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El Nuevo Sol News

Apr 25th, 2013 | By
El Nuevo Sol News

 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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Síntesis Informativa

Apr 5th, 2013 | By
Síntesis Informativa

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.



La epidemia nutricional afecta a los latinos

Feb 21st, 2013 | By
La epidemia nutricional afecta a los latinos

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.



Proper vision care helps kids at school

Dec 28th, 2012 | By
Proper vision care helps kids at school

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.



Cuba offers American medical students a free education

Dec 21st, 2012 | By
Cuba offers American medical students a free education

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.



Diabetes Increases in CSUN Community as Much as in General Population

Dec 18th, 2012 | By
Diabetes Increases in CSUN Community as Much as in General Population

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.



Organización promueve la salud entre la comunidad latina

Dec 16th, 2012 | By
Organización promueve la salud entre la comunidad latina

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.



Health Care System Cost in the United States Leaves Many Uninsured

Dec 14th, 2012 | By
Health Care System Cost in the United States Leaves Many Uninsured

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.



Diabetes rates skyrocket in minority groups

Dec 14th, 2012 | By
Diabetes rates skyrocket in minority groups

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.



Central American family changes eating habits to help mother control diabetes

Dec 14th, 2012 | By
Central American family changes eating habits to help mother control 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.



WIC Nutritional Classes Help Three Generations to Eat Healthier

Dec 5th, 2012 | By
WIC Nutritional Classes Help Three Generations to Eat Healthier

By RACHAEL OBAZUAYE
EL NUEVO SOL—SALUD
“I was scared that anything cold be wrong with my baby and my health,” says Lucila Hernández. “I knew my eating habits had to change or I would be at risk of getting diabetes or even giving my baby diabetes which wouldn’t be fair to him.”



Profesora adopta el veganismo por razones éticas y de justicia alimentaria

Dec 3rd, 2012 | By
Profesora adopta el veganismo por razones éticas y de justicia alimentaria

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.



Latino Health Collaborative: A Collective Effort to Make Healthier Lives

Dec 1st, 2012 | By
Latino Health Collaborative: A Collective Effort to Make Healthier Lives

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.



The “Driving” Force of Dentistry

Dec 1st, 2012 | By
The “Driving” Force of Dentistry

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.



College Students Wonder: What Is Obamacare?

Dec 1st, 2012 | By
College Students Wonder: What Is Obamacare?

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.



Las condiciones laborales, ¿una amenaza de salud para los latinos?

Jul 31st, 2012 | By
Las condiciones laborales, ¿una amenaza de salud para los latinos?

POR CYNTHIA LEMUS
EL NUEVO SOL
En California hubieron entre 247 y 500  muertos en áreas laborales en el 2011. Por segundo año consecutivo, el total de trabajadores latinos muertos fue más grande que el de trabajadores blancos: 131 y 129 respectivamente, a pesar de que los latinos representan una proporción menor de la fuerza laboral del estado.



Salud dental, un problema socioeconómico entre los latinos

Jun 12th, 2012 | By
Salud dental, un problema socioeconómico entre los latinos

Por MANUEL MORFÍN y STEFANIE DE LEÓN
EL NUEVO SOL
La mayoría de los niños latinos no tienen acceso a cuidado dental. A pesar de ser el grupo minoritario infantil más grande en este país, no les está garantizado el cuidado bucal. Un reciente estudio titulado The Health of Latino Children: Urgent Priorities, Unanswered Questions and a Research Agenda explica que la presencia de caries es desproporcionadamente más alta entre los niños latinos que en otros grupos.



Padres, jóvenes y la educación sexual de los latinos

Jun 12th, 2012 | By
Padres, jóvenes y la educación sexual de los latinos

Por JOANNA JACOBO, JULIA COOKE y KAYLA RODGERS
EL NUEVO SOL
La tasa de embarazo de las jóvenes latinas de entre 15 y 19 años disminuyó dramáticamente en los últimos veinte años, de 104.6 en 1991 a 55.7 por cada mil jóvenes en el 2010, pero todavía es mucho más alto que la tasa nacional de 34.4 embarazos por cada mil jóvenes de entre 15 y 19 años.



Cómo afecta la reforma de salud a la comunidad latina

Jun 5th, 2012 | By
Cómo afecta la reforma de salud a la comunidad latina

Por JORGE NERI
EL NUEVO SOL
Según las cifras del censo, en Estados Unidos hay 49.9 millones de individuos sin seguro médico. De ellos, 15.3 millones son latinos, 23 millones son blancos y 8.1 millones son afroamericanos. Esto hace que los latinos sean el grupo estadounidense con la proporción más alta de personas que no tienen seguro médico. Uno de cada tres latinos no tiene seguro médico.



Para el cuerpo y el alma… remedios caseros

Jun 5th, 2012 | By
Para el cuerpo y el alma… remedios caseros

Por KARLA HENRY y KATHERINE ACUÑA
EL NUEVO SOL
“La medicina natural tiene muchos usos y creo que es muy importante”, dice el doctor Félix Aguilar, director del South Central Family Health Center de Los Ángeles. “En realidad creo que debemos aprender más de ella, tenemos que integrarla más a nuestra medicina occidental”.