Cuba is being celebrated for their latest groundbreaking advancement in health and science. According to the World Health Organization, Cuba is the first nation in the world to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis.
While Latino Millennials tend to have a conversative view on abortion, many Texas Latinas are celebrating the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to temporarily block Texas legislation that threatened access to abortion care for tens of thousands of women, namely Latina and low income women.
Thirty-five predominantly rural California counties will soon allow undocumented immigrants to access its healthcare system. This follows the recent trend throughout state granting undocumented immigrants the ability to enroll in state insurance systems.
"Like many people, I do not like going to the dentist," said Kayla Rodriguez. "No offence to dentists," she continued, "but I've had 17 teeth pulled and had braces twice, so I don't want to spend any more time in that chair than I have to." Kayla's career is inspired by that sentiment, even though she works with dentists all the time.
The U.S. Supreme Court decision ruling against the plaintiffs in the King vs. Burwell case provided security for many of the 4.2 million Latinos who have benefitted from the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also commonly referred to as Obamacare.
Cholesterol is a waxy, fatlike substance; and when cholesterol amasses it causes the narrowing and blockage of the carotid or coronary arteries, increasing the likelihood of stroke, angina (chest pain) and heart attack. While individuals of all ages and backgrounds can have high cholesterol, the Latino community lags behind others when it comes to their maintenance and awareness.
Bárbara Bermudo, host of Univision's "Primer Impacto," is a mother of two and expecting her third child. Now in her final trimester, Bermudo has opted to offer up home-stretch pregnancy pointers for first-time mothers on her blog.
"Mysteries of the Brain," a new eight-part video series debuted on NBC Learn, the educational arm of NBCUniversal News Group, in early June, and it continues to highlight new leading research in brain science.
A Colorado teen who thought he had come down with the flu but then died within a few days apparently had been infected with the plague, likely by fleas that put the bacteria directly into his bloodstream.
U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Burwell reiterated the Obama administration's policy that there is no is backup plan if the Supreme Court, removes a vital provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also referred to as Obamacare.
"'Lorena, what did you do?!' yelled Chef Lorena Garcia's mother when she discovered that her then eight-year-old daughter made arepas for the first time for the family in Caracas, Venezuela.Surrounded by an "arepa picnic" on the floor, the young and impressionable Chef Garcia recognized the impact of cooking for someone else, not to mention the lesson that it's preferable to eat at a table rather than the floor!Kids will be kids and that's the idea behind Chef Garcia's recent partnering with P.A.N so that parents and their children will learn the joy of cooking together while keeping traditions alive.
Through surgical and nonsurgical means, orthopedic surgeons can mend musculoskeletal trauma, sports injuries, degenerative diseases, infections, tumors and congenital disorders. However, all too often, multicultural communities are resistant to the help that orthopedic surgery can provide, as many are distrustful of medical professionals and/or fearful of diagnosis.
Whether it's behavioral, anxiety, mood, personality or psychiatric, mental health disorders manifest in many forms. However, non-white youth often face damning obstacles when seeking access, assessment and treatment.
There's a new danger lurking along Florida beaches. No, not sharks, although with so many tourists bobbing in the water, someone's bound to be nibbled. The new threat is in the form of a bacterium that, like the summer swimmers it preys upon, simply loves the warm water.
A person's birth month could determine some of his or her health risks, USA Today reported based on a massive study from Columbia University Medical Center, in which scientists reviewed New York medical databases for 1.7 million patients.
Foreign nativity and immigration are chief players when it comes to incidents of mental illness. Moreover, levels of acculturation have ties to the development of mental health conditions and disorders within the Latino community.
Fourteen years ago, a young girl from the Republic of Congo, diagnosed with the debilitating disease, sickle cell anemia, was preparing for chemotherapy to increase blood production. Knowing the treatments would leave her infertile, her doctors froze a small portion of her right ovary. Now, following successful transplantation of that same ovarian tissue, the woman has given birth to a healthy baby boy.
Officials in South Korea may be breathing a sigh of relief as the MERS outbreak, which has closed over 2,000 schools and quarantined over 3,000 people, passes its critical two-week incubation period. And with infections mainly restricted to hospital settings, even health officials suggest the danger may be waning.
Bipolar disorder, a manic-depressive illness that's known to cause bewildering shifts in activity levels, mood, energy and ability to carry out daily tasks, does not allude the Latino community. However, treating the long-term disruptive condition is a matter of assessment and treatment. As well as the education of the Latino community.
