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Category Archives: Health
Will You B Here? Raising Hepatitis B Awareness
A year or so ago, we had a post about Hepatitis B and how it disproportionately affects Asian Americans. For those who don’t already know, Hep B is a disease that attacks the liver without many noticeable symptoms leading many … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Lifestyles, Local, Southern California
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Phillipe “The Filipino Assassin” Nover runs into some bad luck in the UFC
MMA fighter and registered nurse Phillipe “The Filipino Assassin” Nover, who we wrote about in the past, has run into some bad luck. After losing in The Ultimate Fighter 8 finals, many people felt that he was counted out early … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Lifestyles, Sports
Tagged Diabetes, MMA, Phillipe Nover, The Filipino Assassin, UFC
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Asian American California Democrats On Health Care Reform
There has been a lot of talk — some of it crazy — about health care reform in the United States. Personally, I am for health care reform with universal coverage and a public option. I take pride that my … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Health, Lifestyles, Politics
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Everything Gives You Cancer
Joe Jackson had a song called “Cancer” on his 1982 Night and Day Album, featuring the lyric “Everything Gives You Cancer.” It seems in this day and age, that truly everything does give you cancer, and if you’re Asian, you’re … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Health
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The Snack Foods Brands You Know, with a Chinese Twist
American food companies are blazing new trails in China — with flavors, according to this CBS News Report by Celia Hatton. I enjoyed this story because she showed us examples of foodstuffs that Chinese consumers can find which look familiar, … Continue reading
Posted in Food & Drink, Health, Lifestyles
Tagged American-Chinese, chicken, China, chinese, fast food, flavor, flavors, food, Kentucky Fried Chicken, KFC, mcdonalds, snacks, taste
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The 8Asians Writers Talk About: Health Concerns of Asian Americans
Our internal e-mail lists have us discussing all kinds of stuff: Asian American identity, representation in the media, the experiences of activism in an academia setting and its progression as we transition to the working, adult world. And sometimes, we … Continue reading
Posted in Health, TalkAbout
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Health Care Reform Week on Asian Pacific Americans for Progress’ blog
Health care is the hot topic in Washington right now, so here are some great APA perspectives on various aspects of the issue. Thanks to Curtis Chin at APAP for sharing the following links: Five Years to Life – How … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Health, Lifestyles, Politics
Tagged congress, Current Events, Health, Heathcare
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Finding a Stem Cell Donor for Steven: OneMatch.ca
A couple of weekends ago, I was hanging out with a couple of the DJs from the SRADIOCLUB at Toronto’s Night it Up. Because the weather was a tad chilly, we went inside where we were approached by Ashley Nguyen, … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Health, Lifestyles
Tagged bone marrow, leukemia, Night it up, omgkpop, Onematch.ca, sradioclub, src
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Thoughts on Eyelid Surgery, Thoughts as a Filmmaker: Beautiful Sisters
[Editors note: Connie’s post about her experiences as an attendee and a filmmaker have already been blogged about, but after finding the documentary on YouTube, I felt it appropriate to repost her experiences as a filmmaker, but this time with … Continue reading
Posted in (featured), Entertainment, Family, Fashion, Health, Lifestyles, Movies
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Asian Steroid Use on the Rise in the UK
I thought geeks were in. You’ve got The Big Bang Theory. Chuck. Doctor Who. All featuring skinny nerds who get the girl (or in the case of Doctor Who, the “companion”). So why are more and more Asian guys in … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Lifestyles, Observations
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The White Croaker and Asian American Eating Habits
Officials from the California Department of Fish and Game having been going to fishing piers and Chinese and Vietnamese markets in Southern California looking for people catching or buying white croaker (pictured). This article from the San Jose Mercury News … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Environment, Food & Drink, Health, Lifestyles, Local, Southern California
Tagged DDT, fish head soup, PCB, subsistence fishing, white croaker
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Asian American Childhood Obesity on the Rise
“Do I have to play basketball this summer?” asked Number One Son. He really didn’t want to do sports this summer, and apparently he is not alone. This article mentions that Asian-American boys have the lowest sports participation rate (39%) … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Food & Drink, Health, Sports
Tagged assimilation, childhood obesity, exercise, fast food, fresh lumpia, ghee, immigrants, lechon, tandori chicken, youth sports
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