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Donate a Biospecimen Today to Improve Latino Health Outcomes!
Have you ever wanted to help improve Latino health? Now is your chance! The National Institutes of Health’s All of Us Research Program is recruiting at least one million diverse people to share information…
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Caring For Caregivers: Support for Families Impacted by Dementia
Caregivers are a lifeline for people living with dementia. But who is the lifeline for caregivers? The Caring for the Caregivers program at UT Health San Antonio serves as a resource and support for…
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New Study Sheds Light on Maternal Health Issues and Need for Diversity Among Nurses
Nurses are lifelines for mothers-to-be, helping recognize complications early during labor and delivery. Maternal health for Latinas could improve even further with a more diverse nurse workforce, according to…
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Report: The Deadliest Cities for People Walking Are Now Even More Dangerous
Although driving declined in 2020, U.S. pedestrian deaths increased, especially among Latinos and other people of color, according to the latest Dangerous by Design report from Smart Growth America and…
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Monkeypox and Latinos: What You Need to Know
As America continues to struggle with COVID-19 variants, a monkeypox outbreak has reached almost every state. Monkeypox – a rare disease caused by infection with the monkeypox virus, which causes…
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37% of Latinos with Children Suffer from Depressive Symptoms
Over a third of lower-income Latino adults living with children had frequent anxiety or depressive symptoms this past fall and winter, according to a new analysis from the National Research Center on…
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Study: COVID-19 Raises Maternal Mortality in Latinas
Prior to the pandemic (2007-2016), Latinas had a comparable maternal mortality rate to White women, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. However, a new analysis from the University of Maryland and…
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New Study Aims to Create Risk “Scorecard” for Dementia/Alzheimer’s Disease
Researchers at UC Davis Health and the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston) are working on a new study to predict who is most at risk for dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. The…
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Study Suggests Risk for Miscarriage is Higher During Summer
You’re not imagining it – it is very hot out there. Heat waves swept the nation beginning in early June 2022, putting more than 50 million people under excessive heat warnings and breaking or tying record-high…
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How Do Viruses Make Us Sick?
We all know that some viruses make us sick, like norovirus, which causes vomiting and diarrhea; rhinovirus, which causes the common cold; and SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. But how do these…
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