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Few Latinas recognize breast cancer often progresses slowly enough to be detected and treated.
On to Latinas: Merengue, familia, Salsa, amor, Isabel Allende, musica, amigos, Spanish, I love dancing and mascara.
I'm not saying other ethnic groups don't coddle their kids, but Latinas just seem to excel at it.
To be sure, there are no Latinas as CEOs of top Fortune 500 companies per 2012 list.
Latinas are 20% more likely to die of breast cancer than white women diagnosed at similar ages and stages.
Our website, www.saludtoday.com, features amazing bilingual PSAs and resources for breast cancer screening and clinical trial participation for Latinas.
Meanwhile, Latinas born abroad are often condemned to low-paying jobs by an even skimpier education or a poor knowledge of English.
Compared to white women, the AIDS case rate is 5 times higher for Latinas and 20 times higher for black women.
My team has developed bilingual materials to teach Latinas how to best reduce their cancer risk, obtain needed screening and reduce fears.
Latinas do not wear their hair or behave in any particular way.
Byrd recently began combing the data from a health promotion effort she designed to improve the rate of pap smears among Latinas in the community.
Sotomayor will inspire young Latinas to chase their dreams, she said.
Among women, 1, 700 heterosexual Latinas became infected in 2009, making them more than four times more likely to become infected with HIV than white women.
Opening the doors to more hard core business and strategic upper level management positions will clearly unleash the talent of many Latinas today and in the future.
Prevention is the key, and timely screening, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up care are critical if Latinas are to survive cancer and sustain a good quality of life.
Hours before dying of a heart attack, Ms. Prida celebrated the 20th anniversary of LIPS, "Latinas In Power, Sort Of, " a women's group that we are both part of.
Cultural differences among Americans of Japanese, Cambodian, Chinese, Hawaiian, East Indian, Viet Namese or Phillipine descent can be as distinct as those between U.S. Latinas of Cuban, Mexican, Spanish or Brazilian descent.
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We also have made it a vital component of our operations to utilize culturally sensitive patient navigators and promotoras, community health workers who help Latinas navigate the complex world of cancer care.
And the good news is that because of some of the battles that were fought before you were born and, in some cases, before I was born, opportunity is opening up for more and more people -- for women, for Latinas, Latinos, for African Americans.
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