Category Archives: Health

Chinese Girl Covered in Black Hair Abandoned By Parents

There are some strange things in the world. The story of this little 6-year old in China who has a “rare condition that causes her to grow hair on more than 60% of her body, including the left side of … Continue reading

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Do Asians Have the Worst Smelling Farts?

Before I begin, I want it to be clear that my farts smell like the strawberry air freshener they use at car washes. So this article is about other APIs. Not me. I admit, I’ve always wondered if Asian people’s … Continue reading

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Suicide Prompts Chinese To Reconsider Coming To U.S.

The recent suicide in April 2012 of 40 year old Qinggen Wang, a principal software engineer at Paypal, is driving discussions in the Chinese blogosphere about whether it’s worth it to come to the U.S. to pursue jobs, specifically ones … Continue reading

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Winner Of The 2012 “B A Hero” Hepatitis B PSA Video Contest

The winner of the 2012 “B A Hero” Hepatitus B Public Service Ad (PSA) video contest was announced, and the above video by Isaac Mejia is the winner.  The runner-up is this one by Josh Prasad, and the other finalist … Continue reading

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How High Heels Are Today’s Foot-binding

When I read the article about Chinese foot-binding in the Los Angeles Times, I really found it highlighted the complexity of the practice of foot-binding. On the one hand it was a painful, dangerous, demeaning, and debilitating practice that women … Continue reading

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Free Eye Exams for Asian Americans And Others

Particular minority groups are at greater risk for certain eye diseases than whites.  For example, Asian Americans are much more likely to get glaucoma than other ethnic groups.   Given that April is National Minority Health Month, Eye Care America, … Continue reading

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Did Bruce Lee Have An Undescended Testicle?

Before I begin, I want to make it clear that I LOVE Bruce Lee. When I was a kid he made me feel like Asian American boys could be more than the awkward guy lusting after the girl (which was … Continue reading

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Organ Trafficking In Asia: The Poor Sells Organs and Ends Up Ill

Imagine you are in this scenario: your family member or you need an organ transplant. In America, Canada, and even many parts of the world; you would have to be lucky for a generous organ donor to donate the organ … Continue reading

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Asian Pubic Hair Questions

While doing research on Asians and body hair (Click here to read that article) I was fascinated to find that people on the Internet had a lot of interesting (mis)conceptions about Asian people’s pubic hair. Rather than trying to fit … Continue reading

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Asian New Yorker Smoking Rates Are Not Dropping

I have been to New York a couple of times and I was too focused on the face paced environment that it had not occurred to me how many cities like New York that are populated with many Asian Americans … Continue reading

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Do Asians Have Body Hair?

Growing up, the only time I ever felt insecure about being Asian American was when my non-Asian friends made fun of me for lacking body hair. At the time, I had no hair on my legs, chest, or forearms. They … Continue reading

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