Chinese Youth at Higher Risk of Suicide

Alhambra Source, News Report, Posted: Oct 01, 2012

Chinese parents often have high expectations for their children, standards that can cause psychological issues and may lead to their children attempting suicide.

 

Autism on the Rise and a Young Mother's Struggle

 

Alhambra Source, News Feature, Monica Luhar, Posted: Oct 01, 2012

24-year-old Olga Chinchilla struggles to raise her 6-year-old son Anakin who was diagnosed with autism at 22 months of age.

 

Study: Stress Causes At Least 30% of Blacks to Retain Dangerous Levels of Salt

 

The NorthStar News & Analysis, News Report, Frederick H. Lowe, Posted: Sep 29, 2012

Up to 37 percent of African Americans, mostly men, retain abnormally high levels of salt in their bodies as a result of daily stress.

 

‘Once It Hits Your Kidneys, Your Kidneys Are Scarred.’

 

Vida en el Valle, News Report, Rebecca Plevin, Posted: Sep 23, 2012

Valley Fever affects each of its victims differently. Here, one patient speaks out about how the disease has depleted her energy, weakened her immune system and scarred her lungs.

 

Fil-Am Workers in CA Win Discrimination Settlement

 

Asian Journal, News Report, Mico Letargo and Joseph Pimentel/ AJ Press, Posted: Sep 21, 2012

Almost 70 Filipino nurses in a California hospital win close to $1 million in the largest settlement so far for a workplace language discrimination case in the U.S. healthcare industry.

 

A Kitchen Is The Heart of A School

 

New America Media, News Report, Jessica Arevalo, Posted: Sep 21, 2012

Even before Congress passed the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act in 2010, Bakersfield City School District began taking strides to make school meals more healthy and accessible, while increasing student exercise programs.

 

Less Soda, More Sports = Healthy Kids

 

New America Media, Op-ed, Dr. Jeff Ritterman, Posted: Sep 20, 2012

Why would we want to give sugar-sweetened beverages to our children, when studies have linked those drinks with obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure and cancer, among other diseases?

 

Soda Tax an ‘Opportunity to Change Richmond’s Destiny'

 

New America Media/ Richmond Pulse, Question & Answer, Malcolm Marshall, Posted: Sep 16, 2012

A soda tax in Richmond, says activist Doria Robinson, could help steer the city back toward optimal health.

 

Fishing for Poison--Pollution, Poverty and People of Color

 

Environmental Health News , News Analysis, Rae Tyson, Posted: Sep 16, 2012

Studies show that few ethnic people who rely on fishing know of official warnings that fish they may catch is likely contaminated.

 

Diary of an Organic Strawberry

 

New America Media/ Coachella Unincorporated, Commentary, Jesús E. Valenzuela Félix, Posted: Sep 13, 2012

An organic strawberry recounts its experiences with the worker who harvested it, and her place in the wider organic food revolution.

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