Ismael Cala talks about the benefits of meditation.

By Nicole Akoukou Thompson (staff@latinpost.com)

Cardiovascular diseases, caused by high blood pressure, obesity and diabetes, have a damning hold on the Hispanic community, with heart disease ranking as the community's No. 1 killer.

LOS ANGELES — As the protracted race for the White House and Congress unfolds 18 months before the 2016 elections, candidates intent on garnering the all-important Latino vote may want to keep this in mind: Speaking and advertising in Spanish may fall on deaf ears.

CHICAGO — We’ve said it before, we’ll say it again: Hispanics show poorly at the polls.

The nation’s foreign-born population is projected to reach 78 million by 2060, making up 18.8% of the total U.S. population, according to new Census Bureau population projections. That would be a new record for the foreign-born share, with the bureau projecting that the previous record high of 14.8% in 1890 will be passed as soon as 2025.

Yet while Asian and Hispanic immigrants are projected to continue to be the main sources of U.S. immigrant population growth, the new projections show that the share of the foreign born is expected to fall among these two groups.