What Are the Main Health Issues affecting Latinos in the U.S.?

By Hope Gillette, Saludify Hispanics are one of the fastest growing minorities in the United States, representing more than 16 percent of the country’s population, according to the most recent U.S. […]

By Dania Zarate, La Beauty Pie It’s officially February! Aside from celebrating Valentine’s Day on the 14, we get an extra day at the end of the month for leap year, […]

If I told you that, every year, about the same number of women under the age of 55 die from heart attacks as from breast cancer, would you be surprised? […]

By Jeff Kreisberg Earlier this week National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute issued new guidelines for testing cholesterol levels in children. They recommended all children ages 9 to 11 should be […]

The “Million Hearts” initiative aims to prevent 1 million deaths from cardiovascular disease over the next five years. In addition to costing Americans $444 billion a year in medical costs […]

More than 40% of women still don’t realize that heart disease is the number one female killer. One in 30 women’s deaths in 2007 was from breast cancer, compared to […]

Mr. Delgado had no idea that his recent diabetes diagnosis puts him at an increased risk for a stroke. But, as a matter of fact, stroke is the third leading […]

People often have the Hollywood image of a heart attack: a man clutching his chest, grimacing in pain and collapsing to the floor. The reality is quite different. Having diabetes […]

Heart disease is not just for men. Heart disease is the leading cause of death among women — and one of the most preventable. In a survey conducted by the […]