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The Inner Life: Why Do We Suffer?

Bernie Siegel, M.D. | Posted 12.15.2009 | Living

Read More: The Inner Life, Pain, Relationships, Understanding, God, Illness, Emotions, Religion, Anger, The Bible, Theodicy, Suffering, Disease, Nature, Love, Transcendence, Living News
Bernie Siegel, M.D.

The question is not, will there be difficulties and threats to our existence, but how will we deal with them and what can we learn from them. How can they teach us about the meaning of our life and existence?

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A Commonsense Approach To Cancer Prevention?

Christopher Gavigan | Posted 12.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Leukemia, National Institues of Health, Breast Cancer, Prevention, Disease, Mount Sinai, Asthma, Phil Landrigan, Cancer, Nicolas Kristof, Health, Living News
Christopher Gavigan

Billions more are spent every year on research to find new treatments and cures for cancer. It's one of the most common diseases and one of the most costly. Why, then, is there so little focus on prevention?

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NBC's Brian Williams: Changing the World for the Better

Jim Luce | Posted 11.17.2009 | New York

Read More: New Orleans, White House, Council on Foreign Relations, Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library, Bono, Thought Leaders, Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation, Columbia University School of Journalism, Global Citizens, Msnbc, Cnbc, Yitzhak Rabin, Jim Luce, Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World., Hurricane Katrina, Nigeria, Jane Stoddard Williams, Bill Clinton, Kabul, New Canaan, Ghana, Ohio State University, Making a Difference, Paul Stevers, Bates College, Facebook, Brian Williams, NBC Nightly News, HIV/AIDS, Andeisha Farid, Tom Brokaw, Mali, Afghan Child Education and Care Organization, Walter Cronkite, Afceco, Disease, Jimmy Carter, Afghanistan, Orphans International Worldwide, Poverty, New York News
Jim Luce

Several weeks ago Brian Williams profiled the children of the Afghan Child Education and Care Organization (AFCECO) and its founder Andeisha Farid in ...

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CNN Drops Dobbs: To All Those Who Joined Us in the Drop Dobbs Campaign

Janet Murguía | Posted 11.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Lou Dobbs's, Intolerance, Crime, Vigilantes, American, Immigrants, Fair, Resignation, Drop Dobbs, Biased Coverage, Fired-From-Cnn, Distortions, Media Matters, Falsehoods, Latino, Misrepresentations, Disease, Inaccurate, Hate Groups, Pejorative, Nativists, Federation for American Immigration Reform, Immigration Debate, Media News
Janet Murguía

Yesterday's resignation came after thousands of people and organizations pressured CNN to stop Dobbs's biased coverage of our community and the immigration debate.

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Bob Saget Means Well: A Huffington Post Interview

Jon Chattman | Posted 11.07.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Full House, Comedians, Schleroderma Research Foundation, John Stamos, Dave Coulier, Disease, Schleroderma, Bob Saget, Fundraiser, How I Met Your Mother, Olsen Twins, Comedy, F-Bombs, Carolines, Entertainment News
Jon Chattman

Bob Saget is probably the only man alive who could pull off a fundraiser for a debilitating disease one night, and sing a tune like "My dog licked my balls" the next. In both capacities, he kills.

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A Question of Harm -- The Legacy of Vaccination

Tim Ellis | Posted 11.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Cdc, Anti-Vaccinators, Health, Disease, Science, Thimerosal, Autism, Fda, Vaccines, Living News
Tim Ellis

The anti-vaccination movement has picked up steam in the past few years, and authorities now believe that pockets of unvaccinated children are forming. This is beginning to have deadly results.

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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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We Need Health Care, Not Disease Care

Scott Mendelson, M.D. | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Heath, Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia, Prevention, Disease, President Obama, Alzheimer's, Obama, Health Care, Scott Mendelson, Wellness, Barack Obama, Elderly, Aging, Living News
Scott Mendelson, M.D.

The dollar costs of caring for the increasing numbers of elderly Americans expected to develop Alzheimer's dementia over the next 30 years will decimate the personal savings of millions of families.

