8 Most Popular Posts (Last Seven Days)
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In a Post-Apocalyptic Zombie World, Asian American Man Gets White Girl
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Asian American Commercial Watch: Liberty Mutual Insurance’s ‘First Word | Truth Tellers’
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Asian Guys and that One Long Pinky Fingernail
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Do Asians Have Body Hair?
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Internet Page Reveals How to Talk Dirty in Tagalog
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Review of Netflix Japan’s “Our Secret Diary”
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A Guide To A Buddhist/Chinese/American Funeral
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Asian American Commercial Watch: Ronny Chieng & Old Spice’s “The Expert”
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Category Archives: Health
Robin Lim Named CNN’s 2011 Hero Of The Year
Earlier this month CNN honored 10 people ranging from directors of non-profits that support military widows, urban youth, and people with disabilities. But, the story that captured my heart was about Robin Lim, or “Mother Robin,” who was the CNN … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Lifestyles, Nonprofit
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Dr. Arthur Chen, Protestor: Time Magazine Person of the Year
Dr. Arthur Chen of Oakland, California was recently named as one of Time Magazine’s “Person of the Year.” A 60-year-old family physician, Dr. Chen has utilized the Occupy Oakland movement to promote his cause – health care reform. In the interview … Continue reading
Posted in (simple), Current Events, Health
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Korean-Canadian Virologist Develops HIV Vaccine Approved for Human Testing
Researchers from University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario developed an HIV vaccine that uses whole HIV virus, but it is engineered so that it cannot cause HIV in recipients. The vaccine has been shown to stimulate strong immune response … Continue reading
Health Study Sees Rice as Source of Arsenic Exposure
Via US News: “New research finds that pregnant women in New Hampshire, which has high levels of arsenic in drinking water in some wells, may also be ingesting arsenic through rice…Karagas said arsenic levels in rice ‘should be monitored,’ although … Continue reading
Posted in (simple), Food & Drink, Health
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Asian American Medical Hazard: Diabetes Misdiagnosis
Type I and Type II diabetes are two different conditions, but with young Asian Americans, the conditions are often hard to distinguish compared to other ethnic groups. For example, white type II diabetes patients are usually older and overweight while … Continue reading
Posted in Asian American Medical Hazard, Health
Tagged Diabetes, Type I diabetes, type II diabetes
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Social Networking And Bone Marrow Donors
I first joined the bone marrow donor registry in the early nineties, after reading about a Chinese boy with leukemia who was looking for a match. Back then (and still the case now), Asian donors were rare, and finding a … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Health, LGBT, Lifestyles
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Bone Marrow Donors Can Now Be Paid – First Up, Minorities
With a new court ruling overturning the ban on payment for bone marrow donation, at least one California non-profit has already indicated they will offer up to $3000 per donor, at least at first to minorities and people of mixed … Continue reading
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VIRAL LIKE SARS: Chinese Deformed Pig Walks On Front Legs
http://youtu.be/621AyBKLUow This viral video is relevant because the pig is Chinese and we like to address all things Asian related, even if they’re not exactly humans. Also, pigs are supposed to be super intelligent (haven’t you ever seen Babe?) and … Continue reading
Posted in Food & Drink, Health, Lifestyles, Viral Like SARS, WTF
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World AIDS Day: China’s HIV Cases On The Rise
Have the transmission and spreading of AIDS been controlled since it was first identified 30 years ago? In recent years, the diagnoses of AIDS among APAs have increased steadily. HIV/AIDS infections are not only on the rise in the United … Continue reading
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Former Olympian Dr. Amy Chow on Childhood Obesity
A few Sunday mornings ago, I was flipping the channels and came across local television station ABC7 News’s Beyond the Headlines Sunday morning program, where former gymnast and three-time Olympic team winner Dr. Amy Chow was discussing the growing epidemic … Continue reading
Posted in Food & Drink, Health, Lifestyles, Local, San Francisco Bay Area
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Taiwan Working To Legalize Prostitution
In early November, Taiwan revised the Social Order Maintenance Act in which prostitution is legal in designated red-light districts. However, no local governments have been willing to create these zones. This is a highly controversial matter and there are split … Continue reading
Posted in Dating, Health, Lifestyles, Politics
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Asian Egg Donors In High Demand
If you’ve been trying to have children without success, and you’ve investigated IVF (In Vitro Fertilization), then it’s probably not a surprise to you that there are fees associated with acquiring eggs from an egg donor. It’s probably also not … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Health
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