Asked about Angelina Jolie’s double mastectomy, Dr. Thomas Hudson says, “Before going for a genetic test, women must make sure that they know what they are doing.”

The link between obesity and an increased risk for breast cancer may vary by ethnicity and race, suggest study results presented at a meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research, in San Diego in 2012, by Marilyn L. Kwan, Ph.D., a research scientist in the Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research. 

Much has been said about defective BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes recently and the greater risk of breast cancer that runs in some families, but the focus on women fails once again to acknowledge that men too can suffer from this disease.

Though Hispanic women typically have lower rates of breast cancer diagnosis compared to non-Hispanic white women, when it comes to triple-negative breast cancer, the situations are reversed.

Experts indicate there may be more standing in the way of proper diabetes care, between at-risk Latinas and their doctors.

A number of hurdles have traditionally stood before Latinas when it comes to medical treatment, with access to care and language barriers usually top on the list of why illnesses aren’t addressed promptly.