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Confusion, Chaos, and the Cost of Incompetence

Washington, DC - Congressman Mike Honda (D-CA), Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) today hosted a national press event at the Asian...
By | American Chronicle
February 28, 2006

Immigrants with Mental Illness to Lose Health Services

In 1994, Faridah Hanim and her family emigrated from Malaysia to Seattle. Though she left her country, she did not leave behind the mental illness...
By Nhien Nguyen | International Examiner
February 18, 2005

Super-sizing Asian Americans

Low-income Asian and Pacific Islander children in California are becoming overweight at an alarming rate -- and will soon catch up to low-income white, black...
By Sciene Daily |
November 10, 2004

Mental Health Concerns Resurface in the Chinese Community

SAN FRANCISCO -- A recent attempted suicide by a Chinese American high school student and two apparent murder suicide attempts involving Chinese Americans have raised...
By Sing Tao Daily |
October 25, 2004

Coughing While Asian

Hundreds of homeland security retailers are tapping into the panic industry. SaferAmerica.com has SARS-proof respirators at $45 a pop. Their model for this product is...
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May 31, 2003

LA-Area Asian Community Struggles to Recover from SARS Scare

Markets and restaurants emptied and only now are beginning to recover. By some estimates, hundreds of thousands of dollars were lost, and some businesses continue...
By Robert Jablon | Associated Press
April 27, 2003

SARS Fear Roils Chinatown Neighborhoods, from Frisco to Boston

BOSTON (AP) -- The Chung Wah Hong Market in Chinatown offers everything from vegetables to exotic fish to trinkets. These days, it also offers informational...
By Theo Emery | Associated Press
April 09, 2003

Depression, Poverty Seen In City's Asian Seniors

The study not only examined the respondents' physical and mental health but also their quality of life and their sense of satisfaction. Among some of...
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February 24, 2003

Cancer deaths rise

For instance, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are three times more likely to die of liver cancer than Caucasians and twice as likely to die...
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December 18, 2002

'Rice Rockets' Find Appeal in Mainstream

Nowadays, tricked-out imports are the vehicle of choice for a multicultural audience of speed-loving and style-conscious teenagers and young adults coast to coast, industry experts...
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September 26, 2002

The New East Village: The Remains of the Day

If eclecticism now rules the day in home design, what Mr. Iha seems interested in is the remains of the day. With his ochre frescoed...
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September 19, 2002

Depression and Suicidal Ideation among Young Asian Americans

Depressive symptoms are different between adults, children, and adolescents. For children and adolescents, depressive symptoms are often the opposite of symptoms usually associated with depression...
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August 09, 2002

Changing Faces

But Kimura lived in fear of discovery, rushing off to the bathroom several times a day to reapply the glue and never daring to visit...
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August 04, 2002

API HIV Conference

Invited speakers include Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, Mr. Al and Mrs. Jane Nakatani (Honor Thy Children), Drs. Skip Francis and Don Vereen (National Institute on Drug...
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July 19, 2002

Breast Cancer on Rise Among Asian-American Women

They found that among Asian women 50 years of age or older, diagnosed breast cancer cases increased about 6.3 percent a year from 1993 to...
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June 10, 2002

Asian health worsens in the west

This can be dangerous as it increases the risk of heart disease and stroke. Long stay problems However, those immigrants who had only been in...
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May 22, 2002
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