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Category Archives: Health
DUDE WTF ASIA: The Two Year Old Smoking Baby
Posted without comment: this YouTube video this video from ABC (since YouTube is constantly taking down the original video source due to copyright violations) of a two year old baby from Indonesia, who needs his mother to change his diapers, … Continue reading
Posted in DUDE WTF ASIA, Family, Health
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New Hep B Campaign Asks: Which One Deserves to Die?
Recently, the San Francisco Hepatitis B Free Campaign launched a new controversial and in-your-face print, billboard and television advertising campaign in the Bay Area called “Which One Deserves to Die.” San Francisco has the highest rate of liver cancer in … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Health, Local, San Francisco Bay Area
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Silence Equals Death
By Ken As APIs, there are many of us who have been raised in families who would rather die than let family secrets out into the open. Invariably, extended family members somehow find out. The omnipresent veil of secrecy incites … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Family, Health, LGBT, Lifestyles
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In Vitro Fertilization Less Successful for Asian Americans
A study by Stanford University shows that in vitro fertilization are less successful for Asian American women than white women; while Asian-American women responded to medications used to stimulate the ovaries to produce eggs at the same rates as their … Continue reading
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Are Asian Americans the Fittest Kids in California?
Are Asian-American kids the most fit in California? They are if you exclude Filipinos and Pacific Islanders. According to Kidsdata.org, the percentage of Asian-American 7th and 9th graders in 2008 who meet all fitness standards is greater than any other … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Health, Lifestyles, Sports, WTF
Tagged youth sports and physical fitness
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Cancer: Asians and the Big C
If you’re a regular reader of 8Asians, you already know I lost both my parents to the big C – Cancer. Toan Lam writes this week in the Huffington Post about a phenomenon in the Asian community surrounding Cancer, specifically … Continue reading
Hepatitis B Awareness Campaign B HERE Launches Contest
We’ve mentioned the B HERE campaign on 8Asians before, and now biopharmaceutical company Gilead is taking it to the next level, giving $10,000 away in a video/song/art contest designed to raise awareness of hepatitis B in the Asian American community … Continue reading
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Ahn Cao, Vietnamese American Republican, Votes for Health Care Plan
Unless you were trapped under a rock, you would know that the much debated and controversial Health Care plan passed in the house with a margin of five votes, 220-215. Despite a huge number of Democrats in the House, the … Continue reading
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Filipinos in the NFL?
“If he grows a few inches, you should have him consider playing tackle football.” This is the comment that Number One Son’s flag football coach told me after a football game. Number One Son had a good game at cornerback, … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Health, Lifestyles, Sports
Tagged Eugene Amano, National Football League, NFL, Roman Gabriel, Steve Slaton
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Will You B Here? UC Davis
There was a post a week or two ago about the B Here Campaign, a quick reminder that the UC Davis event is on the 27th and the 28th… make sure you catch the last chance (in awhile) to see … Continue reading
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Asian American Medical Hazard: Kawasaki Disease
Pediatrician Dr. Wolffe Nadoolman was puzzled by the symptoms shown by a 18 month old toddler of Asian descent. The whites of the boy’s eyes were pink, yet there was no crusting or discharge that is typical of conjunctivitus (pink-eye). … Continue reading
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Tagged japanese, Japanese Americans, Kawasaki Disease
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