Showing posts with label cancer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cancer. Show all posts

Friday, November 11, 2016

Asians and Liver, Colon and other cancers

Li Li, MD, PhD has over 25 years of experience as a primary care doctor and family practitioner.  Dr. Li is also a Mary Ann Swetland Professor of Environmental Health Sciences at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.  He spoke at an event hosted by Immigration Attorney Margaret Wong about the health issues of the Asian population. 

In this video, Dr. Li says that Asian Americans are the first racial/ethnic group to experience cancer as the leading cause of death.  He gave an example of liver cancer in Los Angeles.  He also showed how meat consumption correlates with colon cancer.






Leading cause of death among Asian Americans is Cancer

Li Li, MD, PhD has over 25 years of experience as a primary care doctor and family practitioner.  Dr. Li is also a Mary Ann Swetland Professor of Environmental Health Sciences at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.  He spoke at an event hosted by Immigration Attorney Margaret Wong about the health issues of the Asian population.

 In this video, Dr. Li says that the leading cause of death among Asian Americans is Cancer.  For Caucasians and others it is often cardiovascular.


Asians in Cleveland