Science & Health

A visibly anxious 20-year-old man walked into a Washington, DC Area emergency room one day last week, complaining of severe chest pain. Upon further examination, his heart rate was confirmed to be abnormally high. He said prior to coming to the hospital, he had consumed “a series of energy drinks, and a cup of coffee,” Dr. Cathleen Clancy, associate medical director of the National Capital Poison Center, recalled.

It was three in the morning, and the symptoms were all-too-familiar.

A lot of obstacles stand in the way of Arab-American women from getting screened for breast cancer.  Language barriers are chief among them.  But, a lack of health insurance is also a problem, as is FEAR. 

Hepatitis B is often called a silent killer.  That's because people with the virus may not have any symptoms until later on, when more serious complications, like liver damage, can occur. 

The number of reported AIDS cases has declined among the white population in recent years, but research shows that it's increased for Asian-Americans.