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Navajo Nation Uses Zumba to Curb Obesity Among Members

When Denisa Livingston and a group of Navajo women danced the Zumba in front of their council chamber, it raised a few eyebrows among the North American tribe. The Latin dance-inspired aerobic workout was just one way of raising awareness about how exercise and healthy food can help an obesity and diabetes epidemic among Native […]

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Gene Sequencing Creates Ethnic Dilemma Among Native American Tribes

When Senator Elizabeth Warren took a DNA test in hopes of settling one controversy, Stanford geneticist Carlos Bustamante confronted a different one: Even as Warren sought to settle over her claim to Native American ancestry through a genetic test, many tribes in the United States are deeply wary of reconstructing the past via DNA sequencing. […]

Genetic Health Risks

Mercer University Partnerships with Georgia Health District to Reduce Maternal Mortality

Georgia is struggling to keep its women healthy. The state has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the country, and access to health care can be especially difficult for low-income and rural residents. But things could soon get better in Middle Georgia. Read More

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Hispanics Have Lower Rates of Heart Disease Deaths than Whites, Except in Mostly Hispanic Communities

While symptoms like chest or belly pain might reasonably drive you to the emergency room with worries about a heart attack or appendicitis, your insurance company might decide not to pay if it turns out your fears were unfounded, a new study suggests. With the price of emergency room care going up, U.S. insurance companies […]

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Berkeley Health

The city of Berkeley recently completed the 2018 Health Status Report, assessing a broad range of data to better understand the social inequities of health conditions affecting our community, assess prevention efforts and identify emerging health threats. This information is crucial because if we can better understand not just the current prevalence of serious health […]

Harvard Medical School Said Heart Researcher’s Lab Produced Falsified Data

Days after Harvard Medical School said it found extensive falsified or fabricated data from the laboratory of a prominent heart researcher, doctors and scientists are urging a halt to a medical trial based in part on his work. They say that sick people should not be subjected to the risks of an experiment whose underlying […]

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Two University of Maine Nursing Students Contract Viral Meningitis

Two University of Maine nursing students have been diagnosed with viral meningitis, prompting the university to step up disinfection efforts to prevent new cases. The students, one taking graduate courses and the other an undergraduate on the Orono campus, are recovering at their homes after diagnoses by their personal physicians, said Dick Young, the associate […]

Washington University Offers In-state Tuition, Native American Health Sciences Program to Montana Tribe

PABLO — Did you know Confederated Salish and Kootenai tribal (CSKT) members have in-state tuition benefits at Washington State University? The initiative was made possible through a historic memorandum of understanding that recognizes the college campus is located on the Indigenous territory of the Palus and Nez Perce tribes. CSKT is one of 11 tribes […]

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Teen Marijuana Vaping Raises Concerns

A new study gives the first U.S. estimates of teen and preteen vaping of marijuana — and the rates are relatively high. The findings raise concerns about addiction and other long-term health risks, researchers say. E-cigarettes are battery-powered devices that vaporize liquids. Most e-liquids contain nicotine. That’s the chemical that makes tobacco addictive. But the […]

Improve Mental Healthcare

Insufficient access to mental health services in Asian American communities is a national problem.* According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data that the Center for American Progress analyzed for this column, 37 percent of Asian American adults, or approximately 7.7 million people, report poor mental health status—defined by the Kaiser Family Foundation […]

Large Families May Take Toll on African Americans

Having lots of family members in social circles may be harming the health of African Americans, UF researchers show. African Americans with larger families who have to provide emotional and financial support have higher blood pressure than any other racial group, said Kia Fuller, a 27-year-old UF doctoral genetics and genomics student. Read More

Cost of Diabetes Prevention May Exceed Reimbursements

For some healthcare providers—especially those serving racial/ethnic minority and low-income patients – the costs of delivering a new Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program (MDPP) may be much higher than the expected reimbursement, reports a study in the November issue of Medical Care. Read More

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