In this video, Dr. Joseph Alvarnas, Director of Medical Quality and Associate Director in the Division of Hematology and Hemapoietic Cell Transplantation at the City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, shares his thoughts and insights about HealthyHispanicLiving.com and how it is helping to change the conversation about healthcare in order to better equip the medical community to serve the demographic shift.

November is National COPD Awareness Month, and joining the month-long campaign to boost public knowledge and action is the country’s American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) Foundation, in cooperation with leading pharmaceutical company Sunovion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. This month, members of the Hispanic population will be one of the foundation’s main focuses, following up on the Tome Un Respiro COPD campaign launched earlier this year. The CHEST Foundation is comprised of over 18,700 international members who specialize in pulmonary health, critical care, and sleep medicine.

By Carina Storrs, Special to CNN

Cuban and Puerto Rican adults who grow up in households with smokers are twice as likely to smoke during their adulthoods than non-Hispanic populations and slightly more likely than other Hispanic subgroups, according to a new report.

For many women, the word “nutrition” is synonymous with “diet” (as in, going on one before swimsuit season). But that’s simply not the case. What we choose to eat and put in our bodies affects so much more than the number on the scale or stitched into our jeans.