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Fighting Childhood Obesity Through Community Help for Parents

Source: 
EthnicNewz.org
Writer: 
Eduardo A. de Oliveira
Image of a scale from the U.S. National Library of Medicine

(Updated 8 July 2008)

If Kátia Oliveira truly believed that "chubby kids are cute and healthy kids," her concerns would be unfounded.

Brazilians Donate Blood, Dispel Rumors

A bilingual sign invites people to donate blood at Philadelphia Baptist Church in Framingham, Mass. (Photos: Eduardo A. de Oliveira, NEWz)
Nurse practitioner Nataly McAllister draws blood from Brazilian worker Gilmar Bezerra. (Photo: Eduardo A. de Oliveira, NEWz)

Giving Green Card Holders the Right to Vote Makes Sense

Source: 
BrazilianJournal.net (OPINION)
Writer: 
Mark Puleo (OPINION)

Latinos Living Well With Diabetes

Source: 
EthnicNewz.org
Writer: 
Eduardo A. de Oliveira
Cosme Neles, who has diabetes, takes a moment in his apartment in Nashua, NH, to take one of his two daily doses of insulin. (Photo: Eduardo A. de Oliveira, EthnicNewz.org)

TEEN BLOG: Helping Poor Students in My Native Brazil

Students at Centrode Educacão Infantil Municipal São Marcos school in Colatina, Espirito Santo, Brazil. (Photo from Nayahra Resende)

Braziian Journal Celebrates One-Year Anniversary

Source: 
EthnicNewz.org
Flag of Brazil (image from: brazilemb.org)
Story Location
1046 Cambridge St.
Cambridge, MA
United States
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CELEBRATE ONE YEAR
of the Brazilian Journal

and the launch of the
***Brazilian Journal Magazine***

Kidney Disease Crosses Racial Divides

Source: 
EthnicNewz.org
Writer: 
Eduardo A. de Oliveira
Francisco Cornejo, center, undergoes dialysis three times per week, four hours each time. He has been on the wait list for a kidney transplant since October 2007. (Photo: Fresenius Medical Care)

Fire Destroys Apartment Complex, Home of Many Immigrants

Source: 
EthnicNewz.org
Writer: 
Eduardo A. de Oliveira
A women is transported from a fire in Framingham, Mass., that destroyed at least 72 apartment units on April 11, 2008. (NEWz courtesy photos: Glayson Brito, gsbusa33@mac.com)
More than 100 firefighters from three towns responded to the scene of a fire that broke out in an apartment complex in Framingham, Mass., on April 11, 2008. (NEWz courtesy photo: Glayson Brito, gsbusa33@mac.com)

Brazilian Supermarket Shut Down by Board of Health

Source: 
EthnicNewz.org
Writer: 
Eduardo A. de Oliveira
The Framingham (Mass.) Board of Health shut down Gol Supermarket, a Brazilian retailer, after finding expired food products on store shelves. (NEWz photo: Eduardo A. de Oliveira)
The Framingham Board of Health documented various health code violations found in Gol Supermarket, one of the biggest Brazilian stores in town. (Photo: Eduardo A. de Oliverira, NEWz)
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