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The Spectre Haunting GE

BusinessWeek | Jeff Gerth | Posted 10.15.2009 | Business

Read More: General Electric, Medical Malpractice, Problems With Mri, GE MRI, MRI Patients General Electric, MRI Problems, Ge Medical Problems, General Electric Medical Problems, Ge Medical Complications, Disease, MRI Patients, MRI Complications, Mri, Ge, Business News

Many MRI patients are injected with a GE dye to enhance images. If they have weak kidneys, they might develop a rare and sometimes fatal disease. n...

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Disease Turns Muscle Into Bone: Joshua Scoble Fights For His Life (VIDEO)

Posted 10.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Video, Disease, Health, Muscle Into Bone Disease, Joshua Scoble, Medicine, Joshua Scoble Muscle Into Done Disease, Living News

Three-year-old Joshua Scoble is fighting a rare and disabling genetic disease that turns his muscle into bone. He tries to live as normal a life as p...

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Ten Ways to Sane in an Insane World

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 12.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Manic, Mult-Tasking, Maze, Mth Binge, Adrenaline, Anxious, Hyperlink, Coffee, Sanity, Illness, Death, Happiness, Cyberspace, Scattered, Mcdonalds, Depressed, Talk Radio, Crackberry, Insanity, Multi-Lacking, Disease, Anti-Depressants, Candyland, Viagra, Nervous, Rats, Cell Phones, Hallucinogens, Computer, Text-Messaging, Faecbook, Living News
Francesca Biller-Safran

7. Take the time to look people in the eye, say hello, goodbye, ask "How are you" ; listen to their answer and ask a question. Remember how to communicate with people again on a human face-to-face basis.

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A Level-4 Biolab Grows in Boston: Pathogens Welcome

Barton Kunstler, Ph.D. | Posted 11.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Atmosphere of Fear, Ebola, Level-4 BioSafety Lab, Bubonic Plague, Boston, Anthrax, Bio-Weapons, Pandemics, Pathogens, Boston University, Biological Research, Military, National Institute of Health, National Research Council, Disease, Bacteria, Viruses, Military-Industrial Complex, Smallpox, Biolab, Politics News
Barton Kunstler, Ph.D.

We are in the grips of a military-industrial complex for whom projects such as the Boston Biolab are as much meat and potatoes as any multi-billion dollar weapon system, no matter how dubious the need.

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A Child's Race Against a Deadly Disease

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 11.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Insurance, Health Coverage, Chip, Health Care, Disease, Children's Health Coverage, Politics News
Marian Wright Edelman

Fighting two-year-old Case Hogan's degenerative disorder has placed his parents in great financial peril. Too many middle-class families have too few financial options to help pay for their children's medical bills.

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Coal Slurry Smiles: NY Times Nails Clean Water Act Crimes and Punishment

Jeff Biggers | Posted 11.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Mountaintop Removal, Epa, Appalachia, NY Times, Coal Slurry, Water, Disease, West Virginia, Clean Water Act, Coal Ash, Lisa Jackson, Joe Manchin, Coal, Green News
Jeff Biggers

Duhigg's portrait of the Clean Water Act violations in West Virginia--and the indifference of state agencies--blew the cover on one of the worst kept secrets in Appalachia.

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Farm-Raised Salmon Are Turning Our Oceans Into Polluted Feedlots

Tara Lohan | Posted 10.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Salmon, Sustainable Fishing, Food, Aquaculture, Fish Farming, Fish, West Coast, British Columbia, Ireland, Salmon of Hte Americas, Norway, Climate Change, Disease, Environment, Scotland, New York Times, Green News
Tara Lohan

Farming salmon, once a dream fish, has become a nightmare for the environment.

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Germs Don't Care If You Are Legal Or Not

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fear, Swine Flue, Mexico, Health Healthcare, Public Health, Flu, Vaccinate, Reform, Germs, Typhoid Mary, Sanitation, Servant, Fear Mongering, Avian Flu, Germ Theory, Illegal Immigrant, Infectious, Hygiene, Chris Weigant, Infect, Disease, Sars, Germ, Vaccine, Mary Mallon, Immigrant, Undocumented Immigrant, Health Care, Influenza, Mallon, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Do you really want to limit vaccinations only to people who have legal documents, or would you rather everyone get inoculated? Remember, those you exclude will likely have some sort of contact with either you, your kids, or the food you eat at some point.

