El domingo la lluvia estuvo presente durante el día y la tarde en los cielos bostonianos, pero nada detuvo a los miles de asistentes que visitaron la feria Salud y Familia 2008 en el Agganis Arena de Boston University. Desde las 12 del día el coliseo de BU comenzó a recibir a personas de todas las edades que llegaban preparados para una tarde de salud y diversión.

Each year approximately 150,000 people in the United States are diagnosed with colon cancer and nearly 50,000 will die from the disease. All men and women are at risk for colon cancer. However, because of disproportionate screening rates, minorities, including Hispanics, are more likely to be diagnosed with colon cancer in advanced stages.

Muchas personas prefieren salir del hospital sintiéndose mejor que cuando llegaron. Sin embargo, con el costo actual del cuidado médico y los costos que el consumidor debe cubrir con su propio dinero, un paciente dado de alta podría salir con un gran dolor de cabeza. La NFCC le ofrece consejos para lidiar con deudas médicas.

A well-made pair of shoes can often make the difference between ample foot comfort and a host of debilitating ailments. But while countless footwear companies claim new advances in shoe designs everyday, what lies between the foot and the shoe – the sock – seems to be evolving just as rapidly. So how do you pick the perfect pair?

Boston residents having trouble finding a doctor are now only one phone call away. The Mayor’s Health Line starts offering a new, multilingual service today that puts callers in touch with family doctors and other primary care providers who are accepting new patients. This service is free and confidential.

Vaccinations can help protect children from serious diseases. Many parents may not know that as their kids get older some childhood shots - including the shot for whooping cough - can begin to wear off after five to 10 years. This leaves some preteens and teens at risk of getting sick and missing school.

Fans of organic food: Stop talking, start weeding. Read the article published in The Boston Phoenix and written by Derde Fulton.

Like many medical conditions, early detection of psychiatric illness can be critical in stopping or slowing the disease’s progression. Clinical researchers in the BIDMC Department of Psychiatry, including some based at the Massachusetts Mental Health Center, have recently been awarded several grants to study individuals on the verge of or having just experienced their first psychotic episode.

The American Cancer Society will host two Look Good . . . Feel Better seminars. Workshops set for Wednesday, September 3 and Monday, September 15 at local hospitals in the Boston area. Look Good . . . Feel Better is a free program that teaches cancer patients hands-on techniques to help them cope with appearance-related side effects from chemotherapy or radiation treatments.

Aunque no es el único laboratorio farmacéutico con algún tipo de programa que facilita el acceso de los pacientes a sus recetas médicas, la iniciativa de “Pfizer Helpful Answers” es una opción al alcance de todos los miembros de comunidades hispanas que no cuentan con seguro médico y viven situaciones económicas difíciles.