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Asians at Higher Risk for Liver Cancer
About 1 in 7 Asian immigrants coming into the United States have hepatitis B and are at a much higher risk for liver cancer. The findings were published in a recent issue of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, a publication of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Read more here.
For Families & Patients: What is Hepatitis B?
Frequently asked questions and answers about Hepatitis B.
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Hepatitis B Vaccination
There are an estimated 400 million people worldwide with chronic hepatitis B infection, frequently referred to as carriers, and one in four will die from liver cancer or cirrhosis, often striking the victims at the prime of their life. Read more here.
Joy to the World
Thanks to assistant professor of psychology Jeanne Tsai, the standard on-the-couch question asked by therapists in the future may not be "How do you feel?" but "How do you want to feel?" Read more here.
Health education provides crucial knowledge to individuals and can drastically improve the health status of communities. Below are two bilingual health education pamphlets created for the Asian American community by the Charles B. Wang Community Health Center's Health Education Department.
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