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NEWS UPDATE

2008

• NANAY at the Asian Festival

• A Healthy Fruit and Vegetable Chart

• NANAY Holds Consumer Foreclosure Seminar

2007

• North Miami Distributes Loans for Affordable Housing

• NANAY Gets Building Grant

• State Farm® Holds Career Open House

• 2007 President's Annual Report  

  • Housing Partnership of North Miami Holds First-Time Homebuyer Training

  • Registration for North Miami CRA Housing Assistance and Subsidy Programs Opens in North Miami

• Super Bowl Fest Brings Life to North Miami

• NANAY CDC Gets Dream Maker Award

• North Miami Comes Alive

• Super Bowl FEST Kicks Off Music and Service in North Miami

• NANAY-San Francisco Kicks Off the New Year with a Health Fair

2006

• North Miami CRA Approves Housing Partnership for Homebuyer TrainingServices

• NANAY Holds Successful Housing Fair

• ACE International Cagayan de Oro Chapter Report

• "My Health. My Medicare" CMS Tour Comes to NANAY

• More Than Just Flowers

•  New Location in North Miami makes healthcare more accessible

• NANAY Receives Small Business Award

• NANAY Holds Intergenerational Program at Fairchild Tropical Gardens

• NANAY To Hold “I Need Help in Housing” Fair

• President's Annual Report (FY 2005-2006)

• Lower Costs for Medicare Drug Coverage

• Free home inspections and grants to reduce hurricane damage

• NANAY Health Center Holds Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

• Update Report on CICL

• NANAY Receives Magic Johnson Community Empowerment Center Grant

• U.S. Has Developed Bird Flu Vaccine, but It is Only Moderately Effective

• NANAY Holds Health EXPO in North Miami 

• NANAY Brings Affordable Housing to Community

• Smoking, drinking and colorectal cancer

• Recommended Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedule --- United States, 2006

• Kababayan Fest and NANAY Health Expo

• NANAY Visits Philippines

2005

• Osteoporosis linked to heart disease
• House Budget Committee to Vote on Medicare/Medicaid Reconciliation Bill
• NANAY Delivers Food for Wilma Victims
• NANAY Meets Philippine Labor Attache

• Updates on Influenza Vaccine Distribution/Use

• NANAY Youth Council Aids Katrina Victims

• NANAY San Francisco Holds Event at Woolf House

• Key Facts About Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) and Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus

• GLOBAL OUTRAGE Elicits Response  

• Financial Literacy Program: FREE Workshops scheduled for Opa-Locka and Liberty City

• NANAY Health Center Observes National Immunization Awareness Month

• All About Vaccines

• Medicare will offer prescription drugs effective 01/01/06

• Caregiver alert:  Medicare Drug Plan may mean unexpected changes

• Tips for Preventing Heat-Related Illness

• Study Links Insulin with Alzheimer's 

• Treating High Blood Pressure in People With Diabetes

•  NANAY's  2004- 2005 Annual Report

•  NANAY's 2004 - 2005 Financial Report

•  You Are What You Eat--The Effect of Health Habits on Blood Pressure : What is the DASH Diet?

• Green Tea Suggests Cancer Cure

• First Case of Bird Flu Hits Philippines

• Bone Health and Osteoporosis: A Guide for Asian Women Aged 50 and Older

• Check Tetanus Shot Booster Before Travel

• New Hope For Those With High Blood Pressure

• Drinking Water and Alzheimer's  

• Incidence of hepatitis A in the United States in the era of vaccination

• Effectiveness of the 2003-2005 Influenza Vaccine among Children 6 months to 8 years, with 1 vs 2 doses

• NANAY Offers FREE VACCINES For Children and  AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE For Uninsured

• CAPAC, Freddie Mac Push AAPI Home Ownership

• Diabetes Among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans 

• Understanding Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

• Flu Vaccine Shortage Again This Year

• The Relationship Between Clinical Depression and Chronic Pain

• What Is POISON IVY?

• NANAY Honors Father on Mother's Day

• NANAY Launches Financial Literacy Program with Wachovia
   Asian Pacific Islander American Health Forum Scheduled at NANAY Community Center on April 9

• Sleep Disorders In Older Adults

• Tips for a Good Night’s Sleep

• Adult Immunization Questions & Answers

 2005

• Free Vision Test, Flu Shots and Health Screening Offered at 2^nd Annual NANAY Health Fair  

• NANAY Sets Pace as Community Leaders and Wachovia Discuss Plans for Miami’s FilAm and Asian-Pacific Community

• Vaccines for Seniors

• Employer Coverage of Retirees Declines, Especially for Early Retirees

• Lack of Insurance Is One Reason Many Poor Women in Florida Fail to Get Mammograms  

