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Michelle Obama to address NAACP annual convention - The Associated Press

June 30, 2010 - 1:41pm

Michelle Obama to address NAACP annual convention
The Associated Press
... are overweight or obese, putting them at risk of developing serious health conditions. The statistics are worse among black and Hispanic children. ...
Michelle Obama to Talk Obesity at NAACP ConventionColorLines magazine

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Study: Counseling increases mammo screening in low income populations - Health Imaging & IT

June 30, 2010 - 9:58am

Eureka! Science News

Study: Counseling increases mammo screening in low income populations
Health Imaging & IT
Forty-five percent of the target population was Caucasian, 12 percent were Hispanic and 43 percent consisted of African-American women; average annual ...
Counseling increased mammography use among low-income women with health insuranceEurekAlert (press release)
More poor women get mammograms with counselingCuretoday.com (press release)

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Data: 33% of Arizona Hispanics are obese - Arizona Daily Star

June 30, 2010 - 3:01am

Xinhua

Data: 33% of Arizona Hispanics are obese
Arizona Daily Star
... Foundation and the Trust for America's Health lists Arizona among the six most obese states in the country when it comes to its Hispanic population, ...
South has the higest obesity rate, Florida does better than most statesExaminer.com
Study: Arizona among most obese states in USKTAR.com
Utah named the eighth least obese stateSt. George Daily Spectrum
WTAQ -dBTechno -NPR (blog)
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Program talks sexual health to young Latinos - MassLive.com

June 30, 2010 - 12:06am

Program talks sexual health to young Latinos
MassLive.com
Luby said the organization started thinking about what they could do to engage Hispanic people in conversations about sexual health. ...
Coalition targets Latina teen pregnancySan Antonio Express
National Organizations Unveil First-Ever Pledge to Prevent Latino Teen PregnancyPR Newswire (press release)
A National Stand to Prevent Teen PregnancyHuffington Post (blog)
The Exponent
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More Young Moms-to-Be Treated for Meth, Marijuana Abuse - BusinessWeek

June 29, 2010 - 3:27pm

More Young Moms-to-Be Treated for Meth, Marijuana Abuse
BusinessWeek
... of blacks admitted decreased from 24 percent to 14.7 percent, while the proportion of Hispanics admitted increased from 15.7 percent to 21.4 percent. ...
Specialized Treatment Programs Sparse for Gay and Lesbian Clients, SAMHSA SaysJoinTogether.org
National Report Reveals Dramatic Pattern Shifts in Admission to Substance ...Health News - HealthCanal.com

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School-based food and fitness programmes may cut diabetes risk - The Guardian

June 29, 2010 - 12:04pm

TopNews Arab Emirates

School-based food and fitness programmes may cut diabetes risk
The Guardian
Also, all the schools in the study were based in the US and had a high proportion of black, Hispanic, and low-income students – three groups at higher risk ...
HEALTHY: School-based intervention did not reduce obesity, overweightEndocrine Today
ADA: HEALTHY Study Gets A for Effort, But C for ResultsMedPage Today
A School-Based Intervention for Diabetes Risk ReductionNew England Journal of Medicine (subscription)
Temple University News (blog) -PhysOrg.com
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Whooping Cough Epidemic Deadly - Food Consumer

June 29, 2010 - 10:46am

Whooping Cough Epidemic Deadly
Food Consumer
Since 1998, more than 80 percent of the infants in California who have died from pertussis have been Hispanic. The pertussis vaccine is safe for children ...

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Number of Women Without Children Reaches All Time High - AOL Health (blog)

June 28, 2010 - 4:19pm

TopNews United Kingdom (blog)

Number of Women Without Children Reaches All Time High
AOL Health (blog)
White women remain the most likely not to have had a child, but the childless rates have grown more quickly for blacks, Hispanics and Asians over the past ...
Demographics is destiny (or, make babies, not bureaucrats)The North Star National

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United Health Foundation Awards $1225000 in Scholarships to More Than 200 ... - MarketWatch (press release)

June 24, 2010 - 8:37am

United Health Foundation Awards $1225000 in Scholarships to More Than 200 ...
MarketWatch (press release)
... National Association of Black Nurses; National Association of Hispanic Nurses; National Hispanic Health Foundation; National Medical Fellowships, Inc.; ...

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