By Frank X. Moraga / Amigos805.com
Maintaining a healthy heart and protecting yourself during the flu season are a couple of health trending reports released recently.
In recognition of American Heart Month, Hispanicprwire.com recently released “Celebrating Healthy Hearts in the Latino Community.” Cardiovascular disease and strokes are ranked as the number one killer of Hispanics in the United States. Nearly one in four Latinos will die from heart disease. High blood pressure, diabetes, obesity, high cholesterol and physical inactivity all play a role in the increasing number of Hispanics with heart disease. In observance of American Heart Month, Saint John’s Health Center (Santa Monica) and its top Hispanic physicians aim to educate Latinos in Southern California by opening up the dialogue between patients and their doctors to help reduce the number of heart disease cases in the Latino community. For more information, visit http://www.hispanicprwire.com/News/in/18890/9/celebrating-healthy-hearts-in-the-latino-community
Maria Ryan, executive director of the Promotoras y Promotores Foundation, also passed along information recently about the free “Latina Heart Health Conference” scheduled from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 17 at the Magnolia Place Auditorium, 1910 Magnolia Place, Los Angeles. Register by Feb. 15. For more information, call Rosaisela Bernal at 213.291.7053.
Latino seniors in the United States are less likely than their white counterparts to be vaccinated against flu and pneumonia, according to new study released by nonprofit RAND Corp. RAND analyzed data from more than 244,000 seniors who took part in a 2008 Medicare survey and found that lifetime immunization rates for pneumonia were 74 percent for whites, 56 percent for English-speaking Hispanics and 40 percent for Spanish-speaking Hispanics, it was reported in www.sciencemagnews.com For more information, visit http://www.sciencemagnews.com/survey-shows-fewer-hispanic-seniors-getting-flu-shots.html
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