Eating peanuts as a snack could help reduce the risk of obesity in children,according to researchers at the University of Houston, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Woman's University.

Hispanic women with pre-diabetes randomly assigned to 14 weeks of intensive lifestyle intervention, including cooking demonstrations and group grocery store trips, saw a significant decrease in body weight, waist circumference and fasting insulin at 1 year vs. women assigned to usual care, according to recent findings.

Even in the 21st century, a tape measure may be quite telling. The past few years have seen the emergence of electronic devices that measure our heart rate, blood pressure, steps, etc. The tape measure is less used but can reveal a lot.

Doctors are getting ready to inject people with the Zika virus.

The future health and health care of Latinos and other Americans will be in good hands. Listening to comments and questions from young Latinos attending a recent panel discussion on "The State of Hispanic Health in America," I was encouraged and inspired. These mostly college-aged students represent our nation's future leaders, and what I saw and heard and experienced gave me tremendous hope.