Latinos and Heart Disease Sistema De La Biblioteca Pública De Denver
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COLORADO’S #1 HISPANIC-OWNED BILINGUAL PUBLICATION VOL. XLI NO. 8 National Association of Hispanic Publications February 25, 2015 LA VIDA LATINA Colorado’s Latinas shine! Page 7 ESTA SEMANA THIS WEEK RODolfo “CorKy” GONZALES LIBRARY The Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzales Library is scheduled to officially open this Saturday, February 28, at 11:00 a.m. The library has 24 total staff members and is the 26th branch of the Denver Public Library system. Located at Colfax and Irving, the library is named after the Crusade for Justice leader and civil rights advocate of the Photo courtesy: Mark Suban/A.M.P.A.S. Latino community. See Alejandro G. Iñárritu accepts the Oscar for Best motion picture of the Alejandro G. Iñárritu recibe el Oscar a la mejor película del año, por page 13 for a preview of year, for work on “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” el trabajo en “Birdman o (La Virtud inesperada de la ignorancia)”, the library. with Michael Keaton, Arnon Milchan, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando con Michael Keaton, Arnon Milchan, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando La biblioteca Rodolfo Bo, James W. Skotchdopole, Emmanuel Lubezki, Naomi Watts, Emma Bo, James W. Skotchdopole, Emmanuel Lubezki, Naomi Watts, Emma “Corky” Gonzales está Stone, Nicolas Giacobone, Edward Norton and John Lesher and Andrea Stone, Nicolas Giacobone, Edward Norton y John Lesher y Andrea programada para abrir Riseborough during the live ABC Telecast of The 87th Oscars at the Riseborough durante el vivo ABC Telecast de los Oscar 87a en el Teatro oficialmente este sábado, Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on Sunday, Feb. 22. Dolby en Hollywood el domingo 22 de febrero. 28 de febrero a las 11:00 am. La biblioteca cuenta con un total de 24 miembros del personal y es la sucursal 26 del Latinos and heart disease sistema de la Biblioteca Pública de Denver. ERNEST GURULÉ you may not even be aware of it. our best of intentions, simply take capacity to love. It’s also the driv- Situada en Colfax e Hey, you!! Yeah! You. Do you So, let’s take a few minutes and for granted. In so many ways, the ing force for his inspiration to do Irving, la biblioteca lleva realize that you just may be living figure out how we might diffuse heart is what makes us who we just about anything; travel, dream, el nombre de la Cruzada with a time bomb and don’t even this potential problem. Your life are. challenge, conquer, even fight por la Justicia y el líder know it? It’s not exactly ‘strapped just might depend on it. Since man has walked upright, wars. While the heart symbolizes de los derechos civiles y to your chest,’ but close. More The ‘bomb’ we’re talking he has – metaphorically – made all that is good, any soliloquy to defensor de la comunidad accurately, it’s ‘in your chest.’ And, about is your heart. It is that amaz- the heart the center of his uni- its greatness actually takes away latina. Vea página 13 por despite the fact that it is ticking, ing little muscle that we, despite verse. It symbolizes his ability and CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 >> previas de la biblioteca. Latinos y enfermedades del corazón ¿QUE PASA? ¡Hola, usted!! ¡Sí! Usted. ¿Sabe a usted’, pero si cerca. Más preciso, pesar de nuestras mejores inten- sea; viajar, soñar, retar, conquistar, WHAt’s HAPPENING que usted puede estar viviendo con esta ‘en su pecho’. Y a pesar de ciones, simplemente ni lo pensa- aun más hacer la guerra. Aun EVENTS CALENDAR, PAGE 10 una bomba de tiempo y ni siquiera que está marcando el paso, quizás mos. En tantas formas, el corazón cuando el corazón simboliza todo lo sabe? No está exactamente atada usted no lo sabe. Tomemos enton- es lo que nos hace lo que somos. lo que es bueno, cualquier solilo- ces unos minutos y planeemos Desde cuando el hombre quio de su grandeza en realidad como podríamos difundir este comenzó a caminar erecto, “él lo separa del papel fundamental posible problema. Su vida puede ha – metafóricamente – hecho del e indispensable que juega todos y depender de esto. corazón el centro de su universo. cada día. La ‘bomba’ de la que estamos Simboliza su habilidad y capacidad Muy simplemente, el corazón hablando es su corazón. Es un de amar. También es el motor de es asombroso. ¿No lo cree? Esta increíble músculo pequeño, que a su inspiración para hacer lo que es solamente una muestra de lo CONTINUA EN PÁGINA 15 >> www.lavozcolorado.com 2 LA VOZ Bilingüe February 25, 2015 Latinos and heart