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Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease Dr. Sharon Moalem See book keywords and concepts

American latinos are more likely to die of diabetes, liver disease, and infectious disease than non-Latinos. And Native Americans have higher rates of tuberculosis, pneumonia, and influenza. It seems like new examples crop up every month in the scientific literature. The most recent study discovered that African Americans who smoke a pack of cigarettes a day are far more likely to develop lung cancer than whites with the exact same habit. Now, these statistics don't necessarily tell the whole story.

There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program Gabriel Cousens See book keywords and concepts

African Americans, latinos, Mexican Americans, and Puerto Ricans have a diabetes rate close to twice that of white people. In England, we see the same kinds of racial ratios. Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders also appear more susceptible, and they seem to develop diabetes at lower comparative weights. There is no question that genetics plays a role, but our lifestyle is the determining factor. Our collective world lifestyle is one big Crime Against Wisdom.

The Vitamin D Cure James Dowd and Diane Stafford See book keywords and concepts

High blood pressure, diabetes, and heart disease are more prevalent in Native Americans, African Americans, and latinos than in European Americans. Ethnicities with high skin melanin are at greater risk, and women and children are the fastest-growing sectors of these populations at risk. United States Obesity Incidence Map 2005 | 15%-19% | 20%-24% §| 25%-29% fj >30% Annual obesity maps of U.S.

Bottom Line's Health Breakthroughs 2007 Bottom Line Health See book keywords and concepts

African-Americans, latinos and Native Americans older than age 45.. .anyone who has a close relative who is a type 2 diabetic. Cost: Approximately $12 for a fasting blood glucose test.. .approximately $25 for an oral glucose tolerance test. •Coronary heart disease (CHD). In CHD, the walls of the coronary arteries are narrowed Test costs vary based on facility and region. or blocked by a buildup of fatty plaque. CHD is the single largest killer of men and women in the US.

There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program Gabriel Cousens See book keywords and concepts

African Americans and latinos have about twice the risk of developing Type-2 diabetes. Type-2 diabetics are about three-four times more likely to develop clinical depression than non-diabetics. There is explicit hope for Type-2 diabetes being completely reversed in a relatively short time. The good news is that Type-2 diabetes is not necessarily a death sentence; rather, it is a benign disease if it is appropriately addressed. The message is apparent.

Unleash the Inner Healing Power of Foods The Editors of FC&A See book keywords and concepts

Certain groups, like blacks, latinos, Indians, and Asians, are more at risk. You're also more in danger if insulin resistance runs in your family, you're overweight, or you don't exercise. What are the symptoms? • high blood pressure • low levels of "good" HDL cholesterol • high levels of blood sugar, insulin, and triglycerides You can overcome this 'silent killer' Dr. Gerald Reaven is like the investment firm in those old television commercials. When he talks about Syndrome X, everybody listens. Reaven is the Stanford University professor who first discovered and named Syndrome X.

Critical Condition: How Health Care in America Became Big Business Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele See book keywords and concepts

Before long, Forbes's ad hoc committee evolved into Consejo de latinos Unidos (Council of United latinos), a public charity, though it was still a shoestring operation, working out of donated office space in East Los Angeles with Forbes its only full-time employee. Hispanics still comprised most of the cases, but its base began to broaden. Investigations spread to San Antonio, Orlando, Philadelphia, St. Louis, New Orleans, Fort Myers, Denver, Chicago, Miami, and Oklahoma City.

Generation Rx: How Prescription Drugs are Altering American Lives, Minds, and Bodies Greg Critser See book keywords and concepts

The next logical step is to take these insights from the lab and expand them from generalizations about various populations (for example, Latinos' CP450 genes make them bad metabolizers of alcohol) to more specific tests for individual and group susceptibility to liver poisoning. And to do that, a growing cadre of scientists say, drug companies should invest heavily in drug-gene identification.

Similar issues emerged with Rezulin: Why was the safety information for latinos left in English? What was that about? Yet in the new, incentivized pharma era, when every department from R&.D to regulatory affairs had a greater, grander vision of what was possible, such fretting was easily dismissed, or shunted off to some dismal cubicle in some New Jersey regional office. Almost without exception, the industry viewed Parke-Davis and Wild as the pivotal figures in the most remarkable turnaround in recent pharma history.

Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 4th Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements Phyllis A. Balch, CNC See book keywords and concepts

African-Americans and latinos are twice as likely as Caucasians to have ulcers. If left untreated, ulcers can cause internal bleeding or perforation of the stomach or small intestine. Unless otherwise specified, the dosages recommended here are for adults. For children between the ages of twelve and seventeen, reduce the dose to three-quarters the recommended amount. For children between six and twelve, use one-half the recommended dose, and for children under the age of six, use one-quarter the recommended amount.

Generation Rx: How Prescription Drugs are Altering American Lives, Minds, and Bodies Greg Critser See book keywords and concepts

In what was hailed as one of the company's more progressive moments, Parke-Davis decided to target latinos. The company perceived them as an underserved market that was easily influenced. The campaign — "Rezulin: Una Vez al Dia" (Rezulin: Once a day) — was soon plastered in and around every barrio bus stop, big-city clinic, and immigrant doctor's office in the nation, including Dr. Lara's. But Dr. Lara was an exception in one important regard. When it came to prescribing new drugs, he was very old-school. He liked to wait a few years before trying something new.

