Keeping Up with The Environment Listen the newscast here!(5:06) EL NUEVO SOL Do you care about the environment? Although you may want the best for your planet, keeping up with the right ways to do so isn’t always easy. Reporters from El Nuevo Sol have discovered tips on how you can help with keeping your
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EL NUEVO SOL—AUDIO
Un podcast con un resumen de noticias para la comunidad latina del sur de California.
Segregación residencial, Feria de César Chávez, Los latinos y la brecha digital, Las fragancias y las alergias, Los afromexicanos y la tercera raíz.
Por JOANNA RENTERíA
EL NUEVO SOL
Según el CDC, o el Centro para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de los Estados Unidos, la primera causa de muerte en latinos son las enfermedades del corazón.
By SANDY ISIDORO
EL NUEVO SOL—SALUD
For 8-year-old Oscar, eye care is important. Now that he has received proper eye care, he can run around in the playground at school with other kids his age; all thanks to his visit to the optometrist.
The American Optometric association explains Amblyopia, or lazy eye, as generally the result of poor early visual development, and as such, usually occurs before the age of eight. Infants born prematurely, or with low birth weight, are at a greater risk for the development of this condition.
By SOPHIA SELASSIE
EL NUEVO SOL—SALUD
Huntington Park native, Vanessa Ávila, 27, always dreamed of being a doctor. However, with an average price tag of well over $100,000 a medical school education seemed like a daunting debt. More so, with the price of MCAT prep courses, and application fees, even simply applying seemed out of her reach. That all changed when she learned about a revolutionary new medical school in Cuba.
By SHALEEKA POWELL
EL NUEVO SOL—SALUD
California State University Northridge (CSUN) campus mimics the greater population and sees an increase of diabetes. Diabetes is a chronic disease that is on the rise. If you have diabetes, you are at least twice as likely, as someone who does not have diabetes, to have heart disease or a stroke.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011 National Diabetes Fact Sheet, 18 million people in the U.S. population were diagnosed with diabetes.
Por JESÚS MÉNDEZ
EL NUEVO SOL—SALUD
“Es importante recordar que el cuidado individual se refleja en la salud pública de nuestra sociedad”, dijo Víctor Martínez, director de relaciones de Bienestar.
Bienestar es una organización fundada en 1989 con el propósito de servir a la comunidad latina del sur de California.
Martínez, explica que el beneficio de cuidar la salud de cada persona es importante para prevenir enfermedades como el VIH, SIDA.
By HAYLEY SKENE
EL NUEVO SOL
As of 2012, there is no universal healthcare system for U.S. Citizens. From all aspects of medicine and treatment, health care in the U.S. is the most expensive in the world. Today, many U.S. residents are without health care.
By MELISSA BROWN
EL NUEVO SOL—SALUD
New immigrants also adopt a more western diet when they settle into the United States, which seems to increase their chances of obesity and Type 2 diabetes.
By SHALEEKA POWELL
EL NUEVO SOL—SALUD
It is very important for families to be supportive of their patient with a chronic disease to help make sure that the individual controls the illness and lives a healthy lifestyle.
Por VIRGINIA BULACIO
EL NUEVO SOL
Las voces de tres inmigrantes, un activista y un fotógrafo hablan de los peligros del cruce, de cómo se puede ayudar a los migrantes y de la importancia de documentar ese viaje.
By JING WANG
EL NUEVO SOL
“I began to know sexual stuff when I was 25 years old. I’m ashamed of that,” said Yuan Zhou, a student of Yunnan University.
Por JOANNA RENTERÍA
EL NUEVO SOL—SALUD
El veganismo es una alternativa contra la epidemia de obesidad entre las latinas. En el 2010, el CDC reportó que el 43% de latinas padecen de obesidad, el segundo grupo más obeso en Estados Unidos, después de las afroamericanas.
BELÉN CHACÓN
EL NUEVO SOL—SALUD
Cynthia Luna, 38, has always been interested in supporting the health of the Latino communities in different ways and is one of the reasons she decided to join Latino Health Collaborative (LHC), first as a consultant and then as a director.
By TIMOTHY WHITFIELD and IAN TANG
EL NUEVO SOL—SALUD
Southern California’s remote or under-served areas tend to be areas without dental services available. This leaves many people to go without getting any dental care or attention.The Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC has been providing care for these areas since 1968.
DARRIN JOHNSON
EL NUEVO SOL—SALUD
With the Supreme Court upholding Obamacare, and President Obama being re-elected, Obamacare is now inevitability. Obamacare is an overhaul of our current healthcare system, which will bring changes such as expanded Medicare coverage, an expanded time period in which young adults can be on their parent’s healthcare coverage, and making it harder for insurance companies to deny people with pre-existing health conditions.
Por MANUEL MORFÍN
EL NUEVO SOL
El fotoperiodista Julián Cardona presentó parte de su trabajo y expuso el proceso que lo llevó a producir su último libro titulado Éxodo. Ante decenas de estudiantes en la Univerdidad del Etsado de California en Northridge (CSUN), Cardona habló del contexto social, económico y político que inspira su obra y mostró, apoyado en su fotografía, el impacto que la globalización ha tenido en la ciudad fronteriza mexicana de Ciudad Juárez.
By VIRGINIA ISAAD
EL NUEVO SOL
Mexican photojournalist Julian Cardona presented his photographs illustrating the violence in Mexico and the economic turmoil its citizens face during his visit to California State University, Northridge on Tuesday, April 11. Sharing photographs from his books including Exodus/Exodo and Juarez: The Laboratory of our Future, Cardona noted the ramifications of North…
By VIRGINIA ISAAD
EL NUEVO SOL
Nestled in the heart of Pacoima, amid auto shops and taquerias (taco shops in Spanish) is the San Fernando Valley’s sole multi-service non-profit center, Meet Each Need with Dignity (MEND). Services range from educational to medical for residents of neighboring cities including Arleta, Sylmar, Lake View Terrace, San Fernando, North Hills, and Mission Hills.
Por: JOSE ORELLANA EL NUEVO SOL 5 de marzo, 2012 Sacramento, California fue el lugar donde se reunieron aproximadamente cinco mil estudiantes de varias universidades estatales, y colegios comunitarios del estado para protestar por el aumento de la matricula escolar. En los últimos años las colegiaturas han subido constantemente y solo en el año 2011
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