New America Media: Health

Eldercare Stress: What's Different for Males—Especially Black Men

Caring.com/New America Media, News Feature, Paula Spencer Scott, Posted: Mar 04, 2012

In family eldercare for illnesses like Alzheimer’s, men handle stress differently than women--and black men are especially vulnerable. Here are helpful tips.

Imperial Valley Residents Must Fight for Right to Breathe Clean Air

New America Media, Photo Essay, Story and Photos: David Bacon, Posted: Mar 03, 2012

In the unincorporated communities of the Imperial Valley, farm worker families are finding it hard to escape the effects air and soil pollution.

Will Psychiatry Replace Elders’ Old “Normal” With New “Mentally Ill” Diagnoses?

RedwoodAge.com/New America Media, News Feature, Pamela A. MacLean, Posted: Mar 02, 2012

Should an elder’s grief be medicalized? Psychiatrists are debating this and other new diagnoses as they revise the DSM, mental health’s diagnostic Bible.

NAM Hosts Briefing on Affordable Care Act

New America Media, Video, Viji Sundaram/ Video by Min Lee and Sean Shavers, Posted: Feb 28, 2012

Some 16 ethnic media members met at NAM's San Francisco office to hear healthcare advocates and practitioners discuss the status of the Affordable Care Act.

Avoiding Stress in Eldercare: What 7 At-Risk Groups Need to Know

Caring.com/New America Media, News Feature, Paula Spencer Scott, Posted: Feb 28, 2012

Family caregivers for elders often hit the breaking point, but especially at risk are women, those dealing with Alzheimer’s and five other overstressed groups.

Calif. Bill Would Smoke Out Safety, End Use of Toxic Flame Retardants

New America Media, News Report, Ngoc Nguyen, Posted: Feb 25, 2012

A new bill would change California’s outdated fire-safety rule for furniture—and get cancer-causing flame-retardants out of your home.

Race and Sex-Based Abortion Ban Hijacks Civil Rights

New America Media, Commentary, Jessica González-Rojas and Miriam Yeung, Posted: Feb 24, 2012

A bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives threatens to undermine the health, dignity, and human rights of all women of color.

New Orleans Rails Against Mental-Health Care Cuts

Louisiana Weekly, News Report, Tom Gogola, Posted: Feb 22, 2012

New Orleans city officials are aggressively pushing back against a “devastating” proposed $15 million cut to inpatient mental health and substance abuse services.

Aging Migrant Workers Face Perilous Future in Salinas

New America Media/Coachella Unincorporated, Commentary, Joaquin Magon, Posted: Feb 20, 2012

I know an old man who bends down low, his hands calloused and eyes going blind. He looks at the fields he worked for decades

In Contraception Clash, Catholic Latinas Stray From Doctrine

Fronteras, News Report, Posted: Feb 17, 2012

In recent weeks, Catholic bishops across the country have turned to their congregations to pressure Obama to repeal his contraception rule. And since Latinos now make up about one-third of all Catholics in the U.S., they should be key players in that campaign.