I’m always feeling up my tetas and not just because I’m mala. Breast cancer runs in my familia and I’ve already lost two tias to the disease and have one who is still fighting it.
A recently released study says that Latinas often delay seeking treatment for cancer del seno, making treatment more difficult. The reasons include lack of health insurance, fear, and just cosas de la vida that sometimes make a doctor’s visit less of a priority than say working.
I would also add a lack of cultural competency on the part of doctors working in Latino communities.
“(Latinas are) not getting more breast cancer than other women, but they’re less likely to survive as long,” said Dr. Amelie G. Ramirez, a member of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation’s National Health Advisory Council and chairwoman of the Komen Foundation National Hispanic/Latino Advisory Council. “The reason is they’re diagnosed at a later stage of the cancer.”
Via / The Latin Americanist
11:15 am By Maegan La Mala · Celebrities| Health| Marketing · 1 Comment
24 May 2006
Sofia Vergara wants to know if you have your leche. She is the latest celeb to lend her face to the Milk Processors Education Program (MilkPEP)known to us as the Got Milk? campaign. Seems like someone wants more Latinos to drink their leche not just as a way to get calcium and stay healthy but actually as a way to lose weight. What better person to promote weight loss through milk than a mujer who doesn’t need to lose a pound and has enough tetas to provide milk to a small nation? Sofia said:
I am thrilled to be a part of this campaign because as a celebrity I think it’s important to try to convey useful information to Hispanics.
I’m sure the hombres will be thrilled too.
Via / So Hood
Image Via / People en Espanol
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