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Chemicals In Everyday Products Turning Boys Into Girls?

Christopher Gavigan | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Toys, Pesticides, Sunscreen, Parabens, Boys, Dioxin, Defra, Healthy Child Healthy World, Toxins, Girls, Toxic Chemicals, Stainless Steel, Organic Food, Plastic, Hormone-Disrupting-Chemicals, Cancer, Phthalates, Health, Living News

A new report from the Danish Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), highlights the critical risks facing toddlers from gender bending chemicals in everyday products.

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Broadway Play Tackles Issues of Death

nytimes.com | Gina Kolata | Posted 11.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Broadway Play, Women, Fear, Dying, Mourning, Death and Dying, Broadway, Loss, Death, Grief, Anna Deavere Smith, Coping, Hurricane Katrina, Cancer, Health Care, Lance Armstrong, Living News

Ms. Smith, a tall, imposing woman, takes on the character of her subjects by repeating their exact words, complete with regional accents, ums and uhs ...

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Has Leukemia, In Treatment

AP | BEN WALKER | Posted 11.10.2009 | Sports

Read More: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Health, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Sick, Cancer, Kareem Abduo-Jabbar Cancer, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Leukiemia, Sports News

NEW YORK — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is being treated for a rare form of leukemia, and the basketball great said his prognosis is encouraging. The NBA...

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AIDS Is The No. 1 Cause Of Death, Disease For Women 15-44, Says WHO

AP | BRADLEY S. KLAPPER | Posted 11.09.2009 | World

Read More: Women, Maternity, Girlhood, Aids Rates, Developing Countries, Pregnancy, Hiv, Sex Education, Teenagers, Girls, Education, West, Breast Cancer, Health, Sex, Africa, Women's Health, Aids, Safe Sex, Contraception, Cancer, Adults, Unsafe Sex, Health Care, Medicine, World News

GENEVA — In its first study of women's health around the globe, the World Health Organization said Monday that the AIDS virus is the leading cau...

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The Fear Of Magical Thinking

Michael Sigman | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living

Read More: New Age, Cancer, Lovin' Spoonful, Meditation, Beethoven, Barbara Ehrenreich, Steinway, The Inner Life, Living News

When Ehrenreich observes, "It's a mistake to try to turn your anger and resentment and sadness or grief into something else," I'm with her all the way.

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Celebration, Cancer, God

Stephen Gyllenhaal | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Declaration of Independence, Cancer, Health Care, Manufacturing, Goldman Sachs, Health Care Reform, God, Politics News

Calling Goldman Sachs a murderous, blood sucking cancerous leech etc, isn't perfect either, but it's going to have to do.

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Celebs Donate Shoes To Charity Auction

Huffington Post | Victoria Fine | Posted 11.04.2009 | Impact

Read More: Macmillan Cancer Support, Kevin Spacey, Charity, Kylie Minogue, Rod Stewart, Cindy Crawford, Cancer, Shoes, Simon Le Bon, Impact News

Have you ever wanted to walk a mile in Kevin Spacey's shoes? How about Kylie Minogue's or Cindy Crawford's? Now you can, thanks to a charity auction t...

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Chevron and Cultural Genocide in Ecuador

Kerry Kennedy | Posted 11.04.2009 | Home

Read More: Ecuador, Texaco, Cancer, Toxic Waste, Chevron, Rainforest, Oil Companies, Amazon Rainforest, Home News

I had heard about what has been called "Chevron's Chernobyl in the Amazon" for years. But nothing could prepare me for the horror I witnessed this week in Ecuador.

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The Heath Insurance Dance

Deborah Calla | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Health Care Reform, Off Label Cancer Treatment, Los Angeles Times, Transplant, Liver Transplant, Cancer, Health Insurance, Health Care, Living News

Why -- when we are faced with the possibility of losing our life or the life of a loved one -- do we also have to fight with an insurance company which is there to take care of our medical needs in the first place?

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Patients Coping With Cancer And ADHD Turn To Yoga

ABC News | Posted 11.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Yoga, Depression, Therapy, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Asthma, Psychology, Attention Deficit Disorder, Cancer, Benefits of Yoga, Sleep Disorders, Living News

In this first monthly segment, we look at the increasing body of research into the effects of yoga in a variety of conditions such as cancer, asthma, ...

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Best Places For Smokers Traveling Abroad: A Top-10 List

LA Times | Mark Milian | Posted 11.01.2009 | World

Read More: Smokers, Smoking, Serbia, Smoking Rules, Laos, Travel, Balkans, No Smoking, Boznia Herzegovina, Lung Cancer, Belarus, Cigarettes, Health, Russia, Smoking Permitted, Samoa, Cancer, Smoking Allowed, Tobacco, Austria, Greece, Nauru, World News

With so many places around the world instituting smoking regulations, increasing taxes and, quite literally, kicking smokers to the curb, it's getting...