• New Drug for Hepatitis B

• Monthly Drug for Osteoporosis Approved

• Diabetes and Heart Disease

• FACTS: Health Disparities Among Asian Americans

• Tai Chi Gaining Ground As Exercise for Elderly

• Vaccine Prevented Surprising Number of Pneumonia Deaths

• U.S. Starts Human Tests of Avian Flu Vaccine

• Heart Disease Patients Often Skip Flu Shots

• NANAY Gives Health Screening at Chinese New Year Festival

• Public Flu Shot Clinics Scheduled for Southern-Dade

• Asian Health Professionals Elect New Officers

•  Florida Department of Health Lifts Restrictions on Flu Vaccines

DECEMBER 2004

• Flu Vaccine Recommendation Update

• Investigational Flu Vaccines Will Be Available for Use This Flu Season

• More Than 17 Million Flu Vaccine Doses Shipped In Past Six Weeks

• Nose Spray May Slow Spread Of Germs

• Whooping It Up

• NANAY Wins Award and Gives Vaccine

NOVEMBER 2004

• NANAY Celebrates 10 Years of Community Service

• NANAY'S 10th Anniversary Banquet: Financial Statement  

• New Asian American Health Professional Association of South Florida Proposed

OCTOBER 2004

• Health Foundation of South Florida  Grants Funding for Health Center in North Miami

• NANAY to Celebrate 10 Years of Community Service

JULY-SEPT 2004

Millions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders at Increased Risk for Type 2 Diabetes I   -  Preventing Foodborne Illness  -  Hepatitis A : What Increases Your Risk and When to Call the Doctor  - Hepatitis C: Who is At Risk  -  Medicare Drug Cards Provide Significant Savings Now for Beneficiaries with Chronic Condition  -  Medicare Beneficiaries Begin Savings on Drug Coverage for Serious Diseases  -  On PROSTATE CANCER: PSA - It's the Rate of Increase That Counts  -  FY 2004: President's Annual Report

JUNE 2004

Vaccine looks promising in Parkinson's disease  -  The Last Word on Fiber and Heart Attack?  -  Is it vertigo or a TIA?  -  Swimming Safety Tips  -  Lengthy Jail Sentence for Vendor of Laetrile—A Quack Medication to Treat Cancer Patients.  -  Avoiding Food Allergies  -  Buying Medicines and Medical Products Online: Tips and Warnings for Consumers  -  Vaccine coverage levels after implementation of a middle school vaccination requirement, Florida, 1997-2000  -  Insurance status and vaccination coverage among US preschool children  -  Vaccination and allergy  -  Pain Pills May Protect Against Brain Tumors  -  Cream Made from Breast Milk Reduces Warts – Study  -  Black Tea May Help Get Blood Circulating  -  Frequently Asked Questions About Pneumonia

MAY 2004

Health Related Hoaxes and Rumors  -  Moderate exercise improves antibody response to influenza immunization in older adults  -  Impact of childhood vaccination on racial disparities in invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae infections  -  Report from the CDC: Vaccines in women  -  Recommendations for influenza immunization of children  - Race/ethnicity and gender disparities in the utilization of a school-based hepatitis B immunization initiative  -  The effects of Tai Chi exercise on bone mineral density in postmenopausal women  -  Health benefits of Tai Chi exercise: improved balance and blood pressure in middle-aged women  -  Vitamin D: importance in the prevention of cancers, type 1 diabetes, heart disease, and osteoporosis

APRIL 2004

NANAY Health Center now offers free adult vaccines  -  Measles Outbreak in a Pennsylvania Boarding School ---   2003  -  Immunization coverage levels among 19- to 35-month-old children in 4 diverse, medically underserved areas of the United States  -  Pneumonia in the Elderly  -  Hepatitis B virus:  Epidemiology, disease burden, treatment, and current and emerging prevention and control measures  - Incidence of Outpatient Visits and Hospitalization related to Influenza in Infants and Young Children  -  Inactivated influenza virus vaccines in children -  Viral hepatitis: A sports-related risk  -  Docs Expect to Treat More Elderly, Minorities by 2020

JAN-MAR 2004

NANAY Now Offers Affordable Health Care for Uninsured   UNINSURED -  NANAY South Activities  -  NORTH MIAMI AND NANAY, INC. TEAM UP TO HOST HEALTH & WELLNESS FAIR  -  NANAY SOUTH REOPENS ON MARCH 13  -   Which are the most nutritious fruits and vegetables?  -  Coffee May Actually Be Good For You!  -  U.S. issues new guidelines on eating fish  -  Asthma Triggers - Secondhand Smoke  -  CAREGIVERS: Where to Find Help  -  Effectiveness of live chickenpox vaccine   0  valuation of invalid vaccine doses  - Hepatitis B virus: a comprehensive strategy for eliminating transmission in the United States.  -  WHO Warns Flu Pandemic Could Hit Human Population Any Time  -  Incidence of outpatient visits and hospitalizations related to influenza in infants and young children  -  Viral Hepatitis: Sports-related Risk  -  Update: Adverse Events Following Civilian Smallpox Vaccination --- United States, 2003

