Report: Hispanics more exposed to environmental health risks
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The National Resources Defense Council report shows Hispanics, now a majority in some of the nation&#39;s most polluted areas, are particularly threatened by waterborne diseases, air pollution, pesticides and contaminants such as lead and mercury.
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NEW YORK  - The biggest risk factors for heart attack in Latin Americans -- obesity, high cholesterol levels, and smoking -- can all be addressed with lifestyle changes, new research shows.
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Minority women in the United States are less aware of heart problems and stroke than their white counterparts despite being at greater risk of cardiovascular disease, according to a study released on Monday.
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Dec. 1, 2004 -- Minorities remain vastly more vulnerable than whites to HIV and AIDS, according to a new CDC report released Wednesday.
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A new report showed Wednesday that immigrant children are five times more likely to suffer from lead poisoning than U.S.-born children in New York City.
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People who live along the US-Mexico border suffer diabetes at a rate somewhat higher than the national averages in either country, according to a study released Wednesday.
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Black children may be far more susceptible to the ill effects of second-hand tobacco smoke than their white counterparts, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
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Black and Hispanic patients in pain are less likely than whites to get powerful painkillers from U.S. hospital emergency departments, but the reasons may go beyond sheer racial bias, researchers said on Tuesday.
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African American women who report experiences of discrimination based on their race or skin color appear to have an increased risk of poor pregnancy outcomes, according to the findings of two new studies.
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Latinos suffer from eye disease more than other ethnic groups, new research shows, but many have no clue about their condition. Experts say they don&#39;t know why the problem is so widespread and so often untreated.
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NEW YORK  - Mexican Americans who are born  in the US are at least twice as likely as those born in Mexico  to develop asthma, according to a new report.
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Hispanics are nearly twice as likely as whites to be left without television service following the nationwide transition to digital broadcasting next year, according to a new survey.
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The intense debate over illegal immigration has made life more difficult for U.S. Hispanics, the fastest-growing minority in the country, with many fearing deportation and having difficulty finding work and housing, study found.
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Latin America and the Caribbean face the risk of more climate-related disasters, a report warns.
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THURSDAY, Dec. 16 (HealthDayNews) -- Researchers have long wondered about the role environmental factors play in rising rates of childhood ills such as asthma, obesity, autism, learning disabilities and schizophrenia.
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According to a study in Thursday&#39;s New England Journal of Medicine, air pollution not only causes long-term health problems, but might also trigger heart attacks.
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THURSDAY, March 1 (HealthDay News) -- Even though rates of AIDS are increasing among Hispanics in Los Angeles County, Calif., few primary care health providers there are offering HIV testing or safe sex counseling to Hispanic patients, a new study finds.