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Category Archives: Health
Some Skin Whitening Creams Can Be Hazardous To Your Health
Colorism, the bias that whiter skin is better, manifests itself in sales of skin whitening creams. This video from CNN shows how these creams are marketed to both male and female Indians. Filipinos are also plagued with colorism and are … Continue reading
Posted in Discrimination, Family, Health
Tagged colorism, mercury poisoning, skin whiteners
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Join Team Janet & Help Find A Bone Marrow Match For Janet Liang
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jH9LVcU6so Janet Liang is a recent UCLA graduate of Chinese descent. On August 24, 2009, she was diagnosed with lymphoblastic leukemia. In order to survive, she needs to find a bone marrow donor by April. The most likely match for … Continue reading
Posted in Announcements, Current Events, Health
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National Online March for Reproductive Justice, Rights and Health
Dr. Sophia Yen is a big supporter of trusting woman to make their own health care decisions, and is launching a national online effort for Trust Women Week to drawn attention and support for reproductive justice, rights and health during … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Health, Politics
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Do Asians Have the Smallest Testicle?
My 8Asians New Years resolution was to “continue to look for body parts on Asian Americans that I can objectify.” A friend on Facebook commented that she didn’t think I could find another body part to write about (since I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Discrimination, Health
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Defenseless Asian Teen Attacked By Seven Others
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HZQ7l2xYqA WARNING: Video above contains violent content and NSFW language. This past weekend, there was footage released of a newly immigrated Chinese teen getting assaulted by seven others in Chicago. Some of them were even Asian Americans. From the video, … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Discrimination, Health, WTF
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“Asian Glow” Increases Risk of Esophageal Cancer
After consecutive months of holiday celebrations by getting wasted followed by nasty hangovers the next day…does this sound familiar to any of you? Had it ever cross your mind why your friends or you have Asian glow and others don’t? … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Lifestyles
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Asian Americans More Likely To Use Child Seats, Seat Belts On Children
A new study examining almost 40,000 auto accidents from 2002-2006, where children were injured, determined that Asian Americans were most likely to have their child restrained, either with a seat belt or child seat, with 59.3% of Asian American children … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Health, Lifestyles
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Robin Lim Named CNN’s 2011 Hero Of The Year
Earlier this month CNN honored 10 people ranging from directors of non-profits that support military widows, urban youth, and people with disabilities. But, the story that captured my heart was about Robin Lim, or “Mother Robin,” who was the CNN … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Lifestyles, Nonprofit
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Dr. Arthur Chen, Protestor: Time Magazine Person of the Year
Dr. Arthur Chen of Oakland, California was recently named as one of Time Magazine’s “Person of the Year.” A 60-year-old family physician, Dr. Chen has utilized the Occupy Oakland movement to promote his cause – health care reform. In the interview … Continue reading
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Korean-Canadian Virologist Develops HIV Vaccine Approved for Human Testing
Researchers from University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario developed an HIV vaccine that uses whole HIV virus, but it is engineered so that it cannot cause HIV in recipients. The vaccine has been shown to stimulate strong immune response … Continue reading
Health Study Sees Rice as Source of Arsenic Exposure
Via US News: “New research finds that pregnant women in New Hampshire, which has high levels of arsenic in drinking water in some wells, may also be ingesting arsenic through rice…Karagas said arsenic levels in rice ‘should be monitored,’ although … Continue reading
Posted in (simple), Food & Drink, Health
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Asian American Medical Hazard: Diabetes Misdiagnosis
Type I and Type II diabetes are two different conditions, but with young Asian Americans, the conditions are often hard to distinguish compared to other ethnic groups. For example, white type II diabetes patients are usually older and overweight while … Continue reading
Posted in Asian American Medical Hazard, Health
Tagged Diabetes, Type I diabetes, type II diabetes
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