disease CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Doctors there have performed more than 600 procedures Beside diabetes contributing to heart disease, it can from the fundamental and indispensable role it plays each with an 89 percent success rate, that is, patients living a year also hasten stroke, kidney problems, compromise eyesight and every day. or more after surgery. The recipients of the procedure have and hearing, and, with some individuals, also lead to demen- Very simply, the heart amazes. Don’t believe it? This is ranged from infants to elderly. tia and Alzheimer’s. just a sample of what it does: While genetics is often the cause of heart disease, more “I have a computer lecture and I also show them images • From birth, it beats 100,000 times a day often than not it can be traced to lifestyle. And, despite a of what can happen if you’re obese,” she says from her north • In a lifetime, it will pump 1,000,000 barrels of blood Surgeon General report issued more than fifty years ago, one Denver lab. “I show them pictures of blocked arteries and • It nourishes 75,000,000,000,000 (trillion) cells in lifestyle choice, smoking, continues to be the leading cause what they can cause.” She tries to be as honest as she can your body – constantly of heart disease. in counselling them. But her bottom line does not change; to • It outworks every single muscle in the body A few days ago, Pat, a slight, salt-and-pepper haired prevent more serious health problems they have to change And yet, despite its amazing efficiency and durability, woman who asked her full name not be used, sat, cigarette their diet and lifestyle. too often, we take it for granted. And that is the reason heart in hand, enjoying a beautiful day at Denver’s Sloan’s Lake. “Let’s cut down on red meat,” is her first piece of advice. disease is the number one killer in America. Unfortunately, The 64-year-old retiree says smoking, a habit she admits She also tells patients to read labels as well as the infor- the heart is one of those ‘out-of sight, out-of-mind’ kind of is unpleasant, has been part of her life for more than forty mation she provides them on how to improve their health. things. years. Garcia also has special advice to immigrants, a group she “We don’t even think about it,” says University of “I started when I was 21,” says Pat. She’s tried to quit – identifies with because she also was born in Mexico. “I can Colorado Medical Center Cardiologist, Dr. Mark Keller. But tons of times – but never successfully. But this year, for Lent, tell them, ‘if you’re eating three tortillas a day, instead of ever since he was a young man, matters of the heart have she’s trying something new. “I light it, take a few puffs and adding pork or beef, eat turkey or stuff it with lettuce and ruled his life. let it go out.” The cold ash on her Pall Mall is testament to tomato.’” “When I was a medical student, my father had open heart her new approach. It’s not a sure-fire way of quitting, she At Pueblo’s Parkview Medical Center, Dietician and surgery for an abnormal heart valve,” he said recently. “It says, but it does have its advantages. She’s saving money. “I Nutrition Clinician Missy Dunnahoo sits down with patients just wore out and had to be fixed.” And while the techniques don’t have to go buy a new pack every day.” Her $28 a week and finds first out what they eat. “We’re not trying to revamp used to repair his father’s heart more than thirty years ago habit has been slashed to a mere eight dollars. everything but just trying to insert a few changes.” She tells did the trick, heart procedures, including heart transplants, And while Lent has meant fewer trips to buy cigarettes them for a healthy heart, start by frying less and baking, have come a long way since. for Pat, the Centers for Disease Control says, in general, it’s broiling or steaming, more. She also recommends they add “When I started doing it, most of the therapies, we didn’t not slowing down Latinos in buying these self-contained nic- more salmon, tuna and even sardines to their diets. even have,” remembers Keller. There was no such thing as otine delivery systems. The CDC reports smoking remains She also schools them in recognizing what trans-fats angioplasty – a procedure to widen narrowed or obstructed the number one killer of Latinos across the U.S. Hispanic and saturated fats are. To recognize them, she tells them arteries. AED’s (automated external defibrillation) were youth, it says, also have higher smoking rates than their they’re the kinds of fats you can see in the marbling in a cut unheard of. There were no therapies for curing valve disease.