Half-million cosmetic plastic surgery procedures for Hispanics in 2004 - up 49% from 2000
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. Hispanics had nearly 553,000 cosmetic plastic surgery procedures in 2004, an increase of 49 percent from 2000 and a 7 percent increase from 2003, according to statistics released today by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS). Hispanics led all minority groups in the number of procedures performed, comprising 6 percent of the 9.2 million cosmetic surgery proced...UNC, Wake Forest scholars work to reduce crimes against Hispanics in North Carolina
CHAPEL HILL Crimes against Hispanics -- mostly hard-working people who come to North Carolina trying to improve life for their families and themselves -- jumped as much as 500 percent between 1993 and 1998, according to some estimates. ......Now researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Wake Forest University have teamed up to closely examine why Hispanics, whose percen...Among elderly, depression more prevalent in Hispanics and blacks
Elderly Hispanics and African Americans have higher rates of depression than their white counterparts, due largely to greater health burdens and lack of health insurance, a Northwestern University study has found. ... The study, published in the November online issue of the American Journal of Public Health, showed that major depression was most prevalent among Hispanics 10.8 percent -- followed...Hispanics face high rates of unstable health care coverage, low rates of preventive care
New York City, October 16, 2003--Nearly half (45%) of Hispanics under age 65 and two-thirds (65%) of working-age Hispanics with low incomes were uninsured for all or part of the year in 2000, according to a new analysis by The Commonwealth Fund. Uninsured Hispanics have low rates of some preventive health services: just 39% of uninsured Hispanic adults with diabetes had annual foot exams (needed...Young blacks, Hispanics more prone to stroke than young whites
DALLAS, Nov. 8 The incidence of stroke is higher among blacks and Hispanics ages 20 to 44 than among young whites, according to a study in today's rapid access issue of Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association. ...... While studies have shown that blacks and Hispanics are more likely than whites to suffer stroke in general, this is the first study to compare stroke incidence among youn...Obesity might play part in increasing breast cancer rates among Hispanics
LOS ANGELES, August 9, 2002-Hispanic women have been known to run a lower risk of developing breast cancer than most other women, but their breast cancer rates are climbing-and increasing obesity is one factor that might be to blame. ......The weight that Hispanic women gain during adulthood and their body fat may put them at greater risk for breast cancer both before and after menopause, accordi...Research finds U.S. adolescents inactive; blacks, Hispanics, Asians at biggest risk
.CHAPEL HILL - U.S. adolescents exercise too little and spend.far too much time watching television and videos and playing computer games, a.major new University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill study shows.. . Minorities, including blacks, Hispanics and Asians, are less active than.whites generally and face greater health risks from being overweight, the study.found. Girls, especially ol...