Tag: cancer
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Cancer burden facing Asian Americans partly caused by racism
The Journal of the National Cancer Institute (JNCI) published a commentary today on the significant cancer disparities facing Asian Americans. The article is authored by seven researchers from across … Read Full Article
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Free Guide to Colorectal Cancer Screening from NCCN Now Available in More Than a Dozen Languages
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®) today announced new translations of the recently-published NCCN Guidelines for Patients®: Colorectal Cancer Screening. This free resource—made … Read Full Article
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‘It’s not just about pink ribbons’: What those who work year-round want you to know about breast cancer
Although October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, those who are survivors and those who support those fighting the disease know that battling cancer is a daily endeavor. Read Full Article
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Korean War veteran keeps serving community despite cancer
He then enlisted in the U.S. Air Force, where he spent eight years active as a staff sergeant, serving in the Korean War. Ferris described the decision to enter the military as an easy one, looking … Read Full Article
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Loss of Merced County leader, businessman ‘felt up and down the Valley’ by Hmong community
Merced County’s Hmong community lost an influential leader with the recent death of Dang Moua, who died at age of 71 after a battle with stomach cancer, say family members. A local businessman and … Read Full Article
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Study gauges specific site stomach cancer risks among ethnic groups
Non-white Americans, especially Asian Americans, are at disproportionately higher risk for gastric cancer compared to non-Hispanic white Americans. A new study breaks down this risk according to … Read Full Article
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Minjin Kim focused on health disparities among Asian American women
Asian American women have the lowest rates of cervical cancer [collectively], but if you look at subgroups of Asian Americans such as Korean, Vietnamese, Hmong and Cambodian, they have a higher … Read Full Article
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Storytelling can promote HPV vaccination among Asian-American women
In the U.S., AAPI women have the lowest risk of cervical cancer. However, when separating cancer statistics by subgroups, it shows the incidence and mortality rates of cervical cancer are two or three … Read Full Article
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Health Care Roundup: Fresno Cancer Center earns ‘ASTRO’ accreditation
Kaiser grant addresses Hmong community mass shooting Kaiser Permanente has made an $80,000 grant to the Fresno Center’s Mass Shooting Victims Support Program, which helps fund mental health counseling … Read Full Article
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Xov xwm tshaj tawm rau hnub zwj Kuab (Friday news 20190927)
Cov kev rho Meskas tus nom tawm hauj lwm, America cov neeg thoj nam, Meskas thiab Suav cov tsov rog lagluam, kab mob cancer mis, Askiv thiab Australia nrog rau ntiaj teb cov teeb meem huab cua thiab … Read Full Article
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Community Care to host FREE Community Health Matters event at its Vliet Street Center on September 21
Tags: American, association, cancer, community, fire, health, library, Milwaukee, neighborhood, WisconsinHmong/American Friendship Association, Inc., Milwaukee Public Library, Milwaukee Department of Neighborhood Services, Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center, Milwaukee Fire Department and Vliet … Read Full Article
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Labor budget 2019 reply
Labor has promised to roll back everything the coalition cut including education and health and promise $2.3 billion for Medicare to fight cancer. Bill Shorten promise to deliver Australians in many … Read Full Article
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Healthy diets, healthy lifestyle and staying active could minimize cancer risk and improving survival rate.
Australia may have the best cancer care and cancer treatment result but people are also required to pay attention to health check-up, leading a healthy lifestyle and stay active. Recent, cancer breakt… Read Full Article
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How do you get a skeptical patient to test for cancer? UCD, health center target cultural barriers
Kazoua Heu, 31, said her father, a Hmong immigrant, expressed unwillingness to go through treatment when he was diagnosed with cancer in 2011. “Most of the individuals who have migrated here from their respective countries because of the war-torn nature … Read Full Article
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Cancer implants
Cancer Council Victoria CEO, Todd Harper said that “such advanced technology will not only improve the quality of life but also help prolonging cancer patient life” Listen to Hmong weekly program on Thursday at 6 pm AEST (Australian Eastern Standard Time … Read Full Article
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Join the Army of Women to Fight Breast Cancer
According to the Cancer Prevention Institute of California, Chinese, Korean, Filipino, Vietnamese, South Asians such as Pakistanis and Asian Indians and Southeast Asians (Cambodians, Laotians, Hmong, Thai) all have experienced an incidence increase. Read Full Article
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What’s happening this weekend in Oroville
Oroville Hmong New Year: 8 a.m.- 5 p.m. Festival with music, entertainment, foods, drinks, ball tossing and soccer, volleyball and singing competitions. Nelson Sports Complex, 2255 6th St. Also Sunday. 17th annual Breast Cancer Awareness Walk, Oroville … Read Full Article