Diabetes Facts

An estimated that 25.8 million people in the United States -- 8.3% of our population has diabetes:

• Diagnosed - 18.8 million people
• Undiagnosed - 7 million people
• Pre-diabetes - 79 million people

Prevalence of those, over 20-years-old, with diabetes by race/ethnicity

• 7.1% of non-Hispanic whites
• 8.4% of Asian Americans
• 12.6% of non-Hispanic blacks
• 11.8% of Hispanics

Among the Hispanic population:

• 7.6% Cuban
• 13.3% Mexican
• 13.8% Puerto-Rican

Romney Would Turn Back the Clock On Women's Health

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Planned Parenthood launches $3.2 million ad campaign 

Abortion bill redefines rape

Many of you readers may already be aware of HR 3, the "No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act," introduced on January 20th by Rep. Chris Smith, (R-NJ) and further aware of the attempt to redefine the definition of rape by limiting federally funded abortion coverage only to victims of what the law defined as "forcible rape." Is there another kind of rape?

Smith announced on January 27th that he was dropping the "forcible rape" wording and replacing it with language from the 1976 Hyde Amendment, which bans federal funding for abortions except for cases of rape, incest, or to save a mother's life.

HR 3 has the Republicans fighting the Democrats and Pro-Choice groups fighting Pro-Life groups. This writer refuses to become entrenched in this political and personal argument because it doesn’t matter what political party one belongs to or whether one is Pro-Choice or Pro-Life. What does matter is our representatives, so desperate for their own personal gain, attempting to legally redefine the word rape. Did anyone bother to think about the repercussions for victims of rape and how HR 3’s redefinition could have opened the door for an easy out to anyone who commits rape?

A Woman’s Health And Happiness

I do quite a bit of research when I’m writing about certain subjects. I’d set out to find solid scientific evidence of the correlation between women’s happiness and physical health. What I found was a lot of psychobabble versus scientific fact. Almost as if we women just couldn’t wrap our fragile minds around solid facts.

”It is near impossible to neutrally define happiness as we presently know and understand it. A woman’s health and happiness can be said to refer to a combination of psychological, mental and emotional elements. As such, it is an internal and subjective process.” Garbage! I’d seriously like to smack the windbag that wrote this crap.

Resource For Women’s Health

The Office on Women's Health (OWH) was established in 1991 within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Its Vision is to ensure that "All Women and Girls are Healthier and Have a Better Sense of Well Being." Its mission is to "provide leadership to promote health equity for women and girls through sex/gender-specific approaches." The strategy OWH uses to achieve its mission and vision is through the development of innovative programs, by educating health professionals, and motivating behavior change in consumers through the dissemination of health information.

1-800-994-9662 or 1-888-220-5446 for the hearing impaired. Trained English- and Spanish-speaking Information and Referral Specialists will find and order free health information or provide organizational referrals to assist you with any health questions. NWHIC's phone lines are open Monday through Friday, 9AM to 6PM EST (excluding Federal holidays).