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Teen Latina Birth Rates Lowest In 20 Years

Mary Mata December 23, 2010

According to new Centers for Disease Control information, the teenage Latina pregnancy rate is the lowest it’s been in two decades. In a report, the CDC found that teenage Latina […]

Latino Males are Healthy, but Die Young

NewsTaco December 16, 2010

Guapura 101: Zap Zits With Salt Water

Mary Mata December 13, 2010

Guapura 101: Dry Winter Skin & Hot Water

Mary Mata December 6, 2010

If you’re anything like me, when it’s cold, you want badly to be warm. So, we all tend to take hot showers in the winter. Well, apparently, this has the […]

Poor, Disabled, Seniors Lose In Budget Cuts

Mary Mata

A startling and heretofore unnoticed “study” was released Friday that sets the groundwork for balancing state budget on the backs of impoverished and disabled children and seniors. The Texas Health […]

Professor Fights Latino Stereotypes in Textbook

NewsTaco December 2, 2010

Props to Dr. Nancy Rudner Lugo, a former professor of the University of Central Florida, for taking the school to task over negative Latino stereotyping, and losing her job in […]

Half of U.S. Diabetic By 2020

Mary Mata November 30, 2010

Half of Americans are probably going to have diabetes by 2020, according to a new report from the UnitedHealth Center for Health Reform & Modernization. We’ve written about diabetes cake/pie, […]

Diabetes In A (Thanksgiving) Cake

Mary Mata November 26, 2010

Bien Buena – Latinas Don’t Worry About Weight

Mary Mata November 24, 2010

Latinos Hit Hard By Alzheimer’s

Mary Mata November 23, 2010