OCT-DEC 2003

 Fact Sheet on Updated Naturalization Requirements  -   It's Flu Season: Flu Facts for Everyone  -   Flu Clinic Locators (Find a place where you can gat Flu Shots)  -   FDA and CDC Statement Concerning Rumors About Recalled Lot of Influenza Vaccine  -   Hepatitis B Infection in Babies  -   More Choices, Better Benefits with the  MEDICARE + CHOICE PROGRAM  -  Food Stamp Eligibility for Non-Citizen Children  -   Social Security Announces 2.1 Percent Benefit Increase for 2004

JULY-AUG 2003

President's Annual Report FY 2002-2003  -  NANAY, INC- MICHIGAN CHAPTER Report  -  NANAY San Francisco Bay Area Celebrates Parents Day  -  DHS Announces New Requirement for Health Care Workers -  Cigarette Smoking-Related Mortality  -  Teen Tobacco Use  -  Hepatitis B: Why Get Immunized?  -  Don't mix sunscreen and insect repellent  -  Why Do We Get Pins and Needles?  -  What Causes Back Pain?

APRIL-JUNE 2003

NANAY Acquires Building for New Health Center Project  -  New thinking on high blood pressure  -  Smoking, Drinking May Reverse Anti-cancer effect of Beta-Carotene  -  Green tea boosts anti-microbial properties of toothpaste  -  Mediterranean Diet Is Shown to Ease Arthritis  -  Can Your Diet Prevent a Urinary Tract Infection?  -  MEDICARE Announces Updated Rates for Long Term Care Hospitals    -  Diabetes and Women  -  Up In Smoke: The Truth About Tar and Nicotine Ratings  -  Are You a Target of Telephone Scams?   -  Women Benefit More from Quitting Smoking Than Men  -  FDA Advises Consumers Not to Use Imported Viagra  -  FDA Recalls Lipitor

JANUARY-MARCH 2003

Baby and coated aspirin may not reduce risk of stroke   -  SMALLPOX VACCINE: What you need to know  -  HHS Acts to Reduce Potential Risks of Dietary Supplements Containing Ephedra  -   Stroke Can be Prevented  -  How Diabetics Should Avoid Serious Cardiac Events  -  Forgetfulness:   It's Probably Not as Bad as You Think  -  Sustained Reduced Sleep Can Have Serious Consequences  -  Use or Avoid? Advice on Alternative Cancer Treatments  -  Social Security Not Sustainable for the Long Term  -  New CHAMPVA Policy to Benefit Surviving Spouses

DECEMBER 2002

ONE NITE ONLY! —A Philippine-International Extravaganza  -  NANAY's Honorary Chair Joins Florida Board of Governors  -  NANAY Dedicates Building  -    1.4 Percent Social Security Increase Begins in January 2003  -  New Rules for Obtaining Florida Driver's License  -  Alternative Therapies May Help People With Dementia  -  Surviving Winter's Itch: The AAAAI Offers Advice On Cold-Induced Urticaria (Hives)  -  Should You Be Tested for Osteoporosis?  -  American Red Cross Health And Safety Expert Offers Safety Tips For The Holiday Season  -  An aspirin a day keeps heart disease and cancer away  -   Florida Firm Recalls Pork Sausage Products For Possible Listeria Contamination  -  Keep Children Safe From Foodborne Illness During The Holidays

NOVEMBER 2002

Thanksgiving Menu Stuffed With Healthy Choices -   Bread Crust And Stuffing Rich In Healthy Antioxidants  - Psychological Trauma and Cancer Risk  - The Dietary-Prostate Connection  -  Adjusting To Retirement  -  Cold Sufferers Take Note: It May Be Sinusitis  -  Stress-Reduction Techniques  -  American Cancer Society Issues New Cervical Cancer Early Detection Guidelines  -  Training Improves Mental Abilities Of Older Adults  -  New Buzz On Coffee: It's Not The Caffeine That Raises Blood Pressure  -  Depletion Of Body Chemical Can Cause Memory, Mood Changes  -  Strategies To Prevent Heart Disease In Women  -  Study of Menopausal Women with Heart Disease Finds No Benefit,  -  Potential for Harm from Hormone Therapy and Antioxidant Vitamins  -  INS Announces Case Status Online: Many Applicants for Benefits Can Check Case Status Using the Internet

