05.21.08
Posted in Health at 1:17 pm by william_lee_intern
People think that Asian-Americans have health insurance, because they believe that Asians can easily afford it, but they are the ones who lack health insurance compared to others.
The figure states that there are about 200,000 New Yorkers who can’t afford health insurance for their family and for themselves. Problem about not having health insurances actually has several levels, but there are also many organizations that can help to those people who cannot afford it.
“We need universal healthcare. We need healthcare to be affordable in the United States, so all segments of the population can be productive citizens” said Wayne Ho executive director of Asian American children and families.
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05.15.08
Posted in Health at 12:47 pm by william_lee_intern
Philippine American Community Center of Michigan
17356 Northland Park Court in Southfield.
May 17, 2008 From 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Call 248-443-7037
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The Philippine Medical Association of Michigan and the Filipino American Community will be conducting its Health and Fitness Expo for this year 2008. The expo will be doing tests for diabetes, high blood pressure, and free screenings as well, all of it will be done for free.
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04.16.08
Posted in Health at 9:43 am by william_lee_intern
The American Association for Cancer Research suggests at the 2008 Annual Meeting from April 12 to 16 that poorer outcomes for breast cancer and prostate cancer among minorities may be due to biologic factors. Researchers also present a new theory on why a recent decline in breast cancer rates was less pronounced among African-American women, and offer data on a relatively simple means of reducing racial disparities in breast cancer care.
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Posted in Health at 9:15 am by william_lee_intern
The most severely wounded and disabled US soldier to return home from Iraq is a Filipino-American by the name of Jay Briseno Jr. who became quadriplegic and blind after the war. Jay now lives with his parents and siblings in Virginia and requires full-time, around-the-clock care.His family has transformed their basement into an intensive care unit where they take turns looking after him.
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04.08.08
Posted in Health at 8:44 am by william_lee_intern
The University of Utah School of Medicine hosted a no-cost conference for minority and women college students in the state who are interested in careers in medicine, pharmacy, nursing and physical therapy on April 5. The conference was geared toward American Indians, Hispanics, blacks, Pacific Islanders and women in an effort to increase the number of minority students in health care professions. It included workshops on careers in various health care fields, information on how to apply to medical school and job opportunities.
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04.07.08
Posted in Health at 9:19 am by william_lee_intern
Members of Project Coalition for Health Access to Reach Greater Equity were joined by Assembly Members Richard Gottfried and Ellen Young, City Council Members Alan J. Gerson and Robert Jackson, and the Asian & Pacific Islander Health Forum, to launch a four-year national campaign to eliminate health disparities in the Red Room, City Hall in February. The API community is locked out of the health care system because of the high cost of care and language barriers and they have to rely on the patch-work system for necessary medical care. New York Coalition hope to change the tide and raise the visibility of Asian Pacific Islanders by partnering with local and state government and foundations.
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Posted in Health at 8:51 am by william_lee_intern
Tens of thousands of Pacific Islanders, Korean Americans and Southeast Asians lack health insurance according to a study released by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum on April 1. The disparity is particularly acute in California, home to a third of the nation’s Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
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04.03.08
Posted in Health at 8:46 am by william_lee_intern
National health care studies often treat Asian Americans as a homogenous, and largely healthy group. However, a new study analyzing three years of government-compiled data has revealed substantial pockets of poor health and low insurance levels within the population. Korean Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders clock in with lower levels of insurance than African Americans and whites.
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04.02.08
Posted in Health at 8:43 am by william_lee_intern
SF State psychologist Linda Juang found in her latest study that Chinese American teenagers who are adjusting to U.S. culture at a different rate than their parents are more likely to suffer symptoms of depression. The study examines how different generations’ attitudes toward parenting affect the mental health of teenagers and find a wide variation of attitudes between parents and children which means that practitioners and counselors need to look at the pair to understand mental health problems in Chinese American teenagers.
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03.27.08
Posted in Health at 10:00 am by william_lee_intern
It is said in the March 28 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine that Calcium deposits in coronary arteries provide a strong predictor for possible future heart attacks and cardiac diseases, and detecting such deposits can be valuable for promoting overall cardiac health. Supported by the National Institutes of Health, the study is the largest involving CT scanning and is the first to include racially and ethnically diverse participants.
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