Texas Report: Poor Latinos Have Really Bad Health

Texas Report: Poor Latinos Have Really Bad Health

Mary Mata March 1, 2011

A report released from the Health Collaborative in San Antonio, Texas shows that Latinos in this city suffer from poor health — especially the poor ones. It’s not a surprise […]

Latina Cervical Cancer Rate Twice National Average

Mary Mata January 12, 2011

Cervical cancer rates in Los Angeles County show that Latinas and Asian women suffer from higher rates of cancer than other groups, according to this report. Women in LA proper […]

Living Near Freeways Associated With Autism

Mary Mata January 7, 2011

Researchers from California recently found that living near a freeway might correlate with a higher risk of autism. The researchers from Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, the Keck School of Medicine […]

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 […]

No Babies, I’ll Take A Master’s Please

Mary Mata December 8, 2010

If you’re a Latina and your family is anything like mine, people have been expecting you to be married (to a man) for a really long time. And, since you […]

Latinas Like Makin’ the Babies

Mary Mata November 5, 2010

A recent Census report confirms what my tías have been telling me for years:  These really ARE childbearing hips! The report, “Fertility of American Women:  2008,” details female fertility in […]