Self Advocacy

Preventive Care

What Rob Kardashian's Scary Diagnosis Can Teach Us About Latinos & Diabetes

13/03/2016 07:30pm | 7188 views

 

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Mental Health

Task Force Urges Depression Screening For All U.S. Adults, Including Pregnant And Postpartum Women

13/03/2016 07:22pm | 7138 views

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has expanded its guidelines for depression screening, saying it is universally helpful to all U.S. adults over the age of 18, including pregnant and postpartum women. The panel says the benefits of treatment, even medication that may affect fetuses, far outweigh any potential risks.

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Advice For Hispanic Dads During The First Trimester Of Pregnancy

13/03/2016 07:04pm | 7177 views

How did you find out that you were going to be a dad? Perhaps certain physical or emotional changes in your partner gave you a hint, or possibly it came as a complete surprise. Maybe you and your partner had been trying to get pregnant and she showed you the positive results of her pregnanct test.

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Nutrition

Malnutrition: A Hidden Epidemic in Elders--Especially Latinos

13/03/2016 06:46pm | 7545 views

In the summer of 2015, an unusual story emerged that caught the attention of millions of people in social media: A North Carolina man of 81 called 911 and said: “What I need is someone to get to the grocery and bring me some food because I need to eat something.”

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Fitness

Choose Health LA Moms – and Lose Pregnancy Weight with Three Simple Steps

01/03/2016 12:26pm | 11037 views

Losing weight is never easy, but for new moms it can be particularly difficult. The things that new moms do tend to lose – sleep, time for themselves, contact with the outside world – all seem to conspire to keep them from losing the weight they put on during their pregnancy.

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