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Category Archives: Asian American Medical Hazard
Asian American Medical Hazard: Gestational Diabetes
I thought I knew most of the major Asian American Medical Hazards, but this one surprised me. Asian American women have the highest risk of Gestational Diabetes. Some label this the largest undocumented disparity in maternal health. For those of … Continue reading
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Tagged Diabetes, GDM, Gestational Diabetes
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Asian American Medical Hazard: Childhood Allergies
A recent study of Asian American children in Northern California has revealed that Asian American children are more likely to develop certain allergies than white children. When broken down by Asian American subgroup, Filipino children were almost twice as likely … Continue reading
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Tagged allergies, asthma, eczema, food allergies
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Asian American Medical Hazard: Lung Cancers for Female Asian Non-Smokers (FANS)
When a family fried recently was diagnosed with lung cancer, we were all puzzled because she and her husband did not smoke. She wasn’t the first Asian American we knew that happened to, and according to this article, it’s a … Continue reading
Posted in Asian American Medical Hazard, Health, Health and Beauty, Lifestyles
Tagged Jeffrey Velotta, lung cancer
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Asian American Medical Hazard: PFAS “Forever Chemical” Levels
A recent paper concludes that Asian Americans have higher levels of PFAS relative to other groups in the US population. PFAS, short for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are known as “forever chemicals” because they break down very slowly in the … Continue reading
Asian American Medical Hazard: Hidden Fat and Hidden Diabetes
“Hidden fat” at first glance doesn’t look like a bad thing. Who wants to have everyone see where your fat is? But for Asian Americans Pacific Islanders and the Filipino, South Asian, and Pacific Islander subgroups in particular, fat tends … Continue reading
Asian American Medical Hazard: US Western States Drought
It might be seem like a stretch to call the Western States Drought a medical hazard particular to Asian Americans, but one aspect of the drought will affects certain Asian Americans more drastically: an increase in Valley Fever. Valley fever, … Continue reading
Posted in Asian American Medical Hazard, Current Events, Health, Health and Beauty, Lifestyles
Tagged Arizona, California, Coccidioidomycosis, Utah, Valley Fever
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Asian American Medical Hazard: Pulse Oximeter Readings
Reuters, NPR, and other news outlets report that African Americans, Hispanics, and Asians receive less supplemental oxygen when hospitalized because of a problem with a common medical instrument, the pulse oximeter. This instrument clips onto a finger, as shown in … Continue reading
Posted in Asian American Medical Hazard, Discrimination, Health, Health and Beauty
Tagged coronavirus, COVID-19, pulse oximeter
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Asian American Medical Hazard: South Asian Heart Disease
Silicon Valley resident Mahendra Agrawal exercised regularly, maintained a health weight, and followed a vegetarian diet. When he went to the hospital with shortness of breath, doctors found that the 63 year old had obstructed coronary arteries. His reaction: “I’m … Continue reading
Asian American Medical Hazard: Somatic Symptom Disorder
When she was 14, Diana Chao began experiencing severe pain in her eyes. The pressure buildup in her eyes was diagnosed as uveitis, an inflammatory eye disease that caused her to go temporarily blind. For the next four years, she … Continue reading
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Tagged Diana Chao, Health, mental health, somatic symptom disorder
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Asian American Medical Hazard: Stroke
My doctor has always considered my high blood pressure to be a significant concern, and she makes sure I am managing it effectively. After thinking about the Asian Americans that I know who have had a stroke and this recent … Continue reading
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Tagged Diabetes, Dr. Sarah Song, hypertension, Stroke
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Asian American Medical Hazard: Working in Silicon Valley
While mobile health units are used in impoverished places like the slums of Mumbai to deliver health care to Asians there, they are also used to deliver health care to Asians in not so impoverished places – the companies of … Continue reading
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Tagged Diabetes, heart disease, Silicon Valley
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Asian American Medical Hazard: Food Allergies
My father developed an allergy to shrimp, one of his favorite foods. When he ate shrimp anyway, my mother warned him in Tagalog that he would get itchy. “Then I’ll scratch,” was his reply. While I laugh when I think … Continue reading
Posted in Asian American Medical Hazard, Food & Drink, Health, Lifestyles
Tagged BJ Hom, food allergies, food allergy walks
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