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Chinese blood donors wanted

December 6, 2019 By Northwest Asian Weekly Leave a Comment

The Food and Drug Administration lifted a ban earlier this year that prohibits blood donation from those who had traveled to China in the last three years.

Filed Under: Community News, Feature stories, Health Tagged With: 2019, VOL 38 NO 50 | DECEMBER 7-DECEMBER 13

Jayapal, health expert, urge action on South Asian heart health

December 6, 2019 By Northwest Asian Weekly Leave a Comment

When asked what it means to be of Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan, or Nepalese descent, most South Asian Americans will talk about similar things: immigration, the culture of hard work, love of food and traditions, value of family and community.

Filed Under: Opinion, Commentaries, Feature stories, Health Tagged With: 2019, VOL 38 NO 50 | DECEMBER 7-DECEMBER 13

Washingtonians need relief from Rx greed

October 4, 2019 By Northwest Asian Weekly

For decades, Big Pharma has raised drug prices with impunity. Here in Washington state, the average annual cost of brand name prescription drug treatment increased 58 percent between 2012 and 2017, while the annual income for Washingtonians increased only 9.9 percent. Prescription drugs don’t work if patients can’t afford them.

Filed Under: Feature stories, Health Tagged With: 2019, VOL 38 NO 41 | OCTOBER 5 - OCTOBER 11

Is the fountain of youth attainable?

October 4, 2019 By Northwest Asian Weekly

“I don’t mind getting old…I just don’t like to look at myself in the mirror,” said Judge Judy, host of the most popular daytime television show, in a New York Times Magazine story recently. The judge is 76 years old.

Filed Under: Feature stories, Health Tagged With: 2019, VOL 38 NO 41 | OCTOBER 5 - OCTOBER 11

AARP’s Jim Ko on life and aging

October 3, 2019 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Ruth Bayang NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY He retired from corporate life in 2015. But Jim Ko isn’t slowing down. Ko is the AARP Washington State president. In the volunteer role, Ko directs the organization’s activities on behalf of nearly 940,000 Washington state members. “I’d like to help people as they get older to have a […]

Filed Under: Community News, Health Tagged With: 2019, VOL 38 NO 41 | OCTOBER 5 - OCTOBER 11

House re-introduces bill addressing South Asian heart disease

June 14, 2019 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Washington Congressmember Pramila Jayapal re-introduced the South Asian Heart Health Awareness and Research Act on June 5. This bipartisan bill aims to raise awareness regarding the alarming rate of heart disease in the South Asian community and invest in reversing this trend. “Heart disease in the South Asian community has risen to an alarmingly disproportionate […]

Filed Under: Community News, Health Tagged With: 2019, VOL 38 NO 25 | JUNE 15 - JUNE 21

A new model of elderly care

June 13, 2019 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Guijuan Chen, a senior, worries about living in her International District (ID) apartment alone. Problems with her balance and a few spills have left her feeling unsafe. Chen emigrated from China 25 years ago. She loves living in the ID and doesn’t want to move to a nursing home, or to leave her friends and neighborhood.

Filed Under: Feature stories, Health Tagged With: 2019, VOL 38 NO 25 | JUNE 15 - JUNE 21

Seven habits to prevent stroke

June 13, 2019 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Good health habits that help you manage heart health can also help prevent stroke. The American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association, lists seven habits to help prevent stroke.

Filed Under: Feature stories, Health Tagged With: 2019, VOL 38 NO 25 | JUNE 15 - JUNE 21

Store medication safely

June 13, 2019 By Nina Huang

For over 24 years, Trang Le has helped patients find the best medication and treatment for their health needs.

Filed Under: Community News, Health Tagged With: 2019, Trang Le, VOL 38 NO 25 | JUNE 15 - JUNE 21

Few people prepared for huge cost of aging, is Wash. first state with a solution?

April 25, 2019 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By RACHEL LA CORTE The Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington is poised to become the first state to establish an employee-paid program creating an insurance benefit to help offset the costs of long-term care, a step advocates say will help an aging population that is likely not prepared for the increasing costs needed […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: 2019, VOL 38 NO 18 | APRIL 27 - MAY 3

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