Several Latinos Make List of Most Powerful Celebrities

By Latina Staff | 06/13/2008 - 11:49 |

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Forbes magazine just released it's list of 100 Most Powerful Celebrities, and a handful of our Latino stars made the cut. This year we excelled in movies, music, sports, and modeling. The bad news? Even though we can boast the highest paid female actress in Hollywood (Cameron Diaz, who grosses about $50 million a year), she got snubbed off the Top 10 list, coming in at #14. In fact, the entire Top 10 was glaringly Latino-less.

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La Lopez Visits Presidential Nominee Barack Obama

By Mariela Rosario | 06/12/2008 - 11:00 |

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Word gets out fast—especially if you’re J.Lo! Jennifer graced Senator Obama with her presence at his office in D.C. yesterday. The Latina wore a black cocktail dress and carried a big orange handbag as she strutted her stuff right into the Hart Senate building without a word as to why she was there, shocking most of the staff. Lopez had an hour and a half long meeting with the newly declared democratic presidential candidate. Security upped the anti from two guards to four while Jennifer chatted up Barack.

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Dolores Dice: Life Is Not a Fairy Tale

By Mariela Rosario | 06/11/2008 - 16:46 |

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ONCE UPON A TIME

Dear Dolores: I met a guy who lives down the street and we hit it off really well. We hung around with each other from time to time, had a few drinks and got to know each other better. He told me he wanted me to be his queen, but I wanted to wait to see what was going to happen. We began seeing each other more frequently and started to mess around. Now, all of a sudden, I don’t see him at all. He doesn’t even call. What went wrong?

-Micaela in San Antonio

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Chef Lorena Garcia Schools Us On Childhood Obesity

By Mariela Rosario | 06/11/2008 - 12:20 |

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How did you become concerned with the issue of childhood obesity?

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The Lowdown on BPA

By Mariela Rosario | 06/09/2008 - 13:30 |

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BIsphenol A, or BPA, is a chemical that is often found in baby bottles and even infant formula cans.
According to the National Toxicology Program (NTP), it acts on the brain like a hormone, causing behavioral and developmental problems, early puberty in girls and changes in the prostate and breasts of those exposed. The problem is, we’re all exposed to it—in a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 95% of subjects had BPA in their system.

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Latino Youth At Risk

By Mariela Rosario | 06/09/2008 - 13:24 |

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A bi-annual federal survey just released by the Center for Disease Control reveals that Hispanic high school students use drugs and attempt suicide at higher rates than black and white students. Furthermore, while rates of sexual activity are on the decline for black and white students, there is no decline for Hispanic students.

“It’s disheartening that we aren’t seeing progress among Hispanic teens for certain risk factors,” said Howell Wechsler, the director of the CDC’s Division of Adolescent and School Health.

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