OCTOBER 2002

Social Security Commissioner Jo Anne B. Barnhart Announces 1.4 Percent Social Security Increase  -  Increased MEDICARE PREMIUM and Deductible Rates  FOR 2003  -  Nutrition And Exercise Boost Effectiveness Of Flu Shot In Older People  -  FDA Seizes Dietary Supplements With Drug Claims  -  Elevated Mercury From Diets Heavy With Fish  -  Social Security Announces New E-Government Project  -  Dietary Intake Of Vitamin E May Reduce Risk Of Parkinson's Disease  -  Hope For Patients With Advanced Bowel Cancer

SEPTEMBER 2002

 NANAY Center South Now Open for Services  -    The Global Filipino Networking Convention: A Personal Experience   -    Regular Modest Wine Drinking May Reduce Risk Of Second Heart Attack   -    Natural Compounds Trigger Tumor Cell Death   -    Study Finds Additional Evidence For Contamination Of Herbal Supplement For Prostate Cancer   -    Protecting Yourself from Mosquitoes and West Nile Virus  -   Leg Maneuver May Prevent Fainting  -   Major Depression: Major Misconceptions Many Fail to Recognize the Signs    -    Normal Mourning or Clinical Depression? When Does Grief Become Something More?   -    Introverted Persons Are More Likely To Become Tired At Work   -    Vitamins C And E Support Breathing Following An Operation   -    Antibiotic Use By Mother During Pregnancy Associated With Asthma In Child  -   FDA And FSIS Issue Health Advisory About Listeria  -   Smoking Associated With Cervical Cancer Risk Among Human Papillomavirus-Infected Women  -   White And Black Grandmothers Have Different Responses To Raising Grandchildren  -   Married Couples At Risk Of Same Disease  -   Green Tea May Fight Allergies  -   Diet Rich In Soy Protein Lowers Estrogens Associated With Breast Cancer  -   Program Offers Long-Term Health Insurance  -   Repressing Anxiety May Protect Against Stress Disorders

JUNE-AUGUST 2002

CMS Proposes Appeals Process For MEDICARE Coverage Decisions  -  INTERNATIONAL EXPOFEST 2002—Bringing Asia to Miami and America to Asian Americans  -  MEDICARE Proposes Pay Increase for Hospital Outpatient Services   -  NANAY Opens New Satellite Center in South Florida  -  Negative Stereotypes About Aging May Shorten Your Life By Affecting Will To Live  -  Benefits Of Exercise Lead To Further Activity In Elderly  -  Eating Ocean Fish May Prevent Heart Disease   -  Medicare Acts To Protect Coverage For Homebound Beneficiaries  -  FDA Issues Nationwide Alert To Consumers About Spokane Produce Brand Romaine Lettuce Due To Possible Health Risk  -  Dietary Whole Grains May Benefit In Prevention And Treatment Of Type 2 Diabetes

MAY 2002

Asian-American influence rises across S. Florida

APRIL 2002

 International ExpoFEST -- An Affair to Remember  -   TEACHING ANGELS: A Service Learning Experience  -   A Little Workplace Humor Might Get People Back On Track  -   New Study Shows People with Mental Stress Can Die from Heart Disease  -   Medicare Changes Will Improve Care for Alzheimer Patients  -  Brain Implant May Aid Stroke Victims  -   Researchers Link Stroke Patients' Anger And Aggression To Brain Injury  -   Causes Of Cancer  -   Aspirin Lowers Colon Cancer Risk  -   St. John's Wort Not Effective In Treating Depression  -   A Look At World Aging  -   Green Tea Extract Polyphenol May Have A Protective Effect On Parkinson's Disease

MARCH 2002

Social Security Trust Funds: Long-Range Deficits Remain    -  Bennie Trinidad Assumes New Position as Regional Executive Director of NANAY  -  Administration Announces Steps To Promote Community Living For People With Disabilities  -  Eliminating Health Disparities Requires Community Involvement  -  New Report On Women And Depression: Latest Research Findings And Recommendations  -  "All About Love" Concert A Success  -  HHS Urges Colorectal Cancer Screening to Save Lives  -  Tomato Products Associated With Decreased Prostate Cancer Risk -   Risk Factors for Colds

FEBRUARY 2002

NANAY SF/Bay Area Caroling Fundraiser - Almond Allergy Alert For Stella D'Oro Cookies - INS Increases Application Fees for Benefits - Broward Doctors Head Tri-County International ExpoFEST 2002 - NANAY Partners with DINGGIN for A Musical Revue: "All About Love"

JANUARY 2002

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NANAY Inc. is supported by Florida Older Americans Act, Alliance for Aging for Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties, Health Foundation of South Florida, State of Florida Department of Health, Florida Department of Transportation, Miami-Dade Alliance for Human Services, Dept of Health and Human Services, Miami Dade County Department of Health, Miami-Dade County Office of Community and Economic Development, North Miami CDBG, Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO), National Asian Women's Health Organization (NAWHO) and United Way  (Miami-Dade Reg. # 161126)