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Cancer Incidence, Mortality, and Associated Risk Factors Among Chinese Americans

July 11th, 2007 · No Comments

The American Cancer Society released a report on Cancer Incidence, Mortality, and Associated Risk Factors Among Asians Americans of Chinese, Filipino, Vietnamese, Korean, and Japanese Ethnicities in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians. The report looked at prostate, breast, lung, and colon/rectum cancer among Asian Americans in California.

“Chinese Americans had among the lowest incidence [...]

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Farmers Markets and Organic Foods

July 8th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Lately, the American mainstream press has focused on China’s poor food and product safety record. However, the open secret is that there’s no secret at all. Before the pet food debacle, these same stories would appear in the newspaper, but be buried in the international news section. Now that American pets have [...]

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China’s Upton Sinclair

May 1st, 2007 · 2 Comments

Whenever I read any negative news articles about China, I don’t see a society too different from the one we celebrate in America. From a business, legal and political perspective, some analysts may contend that America and China are polar opposites. But, that is not the case. In fact, we are traveling [...]

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No More Pearl Milk Tea

January 9th, 2007 · No Comments

I love the pearl milk tea at Fantasia Coffee & Tea. My favorite flavors are taro and red bean. However, a recent study may give pearl milk tea lovers some pause. While drinking tea can reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke, these benefits do not extend to drinkers of pearl [...]

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