Unleash the Inner Healing Power of Foods The Editors of FC&A See book keywords and concepts

Seniors, blacks, latinos, Native Americans, and Asians have an increased risk. You're more at risk, too, if it's in your family or you're overweight. What are the symptoms? • frequent urination • excessive thirst or increased appetite • unexplained weight loss • blurry vision Check out this new eating plan Move over low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet. There's a new way to eat if you're diabetic. Experts from the American Diabetes Association (ADA) came up with a delicious eating plan that centers around monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFAs), the good kind of fat.

The Rhodiola Revolution: Transform Your Health with the Herbal Breakthrough of the 21st Century Richard P. Brown, M.D., and Patricia L. Gerbarg, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

Those in minority groups, particularly young latinos, seem especially likely to suffer from depression or contemplate suicide.6 Long separations from family members left behind in native countries are thought to play a significant role. Incidentally, while we Americans tend to view depression as a byproduct of living in a modern industrialized society, indigenous peoples worldwide are suffering, too. Many factors—war, famine, geographic dislocation, and the destruction of tribal cultures—are having disastrous effects on the mental health of native populations.

Critical Condition: How Health Care in America Became Big Business Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele See book keywords and concepts

Cases of patients gouged by inflated hospital charges came from reports, data, and documents compiled by the Consejo de latinos Unidos, Los Angeles, and through interviews with its director, K. B. Forbes. Data on the uninsured are drawn from many sources, including "Uninsured in America," the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, testimony of Diane Rowland, Director, before the U.S.

In June 2001, Forbes issued his first report documenting that southern California hospitals were billing self-paying uninsured latinos almost five times the amount they were charging HMOs. Forbes concluded that the hospitals charge huge fees "so that they can offer superficial discounts and arrange long-term payment plans while making a profit on the most vulnerable: the uninsured Latino." The report generated another round of publicity, and leads began to pour in about similar practices elsewhere.

Ultraprevention : The 6-Week Plan That Will Make You Healthy for Life Mark Hyman, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

And they pointed out the suffering caused by lactose intolerance for over 75 percent of the world's population, particularly among members of specific ethnic groups, including African Americans, Asians, latinos, and Native Americans—who have been featured prominently in these ads. Milk is nature's perfect food, the ads say—but only if you are a calf. The truth is that medical research has linked milk to many common and preventable health problems.

The Truth About Hormone Replacement Therapy: How to Break fee from the Medical Myths of Menopause National Women's Health Network See book keywords and concepts

The disproportionate incidence of Alzheimer's disease among African Americans and latinos,19 the strong protective effect of education20 even within racial groups,21 social engagement,22 emotional expression,23 and linguistic capability24 all suggest we should look at social and environmental explanations for brain deterioration as well as biological ones.25'26 One intriguing cross-cultural study of memory found no significant loss in short-term memory with age in China, a culture that traditionally pays great respect to the elderly.

Health Care Meltdown: Confronting The Myths and Fixing Our Failing System Bob LeBow, M.D., M.P.H. See book keywords and concepts

These practices have been documented by Consejo de latinos Unidos, and they are suing Tenet in a class-action suit for ethnic discrimination.20 The largest subsidy to the insured (and not enjoyed by the uninsured) comes through the tax-free insurance payments made by employers for employee health insurance. This federal subsidy for those with employment-based health insurance amounted to about $140 billion in 2001, or approximately 10 percent of total health care spending.

The Truth About Hormone Replacement Therapy: How to Break fee from the Medical Myths of Menopause National Women's Health Network See book keywords and concepts

Incidence of diagnosed Alzheimer's disease increases with age, decreases with level of education,49 and seems to be significantly higher among African Americans and latinos than among whites in the U.S. population.50 Political influence by health care providers concerned with their medical careers and by executives looking at the bottom line of drug companies has expanded Alzheimer's identification,51 so that current medical policy is to make its diagnosis "inclusive" or to apply the diagnosis broadly.

The Women's Health Initiative has a mental Incidence of diagnosed Alzheimer s disease increases with age, decreases with level of education, and seems to be significantly higher among African Americans and latinos than among whites. acuity study underway of three thousand older women to assess effects on mental performance. It will follow these women for six years.55 In the meantime, some researchers have conducted smaller, shorter randomized trials with women who are already experiencing Alzheimer's disease in hopes that a benefit will arise more quickly in this population.

The Great Book of Hemp: The Complete Guide to the Environmental, Commercial, and Medicinal Uses of the World's Most Extraordinary Plant Rowan Robinson See book keywords and concepts

The mayors and police chiefs of the California cities of San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose signed a resolution in May 1993 stating that: The federal anti-drug effort, concentrating on police action and mandatory sentences, has in effect led to a race war, with disproportionate arrests of African Americans and latinos. In addition, the multi-billion dollar War on Drugs campaign, started under the Nixon Administration in 1972, has proved so expensive that other services suffer. The resolution was written by Milton Friedman and former San Jose police chief Joseph McNam-ara.

Feed Your Body Right: Understanding Your Individual Body Chemistry for Proper Nutrition Without Guesswork Lendon H. Smith, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

But African-Americans and latinos have plenty of allergies, too. No one seems to be immune. Genetics does play a role and certainly is a force to make some susceptible folk fall apart with these allergic reactions when stressors attack. I just talked to a woman whose three-year-old child is recovering from a six-week bout with whooping cough. Now the child has a watery nose, and a persistent night cough. I asked about sneezing, nose rubbing, and if the discharge was clear. Answers: ''Yes, yes, yes.'' This poor little thing has developed an allergy to some inhalant.

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