Category Archives: Lifestyles

US-Born Asian Americans no longer the Healthiest Older Americans

NBC News Asian America reports that US-Born Asian Americans no longer the Healthiest Older Americans, as was found in previous surveys.  This study published in the Journals of Gerontology that the article cites focuses on adults over the age of 50.  … Continue reading

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Guide to A Filipino American Funeral

What do all-you-can-eat buffets, butterflies, and taking the long way home have to do with death?  They are all part of the Filipino American funeral practices, at least from what I have seen practiced here in my Silicon Valley ethnoburb.  … Continue reading

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New York State Bill on Diagnosing Asian American Diabetes

With more than half of Asian American Diabetes cases going undetected, a bill in the New York State legislature tries to reduce that rate.  Specifically, it asks insurance companies to pay for diabetes diagnostic tests for people who have a … Continue reading

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Heart Disease and Stroke Risks Vary significantly among Asian American Subgroups

Stroke is a medical hazard for Asian Americans. It can even strike Asian Americans as young as 33.  Which Asian Americans are the most vulnerable? The American Heart Association reports that heart disease and stroke risks vary significantly among Asian … Continue reading

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Scientists Study World Record Setting 77 year-old Runner Jeannie Rice

77-year-old runner Jeannie Rice has broken every women’s distance world record for the 75-79 age group. Most runners slow down significantly after 70, but she has not.  So when British scientists heard that she was running in the London Marathon … Continue reading

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AAPI DJs put their own Spin on Club Culture

As bedroom DJ Nick Cheong, better known as @nickcheo, lingered outside Los Angeles Koreatown club Catch One, excited fans asked him to take their BeReal and even for one of his American Spirits. He took each request in stride, but … Continue reading

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Anything but Blind

“There really isn’t any other products out there like the concept of blind boxes,” toy influencer KiraKabuki says. “It’s something like you can hold and something that you can bring around you. It’s something that you can display in your … Continue reading

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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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Nonsmoking Stanford Doctor and Professor tells his Lung Cancer Story

We have talked about the increasing incidence of lung cancer among female Asian American nonsmokers, but male Asian American doctor and Stanford professor Bryant Lin tells about his lung cancer story in a class called “From Diagnosis to Dialogue: A … Continue reading

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Asian American Commercial Watch: Instacart | Big Sister

I forgot exactly when I saw this commercial on television, but I liked it. I have never used Instacart, but I had had friends who do. This commercial is titled ‘Big Sister’: “No matter what season of life you’re in, … Continue reading

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New Generation of Asian Americans takes up Mahjong

When Number Two Son told The Wife and me that he had learned to play Mahjong and was playing it with his Chinese American girlfriend and her family, I was really surprised.  Although my father would knew how to play … Continue reading

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The Men who Fed America: A StoryCorps Animation about Larry Itliong

We have talked previously about Johnny Itliong’s StoryCorp recording about his father, the labor leader Larry Itliong, but I thought that the best way to mark the start of Filipino American History Month would be to share this new StoryCorps … Continue reading

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