/tags/cancer Cancer en-US Copyright Wed, 01 Dec 2021 22:29:40 GMT /2021-12-01/researcher-finds-indigenous-women-face-racial-disparities-in-breast-cancer-treatment A recent study for breast cancer research found significant racial disparities between American Indian and Alaska Native women compared to white women when it comes to standard of care and treatment options. 91°µÍř’s Taylor Velazquez spoke with Felina Cordova-Marks, an assistant professor at the University of Arizona’s College of Public Health and co-author of the study. Wed, 01 Dec 2021 22:29:40 GMT /2021-12-01/researcher-finds-indigenous-women-face-racial-disparities-in-breast-cancer-treatment Taylor Velazquez /local-news/2019-12-18/state-plans-to-keep-trying-vegetable-oil-at-espanola-superfund-site Dangerous dry-cleaning chemicals leached into the soil and the aquifer under Española decades ago. The Environmental Protection Agency pulled out recently… Thu, 19 Dec 2019 00:59:04 GMT /local-news/2019-12-18/state-plans-to-keep-trying-vegetable-oil-at-espanola-superfund-site Marisa Demarco /local-news/2019-11-07/doctor-discusses-research-showing-high-levels-of-uranium-in-navajo-women-and-babies As the U.S. prepared to detonate the first atomic bomb in New Mexico in the ’40s, the federal government sought uranium on Navajo land. Decades later,… Thu, 07 Nov 2019 23:18:49 GMT /local-news/2019-11-07/doctor-discusses-research-showing-high-levels-of-uranium-in-navajo-women-and-babies Marisa Demarco /entertainment/2017-07-21/when-a-parent-has-cancer-kids-climb When a kid’s parent gets cancer, it’s confusing and scary for everyone. This edition of The Children’s Hour features kids who have been there. They'll… Fri, 21 Jul 2017 17:44:48 GMT /entertainment/2017-07-21/when-a-parent-has-cancer-kids-climb Katie Stone /local-news/2017-02-15/group-fights-for-n-m-to-be-compensated-for-atomic-bomb-test Congress passed a law decades ago to apologize to people who were exposed to radiation when the U.S. tested nuclear weapons. New Mexico’s never been… Thu, 16 Feb 2017 01:17:25 GMT /local-news/2017-02-15/group-fights-for-n-m-to-be-compensated-for-atomic-bomb-test Marisa Demarco /local-news/2017-02-10/report-says-trinity-test-caused-generations-of-health-fallout-in-n-m The first time an atomic bomb was ever detonated, it happened in New Mexico. The Trinity test spread radiation far and wide here in 1945. People fighting… Sat, 11 Feb 2017 00:03:17 GMT /local-news/2017-02-10/report-says-trinity-test-caused-generations-of-health-fallout-in-n-m Marisa Demarco /public-health-new-mexico/2016-08-17/unm-researcher-finds-some-existing-drugs-kill-cancer-cells It’s expensive and it takes years to get a new drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. So researchers at the University of New Mexico are… Wed, 17 Aug 2016 23:32:12 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2016-08-17/unm-researcher-finds-some-existing-drugs-kill-cancer-cells Marisa Demarco /kunm-news-update/2016-06-30/summit-kicks-off-white-house-initiative-to-fight-cancer Most everyone knows someone who has died of cancer. It’s the number two killer in the United States. A White House initiative tried to jump start efforts… Thu, 30 Jun 2016 04:27:53 GMT /kunm-news-update/2016-06-30/summit-kicks-off-white-house-initiative-to-fight-cancer /local-news/2015-03-26/community-based-cancer-screening-and-care-on-nmpbs The risk of developing cancer tends to be lower for Native Americans and Hispanics in New Mexico. But people in these communities tend to be diagnosed at… Thu, 26 Mar 2015 23:59:04 GMT /local-news/2015-03-26/community-based-cancer-screening-and-care-on-nmpbs Elaine Baumgartel /public-health-new-mexico/2014-01-07/native-american-cancer-rates-remain-static New statistics released by the American Cancer Society show that nationally there's been a 20 percent decrease in risk of death from all cancers. For… Tue, 07 Jan 2014 23:57:43 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2014-01-07/native-american-cancer-rates-remain-static