Three Columbia University students participating in a volunteer mission in Honduras were killed on Jan. 14 when a bus on which they were traveling veered off a road and fell at least 260 feet into a ravine east of the Tegucigalpa, the country's capital.
Let's face it, it's not always pleasant to talk about our colons -- but the bottom line is it's important, especially during Colon Cancer Awareness month in March and the disease greatly impacts Latinas.
"Colorectal cancer is the 2nd leading cancer in Hispanic women, and the 3rd leading cause of cancer death among Hispanic women," Dr. Heather Greenlee, who is the assistant professor of Epidemiology, Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, told the Latin Post.
