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What You Don't Know About Osteoporosis -- Part 3

Joseph Sciabbarrasi, M.D. | Posted 11.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Osteoporisis, Bones, Women's Health, Health, Bone Health, Vitamin D, Calcium, Cancer, Obesity, Wellness, Living News
Joseph Sciabbarrasi, M.D.

In this, our final segment on Osteoporosis, let's take a closer look at some of the myths and legends of the effects of eating meat, minerals and proteins and quaffing a pint or two.

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Dead Moms Everywhere -- That's What Postponing Mammograms Means

Jenny Block | Posted 11.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Susan G Komen, Mammography, Insurance, Breast Cancer, 3-Day, Mammograms, Breasts, Cancer, Mammogram Guidelines, Health, Living News
Jenny Block

My mother would be dead. There's nothing complicated about it. She would be dead if she had not gone in to have her routine mammogram at age 45.

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How "Nana, What's Cancer?" Was Born

Beverlye Hyman Fead | Posted 11.20.2009 | Books

Read More: Cancer, Nana What's Cancer, American Cancer Society, Writing, Grandparents, Authors, Living With Cancer, I Can Do This, Books, Families, Books News
Beverlye Hyman Fead

My granddaughter who was eight kept my book by her bedside and was fascinated with everything concerning it. One day she told her mother she wanted to do a book report on "I Can Do This."

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Guidelines Push Back Age For Cervical Cancer Tests

nytimes.com | DENISE GRADY | Posted 11.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Women, Women Health, Women's Health, Health, Cervical Cancer Tests, Pap Test Age, Cervical Cancer, Cancer Tests, Cancer, Cervical Cancer Screening, Living News

New guidelines for cervical cancer screening say women should delay their first Pap test until age 21, and be screened less often than recommended in ...

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Eight Steps Obama Could Take to Save Food

Robyn O'Brien | Posted 11.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Siddi, Elizabeth Warren, Food, Diabetes, Cancer, Obesity, Health Care, Susbidies, Barack Obama, Allergies, Green News
Robyn O'Brien

In the face of current rates of cancer, diabetes, obesity, Alzheimer's and allergies, our families are no longer guaranteed a healthy livelihood. We need a new food system. It's our health on the line.

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SLIDESHOW: Art For A Better World: Five Exhibits That Inspire Change

Posted 11.18.2009 | Impact

Read More: South Africa, Art, Social Change, Emma Thompson, Venice Arts, Chicago, Slideshow, Un, Exhibitions, Cancer, Lance Armstrong, New York, Livestrong, Human Trafficking, Veterans, Impact News

Have trouble understanding modern art? Impact sought out some special exhibits that seek to make a change in the world, be it through raising awarenes...

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America's Health Rankings 2009

americashealthrankings.org | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Therapy, Health Rankings, Smoking, America's Health Rankings, Health, Well-Being, Treatment, E-Rankings, Cancer, Heart Disease, Obesity, Wellness, Living News

America's Health Rankings: select a core or supplemental measure to view the result for all states for the 2009 Edition....

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'Movember': Facial Hair for a Cause

Halle Tecco | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Men, Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Testicular Cancer, Movember, The Giving Life, Advocacy, Living News
Halle Tecco

Movember is an international month-long "celebration" of the mustache, where men grow out their whiskers to raise money and awareness of major health issues affecting their gender.

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Paul Allen Diagnosed With Cancer: Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

AP | JESSICA MINTZ | Posted 11.17.2009 | Technology

Read More: Paul Allen Cancer, Allen Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Vulcan, Paul Allen, Microsoft, Bill Gates, Cancer, Technology, Business, Non Hodgkin S Lymphoma, Paul Allen Non Hodgkin S Lymphoma, Paul Allen Lymphoma, Paul Allen Hodgkin, Paul Allen Non Hodgkins Lymphoma, Paul Allen Lymphoma Hospital, Steve Ballmer Diagnosed, Technology News

SEATTLE — Microsoft Corp. co-founder and billionaire investor Paul Allen has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and is undergoing chemot...

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Mammogram Age Pushed Back To 50

AP | RONI CARYN RABIN | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Women, When Should You Get a Mammogram, Mammogram Age, At What Age Should I Get a Mammogram, Women's Health, Health, Mammograms, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Breast Cancer Treatment, Health Care, Breast Cancer Awareness, Mammogram Ages, Mammogram Guidelines, Living News

NEW YORK (AP)- Most women don't need a mammogram in their 40s and should get one every two years starting at 50, a government task force said Monday. ...

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The Medicine You Don't Have to Take

Trish Kinney | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Meditation, Yoga, Neti Pots, Cancer, Sinus Infections, Living News
Trish Kinney

We don't usually see our self-image -- who we perceive ourselves to be -- as a work in progress. But maybe we should, rather than let it serve as an excuse not to change.

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Cell Phones: Damaging The Brains Of Children?

Devra Davis, Ph.D. | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Cell Phones, Fcc, Brain, Children, Health, Brain Cancer, Telecommunications, Cellphones, Cancer, Children's Health, Living News
Devra Davis, Ph.D.

There are deeply troubling reports from nations where phones have been used longest that children may be especially vulnerable to the radio frequency waves emitted by cell phones.

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Surviving Cancer: Today Is My Cancerversary

parenting.com | Erin Zammet Ruddy | Posted 11.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Leukemia, Inspiration, Health, Chemotherapy, Cancer Survivors, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Backetball, Wellness, Chemo, Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia, Living News

I may never be cured, but eight years later, I am still here. And I am a wife, a mother, a pregnant lady and (pretty much) cancer free. I could never ...

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Cancer: Big C To Little c (VIDEO)

Toan Lam | Posted 11.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Gig, Cancer Cure, Toanlam, Lee Ann Kim, Breast Cancer, Cure, San Diego Asian Film Foundation, Cancer, Sdaff, Cancer Awareness, Goinspirego, Mammogram, George Lin, Health, Living News
Toan Lam

While it's not a fun topic to talk about and in many cases and cultures -- taboo -- talking about cancer could save your life or the life of someone you care about. I've experienced that the hard way.

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Help 'Lift Up' Ellie Potvin, Eight Year Old With Rare Cancer

HuffPost | Tam Vo | Posted 11.11.2009 | Impact

Read More: Charlotte, Rhabdomyoarcoma, Cancer, Ellie Potvan, Childhood Cancer, North Carolina, Impact News

Ellie Potvin was only six years old when she was diagnosed with stage 4 rhabdomyoarcoma, a rare childhood cancer, in July of 2008. Ellie's parents...

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Can Cell Phones Cause Cancer?

cnn.com | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Cell Phones, Research, Health, Phones, University of Pittsburgh, Cellphones, Cancer, Scientific Study, Wellness, Radiation, Electromagnetic Radiation, Living News

In the year since a U.S. cancer researcher's warning drew wide attention, more evidence is emerging that long-term cell phone use is associated with c...

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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
Christopher Gavigan

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
Michael Sigman

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
Stephen Gyllenhaal

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
Kerry Kennedy

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
Deborah Calla

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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