National Influenza Vaccination Week, observed December 6-12, 2015, is a week dedicated to highlighting the importance of vaccination coverage, and the high risk of serious flu complications faced by pregnant women, the elderly, young children and individuals with chronic health conditions.
Nationally, HIV diagnoses declined nearly 20 percent, although progress has been uneven. Diagnoses among Latina women and white women declined steadily over the past decade (35 percent and 30 percent, respectively). Although, there have been increases among HIV diagnoses for Latino men who are gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men.
DECIMOS NO MÁS, a new campaign, hopes to facilitate communication between Latino children and parents. The NO MÁS project promotes the notion that conversations about healthy sexual behaviors, consent and domestic violence will empower young people to act responsibly.
Colombia, a country once known as the home of the world's four major drug trafficking cartels, is now set to legalize the therapeutic use of marijuana under a presidential decree.
Between 2013 and 2014, the prevalence of autism doubled for young people in the U.S., but plunged for Hispanic youth. The shift in rates could be attributed to changes in environmental factors, pharmaceuticals or advances in research, or it could simply be attributed to changes to survey questions, affecting estimations of developmental disabilities.
Could Meatless Monday help to curb childhood obesity in our nation's elementary and high schools? National obesity rates continue to surge despite cognizance about the importance of an active lifestyle and healthy eating; perhaps a weekly plant-based meal and food education could be the answer.
The goal of doubling lung cancer survival by 2022 begins with spreading awareness about lung health during Lung Cancer Awareness Month. November is an annual opportunity to increase survival rates, promote prevention and inform the public about the realities of lung cancer.
Stress and anxiety is associated with obesity in adults, but interestingly, it can also instigate obesity in the children of severely stressed adults. In fact, new research demonstrates that extremely frazzled Latino parents are nearly twice as likely to raise obese children.
National Diabetes Month is a 30-day period dedicated to discussing diabetes risk factors, preventative care and management for the sake of prolonging lives and promoting healthier living.
Nutritionally-poor and unhealthy snacks have become increasingly present in television advertisements within the past five years, despite promises to regulate youth exposure to sugary, high-calorie food. A new report on marketing and snack food nutrition has found that Hispanic and black youth are disproportionate viewers of ads promoting unhealthy savory and sweet snacks.
"Eat everything in moderation" may be bad advice according to research produced by The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University. In fact, adhering to the old saying may result in a larger waist line, the development of diabetes and poor metabolic health.
The University of Washington has produced research, which found that approximately 3.5 percent of neighborhoods in Houston have the highest risk for cancer in the nation. The research also determines that toxic conditions are a threat to many poor immigrant Latino communities.
Emory University produced a study that offers a clearer understanding of why U.S. Latino and African American patients are less trusting of physicians than white patients.
Harvard and Stanford researchers published a report in October's issue of Health Affairs, which confirms that work-related stress is killing the American worker, shaving years from their life.
Within the U.S. Latino community, respiratory health is an important topic, particularly because environmental pollutants and work conditions put Latinos at heightened risk of developing respiratory conditions and diseases.
