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'Wheels For Alex' – A Young Latino Asks For Help

Robert Held CTLatinoNews.com Alex Robley recently turned 19 and is hoping to raise around $50,000 for a new wheelchair accessible […]

Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among men of all races/ethnicities in the United States, but due to

Hispanics comprised 21% of new HIV/AIDS infections each year in the United States. About 1 in 36 Hispanic men and

photo: diabetescare.net If you are of Latin American descent, do you call yourself Chicano? Latino? Hispanic? As an undergraduate

Lisa S. Lenkiewicz CTLatinoNews.com For most of her life, Maria (not her real name) has been a victim of

Robin Williams’ death on Monday, his suicide, stunned the world. The paradox of a comedian committing suicide made the incident

Becoming an organ donor is an important decision and we must educate ourselves about the importance of organ donation. Most

Robert Held CTLatinoNews.com Lupus is an autoimmune inflammatory disease that currently affects over 17,000 people in the state.

The Connecticut Health Foundation’s (CT Health) board of directors recently awarded $350,000 to four nonprofit organizations throughout the state to

By Doug Maine For Liza Ramírez, the past few months have been eventful. Over that time, the 28-year-old single mom

They’re on the go, living their lives on smartphones and using social media. They’re skipping the doctor more and more,

Forty-five percent of Connecticut adults, in a survey released Wednesday, reported that they have been diagnosed with a chronic