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Baloney Science On The Perils Of Meat

David Becker | Posted 10.29.2009 | Living

Read More: How to Prevent Prostate Cancer, Cancer, Personal Health, Prostate Cancer, Beef, Food Politics, Living News

There is no perfect diet for humans. As we're learning, what you eat probably matters less than how much processing it's been through or in the case of meat, how the animal has been fed.

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Mapping The Link Between Alcohol, Cancer

Yahoo! News | Posted 10.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Science, New Study, Cancer, Alcohol Consumption, Medicine, Health, Wellness, Alcohol, Living News

New research suggests that alcohol may boost the progression of cancer by stimulating a pathway inside cells....

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TEDMED 2009: The Future Of Cancer Medicine

Alana B. Elias Kornfeld | Posted 10.31.2009 | Living

Read More: David Agus, Eric Silfen, Ted Med 2009, Ted Med, Health, Tedmed Live Coverage, John Abele, Tedmed Silfen, Tim Brown, Cancer, Tim Brown at Tedmed, Tedmed 2009, Tedmed, Living News

David Agus said the National Cancer Institute is wrong. Cancer isn't a disease of the genes; it's a disease of the microenvironment.

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6 Million U.S. Kids Lack Enough Vitamin D

Yahoo! News | Steven Reinberg, HealthDay Reporter | Posted 10.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Vitamin D Deficiency, Children, Health, Vitamin D, Nutrition, Disease, Cancer, Childhood Nutrition, Children's Health, Living News

While the optimal amount of vitamin D is still subject to debate, a new study finds one thing is sure: over 6 million American children are getting to...

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Turmeric 'Kills Cancer Cells'

BBC NEWS | Posted 10.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Turmeric, Preventive Medicine, Cancer Prevention, Health, Ayurveda, Food, Cancer, Health Care, Living News

An extract found in the bright yellow curry spice turmeric can kill off cancer cells, scientists have shown. The chemical - curcumin - has long been ...

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Greenville, NC Locals Rally Against Cancer With Dinner And Auction

Posted 10.27.2009 | Impact

Read More: Aid, Cancer Research, Donations, Cancer, Charity, Beau's Buddies Cancer Fund, Impact News

It's the local stories of cities and communities coming together for a shared cause that resonate the most here at Impact. Beau's Buddies Cancer Fund'...

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Food Beware: How Non-Organic Food Will Kill You

Louise McCready | Posted 10.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Organic Farming, Farming, Biodynamic, Organic Food, France, Jean-Paul Jaud, Food Beware, Environment, Food, Cancer, Green News

While Food, Inc. uncovered the horrors of the industrial food system, Food Beware links pesticides and herbicides with cancer and other health problems.

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The Paradoxical Emotions Of A Fatal Diagnosis

Lee Lipsenthal, M.D. | Posted 10.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Chemotherapy, Health, Death and Dying, Doctors, Cancer, Patients, Health Care, Funeral, Death, Living News

The first emotion that came to me, the day of my diagnosis, was a surprising sense of freedom.

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General Petraeus Joins Troops Diagnosed With Cancer

R. B. Stuart | Posted 11.05.2009 | World

In 2003 General Petraeus led the troops into the massive battle of "shock and awe" in Operation Iraqi Freedom. The 101st Airborne was the first to pav...

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Andrew Lloyd Webber Has Cancer

AP | Posted 10.25.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Cancer, Andrew Lloyd Webber Cancer, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Entertainment News

LONDON — Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, his spokeswoman said Sunday. The 61-year-old Lloyd Webber's cond...

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Dying Wishes Followed More Often For Whites

forbes.com | Posted 10.23.2009 | Living

Read More: End of Life Care, Health, Death and Dying, Cancer, Patients, Doctor/Patient Relationship, Cancer Patients, End of Life, Death, Living News

Dying white cancer patients are more likely than black patients to have their end-of-life wishes respected, a new U.S. study shows. Some black patien...

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Husband And Wife Battle Simultaneous Cases Of Breast Cancer (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 10.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Mike Welsh, Mike and Barbara Welsh Breast Cancer, Simultaneous Breast Cancer, Barbara Welsh, Husband and Wife With Breast Cancer, Husband and Wife Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer, Mike and Barbara Welsh, Cancer, Cancer Battles, Breast Cancer Battles, Living News

The Today show reports an incredible story of a husband and wife battling simultaneous cases of breast cancer: after seeing his wife, Barbara, through...

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Pablove Across America: Help Fight Pediatric Cancer

Steve Anderson | Posted 10.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Cancer, Jeff Castelaz, Dangerbird Records, The Pablove Foundation, Living News

The Castelaz family is working tirelessly to try and help other families and kids who have to fight pediatric cancer. Even in these tough economic times, this is a cause that needs support.

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Celebrity Survivors Fight For Cancer Awareness

Huffington Post | Victoria Fine | Posted 10.22.2009 | Impact

Read More: Cancer Awareness Month, Cancer, Celebrity, Celeb Stories, Impact News

This year alone, nearly 1.5 million people will be diagnosed with some form of cancer, according to Cancer.org statistics. In honor of Breast Cancer...

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