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Prescription Drug Overdose Deaths Surpass Heroin, Cocaine Deaths CombinedThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed in an early release excerpted from its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report that overdose deaths involving opioid pain relievers have increased, and now exceed deaths involving heroin and cocaine. ...continue |
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Flu Shots Less Effective for the ObeseThe very overweight just can't catch a break. Not only are the obese subject to a slew of well-known health risks, including heart disease and diabetes, new research has found that flu vaccines are less effective in the significantly overweight. ...continue |
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New Study Links Vitamins to Increased Death in WomenIn its more than 20 years of studying women's health, the Iowa Women's Health Study revealed that taking daily vitamins and minerals (multivitamins) may in fact be harmful. ...continue |
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All Eyes on Healthcare ReformWith one in three U.S. Hispanics lacking health insurance, it's little wonder recent nationwide surveys show that the Hispanic population considers healthcare reform to be the No. 1 issue of the day — surpassing even immigration reform and the economic downturn. Now, with a historic effort underway on Capitol Hill to merge two recently approved health bills — the House's in November and the Senate in late December — the implications for Hispanics are monumental. ...continue |
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Pioneering Hispanic Nurse to Head School of Nursing in TexasIn 1992, Elias Provencio-Vasquez became the first Hispanic male in U.S. history to earn a doctoral degree in nursing. This week, he achieved another first. After a national search, The University of Texas at El Paso appointed Provencio-Vasquez as the dean of the School of Nursing, university officials announced Monday. Provencio-Vasquez is the first Hispanic male in the United States to assume such a position. ...continue |
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Swine Flu More Severe on Hispanics, African AmericansSwine flu is taking a disproportionate toll on Hispanics and blacks, with high percentages of children deaths (though small overall numbers) and a higher rate of adult hospitalization. ...continue |
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Shortage of Hispanic MDs in Calif. Exacerbates Health IssuesAlthough Hispanics make up a third of California's population, they constitute just 5 percent of the state's physicians, according to a 2008 study by the Center for California Health Workforce Studies. Health officials say the shortage is problematic because Hispanic doctors are many times more likely than non-Hispanic doctors to work in areas where healthcare services are lacking. They're also more likely to practice primary care, a branch of medicine that is lagging as medical students flock to the more lucrative specialty fields. ...continue |
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The Hispanic Paradox: U.S. Hispanics Live Longer, Despite Socio-Economic HurdlesAgain and again, we hear that the Hispanic population is disproportionately beset by the bugbears of poverty, obesity, Type 2 diabetes and lack of access to quality health coverage and insurance. These unfortunate facts are indisputable. But what many people don't realize is that, when it comes to the bottom line -- that is, mortality -- the news for Hispanics is good. Very good. ...continue |
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Swine-Flu Scare Prompts Conflicting Messages From Europe, U.S.The swine flu that originated in Mexico has Europeans in a scare, with authorities there issuing advisories against traveling to Mexico and the United States, sending stocks into a free fall. ...continue |
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Amelie Ramirez: Public Health PioneerAmelie G. Ramirez, DrPH, is a public health pioneer, but that should come as no surprise for a woman who has been breaking stereotypes and demanding equality for decades. She's ascended to a position that allows her to battle for the rights of women and underserved populations in the public health arena, and, in doing so, she has become an inspiration. ...continue |
