Category Archives: Health

Asian American Medical Hazard: Stroke

Posted on February 6, 2018 by Jeff

My doctor has always considered my high blood pressure to be a significant concern, and she makes sure I am managing it effectively.  After thinking about the Asian Americans that I know who have had a stroke and this recent … Continue reading →

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Asian Squat Update: Why it’s good for you and why it’s going away

Posted on January 15, 2018 by Jeff

“A guru once told me that the problem with the West is they don’t squat.” – Rosie Spinks One of 8Asians’ most popular articles continues to be Koji Sakai’s article on the “Asian” Squat.  We recently got a comment from … Continue reading →

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Breast Cancer Rates Increasing Among Asian American Women

Posted on May 12, 2017 by Tim

A new study from the Cancer Prevention Institute of California (CPIC), with Scarlett Lin Gomez as the lead researcher of the study, is showing an increase of breast cancer in Asian American women.  This is particularly troubling because the rate among … Continue reading →

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8Questions: Dr. Sophia Yen of PandiaHealth.com, a new online birth control prescription service

Posted on September 19, 2016 by John

I’ve blogged about my friend Dr. Sophia Yen in the past. She’s probably the most politically active person I know (and her brother served in Iraq and her mother Sandy Yen was in the Taiwan legislature.) But by day, she’s not only … Continue reading →

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8Books Review: “Love, Loss, and What We Ate” by Padma Lakshmi

Posted on June 21, 2016 by Lily

Padma Lakshmi’s memoir, Love, Loss, and What We Ate is an intimate look at family, growing, grief, and eating through life’s ups and downs. Best known for her role as host on Top Chef, Lakshmi takes us from childhood to the present in … Continue reading →

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National Science Foundation Funds Extensive Research Survey on Asian Americans

Posted on June 10, 2016 by Jeff

The National Science Foundation has decided to fund an extensive research survey on Asian Americans.  The survey project, lead by Political Science Professor Karthick Ramakrishnan of UC Riverside, Law Professor Taeku Lee of UC Berkeley (shown here), Sociology Professor Jennifer … Continue reading →

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Are Asian Americans really the Healthiest Americans?

Posted on June 3, 2016 by Jeff

Since beginning the year, my family has been dealing with a number of medical issues, from emergency operations to life style changes stemming from chronic conditions.  When I saw that The Center for Disease Control has released a study looking … Continue reading →

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8Books Review: “When Breath Becomes Air” by Paul Kalanithi

Posted on May 3, 2016 by Jeff

My schedule rarely allows me to read entire books, but after I read about Paul Kalanithi’s When Breath Becomes Air, a New York Times bestseller, I decided that I would actually buy and read it. While Kalanithi didn’t focus his book … Continue reading →

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Elisa Lam’s Death and Internet Afterlife

Posted on November 12, 2015 by Jeff

In early 2013, a young Asian Canadian woman named Elisa Lam was found dead in the water tank of the Cecil Hotel in Los Angeles’s Skid Row.  After a cryptic video was released of her shortly before she died, the … Continue reading →

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Asian American Medical Hazard: Working in Silicon Valley

Posted on October 30, 2015 by Jeff

While mobile health units are used in impoverished places like the slums of Mumbai to deliver health care to Asians there, they are also used to deliver health care to Asians in not so impoverished places – the companies of … Continue reading →

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Asian American Diabetes cases: More than Half are Undiagnosed

Posted on September 17, 2015 by Jeff

Many years ago I was amazed when The Wife, a Registered Nurse, looked at someone at a party and immediately (and correctly, more on that later), pointed out that the person was a diabetic.   I wondered how she figured that … Continue reading →

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Taiwanese Americans Cannot Hold Their Liquor

Posted on September 2, 2015 by John

When I saw this article on 47% of Taiwan’s poulation lacks alcohol-metabolizing gene posted on Facebook and read the details, I laughed, since it is pretty common that Asians often do get the “Asian flush”.  ALDH2 is an alcohol-metabolizing gene and if … Continue reading →

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