Tag: cancer
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Fearless Black Hmong Kids Will Leave You Speechless
Cancer Dietitian Reveals Two Things She Tells People To Avoid Consuming Cracker Barrel loses almost $100 million in value after new logo release Two Friends Went Fishing on the Mississippi River. Full story: https://www.msn.com/
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From serving wild salmon to making fruit fun on TikTok: No idea too small for Food Leaders Lab
The program empowers people to implement their ideas to combat hunger, from making fruit fun for kids to helping food insecure cancer patients. Full story: https://www.jsonline.com/story/life/2024/10/03/feeding-america-eastern-wisconsin-food-leaders-lab-solves-problems/75266134007/
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Cancer survivor and her family raise nearly $30,000 for MakeWish Wisconsin
“I think it went awesome, really, given it was the first event,” Olivia’s mom Monica Stern said. Space for Hmong women to share: Sheboygan students launch Hmong Women For Hmong Women group, aim to … Full story: https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/cancer-survivor-her-family-raise-100351109.html
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Cancer survivor and her family raise nearly $30,000 for MakeWish Wisconsin
The Stern family raised $17,000 for Make-A-Wish and Children’s Wisconsin MACC Fund Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders after Olivia finished chemo. Olivia said two wishes were granted through those … Full story: https://www.sheboyganpress.com/story/news/local/2024/06/08/sheboygan-falls-golf-outing-raises-nearly-30000-make-a-wish/74014478007/
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How Cancer Is Affecting the AANHPI Population
While the disease — most commonly diagnosed in older adults — remains the second-leading cause of death in the United States, it’s the top killer among Chinese, Filipino, Korean and Vietnamese … Full story: https://www.aarp.org/health/conditions-treatments/info-2024/aanhpi-cancer-deaths-rising.html
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Americans of Pacific Island Ethnicity Have Up to Triple the Rate of Cancer Deaths
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islanders in the United States die from cancer at a rate two to three times higher than whites . Cancer is the leading cause of de … Full story: https://www.reformer.com/health/americans-of-pacific-island-ethnicity-have-up-to-triple-the-rate-of-cancer-deaths/article_58ce5307-edba-555d-916f-ce4700ae837d.html
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Report shows Americans of Pacific island ethnicity have up to triple the rate of cancer deaths
Only 1 in 2 breast cancers in Guamanian, Samoan, Pakistani, Tongan, Laotian, and Hmong women are diagnosed at an early stage compared with 2 in 3 White women and 3 in 4 Japanese women, likely … Full story: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-05-americans-pacific-island-ethnicity-triple.html
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Longtime activist pushed city to fight PFAS
Maria Powell, a longtime Madison environmentalist who pushed local officials to address PFAS compounds and other industrial contamination, died Saturday of a pancreatic cancer she believed was at leas … Read Full Article
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Get a First Look at AGAIN at Theater Mu
Don’t miss this world premiere Hmong American musical by local Minnesota artist Katie Ka Vang and Melissa Li! In Again, Hmong memoirist and cancer survivor Mai See meets a young filmmaker named Quest, … Read Full Article
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In Katie Ka Vang’s musical, ‘Again,’ friends navigate moving forward through cancer diagnoses
A performance artist and playwright, Vang has a Master of Fine Arts from Brown University and has been celebrated for her writings that draw on personal experience as well as work grounded in the … Read Full Article
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‘A hugely personal story’: Theater Mu debuts musical exploring cancer
It runs March 29 through April 16 at Mixed Blood Theatre in Minneapolis. Vang is Hmong and from St. Paul, and said the musical is, to her knowledge, “the first professional musical production by a … Read Full Article
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Theater Mu puts musical Again
Again tracks the life of Hmong-American memoirist and cancer survivor Mai See, who meets a filmmaker named Quest. Incidentally, Quest is battling their own chronic cancer. When Mai See relapses, the … Read Full Article
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East Asians more likely to have stomach cancer due to lower alcohol tolerance, study finds
East Asians are more likely to develop a rare type of stomach cancer due to a genetic predisposition to lower alcohol tolerance, a new study has revealed. A group of international researchers … Read Full Article
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Single mother with one leg completes arduous journey in Ha Giang
Duong Thi Thanh Nga, who had one leg amputated after being diagnosed with bone cancer, conquered Ha Giang and A Pao rock on her own on a three-day journey to celebrate her 30th birthday. “If it were … Read Full Article
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‘She was a hero to me’: Mao Khang, tireless advocate for Hmong victims of domestic violence, dies of cancer
After a string of high-profile domestic homicides in central Wisconsin that resulted in the deaths of Hmong women in the early 2000s, Khang began to challenge the ancient patriarchal clan system … Read Full Article
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Racism may partly contribute to high cancer burden impacting Asian Americans
The Journal of the National Cancer Institute published a commentary today on the significant cancer disparities facing Asian Americans. Read Full Article
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Cancer burden facing Asian Americans partly caused by racism, experts say
Racism facing Asian Americans is compounding existing cancer inequities. They are the first U.S. population group to experience cancer as the leading cause of death. A commentary outlines the factors … Read Full Article