Category Archives: Health

Missing Asian Women in America?

Posted on October 17, 2010 by Tim

Most people already know that the one-child policy in China has caused a lot of sex based selection in children, causing an very lop-sided ratio of males to females in China. The United Nations estimates, there should be 40 million … Continue reading →

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UC Davis Cancer Center Wins Grant to Focus on Asian-Americans

Posted on October 7, 2010 by Jeff

The UC Davis Cancer Center has won a $5.6 million grant to establish the National Center for Reducing Asian American Cancer Health Disparities, the only such center in the United States. It is a timely creation of such a center, … Continue reading →

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More Korean-Americans Showing Up at Free Clinics

Posted on September 25, 2010 by Ernie

More Korean-Americans are showing up local free clinics, reports the Korea Times. Statistics show a dramatic 50 percent rise in Korean patients compared to four years earlier; Koreans are among the most likely to be self employed as well as … Continue reading →

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German Man Develops Chinese Accent After Migraine

Posted on September 20, 2010 by Ernie

There have been evidence of people completely changing their accents after migraines and strokes, including a German-born Briton speaking like a Chinese man. I’m trying to imagine my dad sound like Foghorn Leghorn after a stroke, and it’s pretty much … Continue reading →

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Are More Asian Americans Abusing Adderall?

Posted on September 12, 2010 by Jeff

A blog from CNN announced that a study published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs found that drug abuse differed ethnic groups, with Asian-American drug use seen to be the lowest.  The study looked at drugs such … Continue reading →

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Buy A Murder House During Ghost Month

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Tim

August 10 marked the start of Ghost Month, a Chinese and Taiwanese celebration based in superstition around wandering souls. There’s a belief that for one month out of the year, deceased souls can come out and visit the living. Because … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Health, Real Estate, San Francisco Bay Area | 2 Comments

Indonesian Smoking Baby Calls It Quits

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Moye

Remember that hardcore two year old baby from Indonesia who shocked the world with his two-packs-a-day smoking habit? You can lay off on those phone calls to Child Welfare Services because National Commission for Child Protection Secretary-General Arist Merdeka Sirait … Continue reading →

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3 Hilariously Contradictory Pieces of Advice Given to Pregnant Asian Women

Posted on August 26, 2010 by Guest Writer

By Anonymous Having now entered the second trimester of my pregnancy, there really is no denying that I’m knocked up — the belly seems to swell another inch every day and I think I’ve already started waddling. And as any woman who … Continue reading →

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Oregon Health Supervisor Shuts Down Lemonade Stand

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Ben

Sometimes, you just have to wonder what the heck is wrong with the world. Jon Kawaguchi, an environmental health supervisor for the Multnomah County Health Department in Oregon, shut a seven year old down for a lemonade stand. You heard … Continue reading →

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Takeru Kobayashi Released from Jail

Posted on July 6, 2010 by John

On July 4th, Joey “Jaws” Chestnut defended his title (and winning  for the 4th time in a row) in Nathan’s Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest by eating 54 hot dogs in 10 minutes. Due to a contracts dispute with Major League Eating & … Continue reading →

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The Model Minority Myth applied to Asian-American Health

Posted on June 22, 2010 by Jeff

When I was 34, my doctor refused to biopsy a lump I found in my right breast.  He told me I was too young to get breast cancer and had no family history. Besides, he said, “Asian women don’t get … Continue reading →

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Chinese More Likely to Be Nearsighted

Posted on June 18, 2010 by Tim

Embedded in this week’s news on a new study on Chinese children who need glasses (it’s estimated as much as 60% of rural Chinese children need glasses, but many don’t get them), was this quote from an Oxford researcher: “People … Continue reading →

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