As the Latino population continues to grow, so does the waiting list and the critical ...
Latino parents are generally positive about the future, spending more time with their children than their parents did with them, according to a new NBC News: Education Nation poll. The poll, which interviewed 803 U.S. parents or guardians, indicates that all parents agree more than a high school diploma is needed to achieve the American Dream, including good social and communication skills, but there are gaps in just how positive parents are, largely based on their income, race, level of education and marital status. Latino parents were especially optimistic. They were more likely to believe their children will be better off than they are (65%) than whites (40%) and blacks (59%), and less likely to say their children will face more problems growing up than they did (59%) than ...
Bilingual materials, the availability of navigators, and community outreach to answer questions about deadlines, eligibility and financial help would improve Latino participation in enrolling in or renewing health insurance under the second year of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), according to a report by the National Council of La Raza (NCLR). The second ACA open enrollment began Nov. 15, 2014, and ends Feb. 15, 2015. Information and enrollment applications are available at www.HealthCare.gov and www.CuidadoDeSalud.gov or by calling 1-800-318-2596. Also learn more at a #SaludTues Tweetchat on insurance at 1 p.m. ET Tuesday, Dec. 9. Census data shows the number of uninsured Latinos declined slightly, but other data show Latinos were still 23% uninsured after the first year of ...
