April 25, 2025 | Vol. 54, Issue 8

The only bilingual Chinese-English Newspaper in New England

Month: November 2013

Clearing up smoking myths with facts you need to know

Submitted by the Asian Smokers’ Quitline Many people start smoking because they believed a myth about what smoking promises, while there are some who want to quit and falsely believe it’s near impossible to succeed. Despite efforts to educate the public about the dangers of smoking, there are still an estimated 43.9 million adult smokers in the U.S. Here are some myths and facts that Joann Lee, doctor and project manager of the Asian Smokers’ Quitline, thinks everyone needs to […]

Study finds diabetes increasing among American youth

By Hao Lu Diabetes trends among American youth shows the prevalence of both type 1 and type 2 increased among young people substantially over the past decade, according to medical research published in the China Medical Tribune. Diabetes is now one of the major chronic diseases among American youth. An article from “Diabetes Care” found more 190,000 people under the age of 20 in the United States are affected by diabetes. In the study, it showed the occurrence of diabetes […]

‘Linsanity’ movie scores with positive message

By Ling-Mei Wong Before Linsanity took the world by storm, there was a young Chinese-American boy who loved basketball. Jeremy Lin, 25, overcame discrimination to become an NBA player with the best start in history. “Linsanity” director Evan Jackson Leong followed Lin from his days at Harvard and documented his stratospheric rise. Lin was a good athlete, leading his high school basketball team to victory against the top-ranked Mater Dei. Yet he got no offers from any college basketball team. […]

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