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Action on Climate Change Para Nuestra Salud

Mary Mata February 28, 2013

By Jose Gonzalez, NewsTaco After President Obama’s comments on climate change during the State of the Union address, a new poll by the Natural Resources Defense Council affirmed once more […]

Pollution tied to heart attacks; could Latinos be at increased risk?

Mary Mata February 19, 2013

Addiction in New Mexico: La Cultura Cura

Mary Mata

Months After Affordable Care Act, Latinos Still Uninsured

Mary Mata February 14, 2013

By Kacy Capobres, Fox News Latino Only 1 percent of Latinos witnessed a change in their health care coverage under Obama’s Affordable Care Act, according to a new Gallup poll. A […]

Salsa Dancing Helps Improve Latino Seniors’ Health

Mary Mata February 13, 2013

By Hope Gillette, Voxxi A new research project at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) explores how salsa dancing helps boost physical activity,  cognitive ability, balance, and overall mobility among […]

Technology Closer to Bridging Latino Health Disparity Gaps

Mary Mata February 12, 2013

By Jason Llorenz, LIN@R As Jonathan Linkous reports for the ihealthbeat blog, broadband-powered telehealth is moving closer to reality for those it stands to benefit most. While the benefits of telehealth and […]

Piensale al pescado: What fish is on your plate?

Mary Mata February 7, 2013

By Jose Gonzalez, NewsTaco As Latinos we eat all kind and type of fish—at least as reflected how I grew up and based on the menus of any typical Mexican […]