Oct 2, 2020
The 20th anniversary of a large stroke study in Corpus Christi, Texas, highlights – and is helping to shrink – health disparities between Mexican Americans and their white peers. BDT
Sep 28, 2020
For 20 years, Nuestra Escuela in Puerto Rico has helped 2,500 students by supporting them socioeconomically as well as intellectually.
Sep 24, 2020
First-generation American Ngoc Vuong devotes himself to shedding light on mental health education and disparities.
Sep 22, 2020
Metabolic syndrome, a group of risk factors that can signal future diabetes or cardiovascular disease, is rising in Hispanic adults, as well as among younger adults.
Sep 15, 2020
Fascinated with the relationship between food and health since childhood, Lorena Melendez-Chavez is putting her nutrition education to work preventing obesity and diabetes in greater Los Angeles.
Sep 14, 2020
Black adults with so-called resistant hypertension often don't get the right medications or receive counseling about the use of healthy behaviors to lower their blood pressure, according to new research.
Aug 26, 2020
Grateful for the strong relationship he has with his children, Shon Hart started InvolvedDad to help other dads connect with their kids.
Aug 12, 2020
A growing school of thought sees a link between education and protection from heart disease.
Aug 11, 2020
Almost two-thirds of people in the U.S. who need aortic valve replacements don’t get them, says a study that found Black people are less likely to undergo the procedure.
Aug 7, 2020
The Boston-based Immigrant Family Services Institute adopts a village model to help Caribbean, African and Hispanic immigrants assimilate faster into their new neighborhoods.