Endometrial cancer is cancer that affects the lining of the uterus. According to the American Cancer Society, approximately 52,000 new cases are diagnosed annually, with around 8,500 deaths attributed to the disease. Though this cancer is more common among non-Hispanic whites, studies have shown in the past, non-Hispanic blacks were more likely to die from endometrial cancer.

Hispanics in the U.S. at risk for cardiovascular disease also have a high prevalence of sleep apnea, which is often undiagnosed, suggesting the untreated sleep disorder can lead to diabetes and hypertension in this population, according to an analysis of the results of the landmark Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (SOL).

I remember the day I noticed something was amiss. We had just walked back to the Dodge Grand Caravan I had rented for our weeklong trip to Miami after dinner at a Miami Beach Argentine restaurant, and my dad couldn’t find the door of the minivan. Yes, it was a rental, and he had had some wine at dinner but still something was off. As I sat back into the passenger seat, I leaned back and asked my step mother, if my dad was alright. She looked at me and said, “Yes.” I asked her again, and told her to tell me if something was wrong. She repeated that all was fine with dad.

It’s the perennial conundrum of many personal weight-loss and diet goals writ large: Kids are eating better and engaging in more physical activity, but pound-for-pound, they aren’t quite achieving the desired results.

New infections of hepatitis C are on the rise for the first time since the mid-1990s. Here's what's going on — and how communities can help stem that tide