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What is the relationship between stress and type II diabetes? Dr. Elena Navas talks with her colleague Amparo Castillo, Director in charge of the "Midwest Latino Health Research and Policy Center" at the University of Illinois in Chicago, about this issue in "Café Salud y Vida". They share with us several helpful strategies to identify and counteract stress and thus help prevent and / or manage this devastating chronic degenerative disease.

"Café Salud y Vida" is a program in which Dr. Navas provides important information for our daily lives. Listen to it every Friday at 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. and Monday at 11:00 a.m. CT.

In this edition of "Health over Coffee Time", Dr. Elena Navas chats with Esther Sciammarella (Director of the Hispanic Health Coalition in Chicago) about chronic-degenerative diseases and measures we can take to help prevent them in our Latino communities.

In this edition of "Health over Coffee Time" Dr. Elena Navas chats with Carlos Chávez (Prevention Specialist at Renz Addiction Counseling Center) about the use of alcohol and illicit drugs, and measures we can take to prevent addiction to these substances in our Latino communities.

In this edition of "Health over Coffee Time" Dr. Elena Navas chats with Dr. David Marquez (Associate Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Yadira Montoya (Community Outreach Coordinator) and Judith Rocha (daughter of mother with Alzheimer's) about Alzheimer's and measures we can take to help the fight against this debilitating disease in our communities.

In this edition of “Health over Coffee Time” Dr. Elena Navas chats with Dr. Frank Penedo, Roswell Park Professor (Departments of Medical Social Sciences, Psychology & Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences) and Director (Cancer Survivorship Institute Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University) about the culturally-tailored cancer control and survivorship research initiatives targeting diverse communities in Chicago.

In this edition of "Health over Coffee Time" Dr. Elena Navas chats with Sofía Olmos, Ph.D., (Coordinador , Adolecent & Young Adult Survivorship Program at the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society - LLS) and Cristina Paz (Hodgkins lymphoma & volunteer at LLS), about the services & resources offered to young blood cancer survivors and their families.

In edition of "Health over Coffee Time" Dr. Elena Navas chats
with Maggie Nava (Director) and Mercedes Sema (Client) of the Diabetes Empowerment Center in Humboldt Park, Chicago about their efforts to prevent and control diabetes in our communities.

In this edition of "Health over Coffee Time", Dr. Elena Navas chats with Dr. Andrew Sund (President, San Agustin College), Paula Schipiour, Helena Pinzón & Fabiola Hernandez (Chicago Bilingual Nurse Consortium) about its programs for international nurses in Chicago.

In this edition of "Health over Coffee Time" Dr. Elena Navas chats with Jorge Sclar and Javier Ducasse from the 'CMI Abasto y Avanti Wellness Center' about its drug rehabilitation program. Marcela Escobedo shares her testimony and how she was able to beat her addiction to alcohol and drugs.

In this edition of "Health over Coffee Time" Dr. Elena Navas chats with Dr. Patricia Canessa (Northwestern University & the Illinois Public Health Association) and Exie Salazar (Community Worker, Casa Michoacán) about the MONARCA program and its fight against lupus in our Latino communities. We also listen to testimonies from Elena Solotroff and Blanca Ávila (both based at the UNAM campus in Chicago) about their experiences with this debilitating disease.

In this edition of "Health over Coffee Time" Dr. Elena Navas chats with Marcelino Miranda, (Legal Affairs Consul at the Mexican Consulate in Chicago), Jesús Ruiz Velasco ( Immigration Lawyer) and María Velasquez (“Together We Can”), about the "Double Citizenship" campaign.

In this edition of "Health over Coffee Time" Dr. Elena Navas chats with Carolina Ramirez and Anamaria Brenson about the use of essential oils to calm emotions and enrich the home environment.

In this edition of "Health over Coffee Time" Dr. Elena Navas chats with Dr. Arshid Azarine (Cardio-Vascular Radiologist) at l' Hôpital Europeen Georges Pompidou in Paris) about the French/European Total ArtificIal Heart and its life-saving initiatives.

In this edition of "Health over Coffee Time" Dr. Elena Navas chats with Dr. Max Brito, Professor of Medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago, about the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and AIDS, and measures we can take to stop this deadly virus pandemic.

In this edition of "Health over Coffee Time" Dr. Elena Navas chats with Soraya Valencia, a registered renal dietician, about dialysis and the importance of complementing with a healthy diet.

In this edition of "Health over Coffee Time", Dr. Elena Navas chats with Soraya Valencia, a registered nutritionist, about how to reach a healthy and balanced diet.

In this edition of "Health over Coffee Time" Dr. Elena Navas chats with Christian Giannotti (President of "Senior Assistant Services") about how to reach financial security and wellness throughout our lives.

In this edition of "Health over Coffee Time" Dr. Elena Navas chats with Jana Hirschtick (Epidemiolgist at Sinai Urban Health Institute) and Sandra Escobar (Community Health Interviewer at UIC's Survey Lab) about the Community Health Survey and its findings.

In this edition of "Health over Coffee Time" Dr. Elena Navas interviews Eder Talavera and Edgar Leon about their public health experience in Chicago as part of the Global Health Program at the School of Public Health at the University of Illinois at Chicago.