Archive for 'Asian Health'
Serious hospital complications more likely among Asian-Pacific Islanders
Asian-Pacific Islanders are 16% more likely to die than whites in U.S. hospitals from serious, but treatable complications, according to the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Why this is so is not known but experts speculate that Asian-Pacific Islanders go to hospitals that give lower quality care, may receive poorer quality of care than [...]
Posted: December 4th, 2008 under Asian Health, Hospital News.
Tags: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Asian, Asian-Pacific Islanders, Hospitals, Quality of Care
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FDA warns on baby formula from China
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said today that babies should not be fed infant formula manufactured in China . . . after reports that infant formula in China has been found to be contaminated with a compound called melamine, which . . . can cause kidney disease.
Posted: September 12th, 2008 under Asian Health, Child & Youth Health, Newborn and Infant Health, Poisoning & Environmental Health, Uncategorized.
Tags: Infant Formula
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Higher death rate among Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders
Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders living in King County are poorer and have higher rates of smoking, obesity and death than do other residents of the area, according to a report by Public Health - Seattle & King County.
The new report found that, compared to other King County residents, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander [...]
Posted: August 20th, 2008 under Asian Health.
Tags: Asian, Hawaiian, Pacific Islander
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