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How Bad Are Your Health Vices, Really?

prevention.com | Daryl Chen | Posted 08.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Lung Cancer, Smoking, Fighting Disease, Disease, Health, Women's Health, Men's Health, Heart Disease, Drinking, Living News

Can you ever reverse the damage of a past smoking habit or the savage tans you sported into your 30s? Here, what's forgivable, what's regrettable, and...

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Matt Damon, ONE and a Tractable Global Problem

John Sauer | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Epidemics, Children, Diarrhea, Disease, Water, Public Health, Global Health, Water for the World Act of 2009, Under-Five Mortality, International, Sanitation, Politics News
John Sauer

Universal access to water and sanitation is still a pipe dream for many poorer countries, especially nations in Africa.

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How the UN is Faring Under Ban Ki Moon

Stephen Schlesinger | Posted 07.29.2009 | World

Read More: Diplomacy, Disease, Health, Ban Ki-Moon, Sri Lanka, United Nations, World News
Stephen Schlesinger

In his quiet way, Ban is spending more than a third of his time on the road, and has accomplished much over the past 30 months.

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Elisabeth Hasselbeck Sued For Plagiarism Over G-Free Diet Book

AP | Posted 07.24.2009 | Media

Read More: Plagiarism, Disease, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Elisabeth Hasselbeck Plagiarism, Elisabeth Hasselbeck Sued, Elisabeth Hasselbeck G-Free Diet, G-Free Diet, Hasselbeck Plagiarism, Media News

BOSTON — Elisabeth Hasselbeck, a co-host of ABC's "The View," has been accused of plagiarism. A lawsuit in federal court in Massachusetts alleg...

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Get Well, Be Well, And Stay Well

Christiane Northrup, MD | Posted 07.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Healthy Eating, B Vitamins, Mind-Body Connection, Health and Wellness, Mind/Body/Spirit, Personal Health, Disease, Emotional Wellness, Sleeping Well, The-Law-of-Attraction, Hormones, Wellness, Living News
Christiane Northrup, MD

Your consciousness is the wellspring of beliefs, behaviors, and emotions that set the stage for your state of health or disease in the first place.

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Addressing the Convergence of Crises

Tri Robinson | Posted 07.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Child Soldiering, Crises, Pandemics, Human Trafficking, Spiritual Confusion, Illiteracy, Global Health Epidemics, Climate Change, Disease, RE:FORM, Environmental Decline, Crisis, Education Reform, World Crises, World Poverty, Aids, Global Warming, Green News
Tri Robinson

When you look at the scope of the world's problems today, the environmental crisis is not one that can be addressed singularly. It is the linchpin of so many different crises.

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When Depression is Treated as a Disease

James S. Gordon | Posted 06.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Psychotherapy, Depression, Antidepressants, Antidepressant Effectiveness, Disease, Meditation, Integrative Medicine, Psychology, Complementary Medicine, Ssris, Do Antidepressants Work, Health, Living News
James S. Gordon

Acting on our own behalf, working in concert with physicians and therapists who value our efforts, we can overcome the helplessness and hopelessness that are the hallmarks of depression.

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H1N1 "Swine" Flu: A Global Wake-Up Call

Susan Blumenthal, M.D. | Posted 05.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Disease, Swine Flu Pandemic, Swine Flu, H1N1 Influenza, Pandemic, Influenza Virus, Flu, H1n1, Influenza, Living News
Susan Blumenthal, M.D.

Historically, disease outbreaks affect many sectors of society; in the case of the H1N1 flu, world leaders fear that a pandemic could derail global economic recovery.

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What Are You Working on? Part 3

Hillary Rubin | Posted 06.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Michelangelo's David, Hillary, Yoga, Multiple Sclerosis, The Balanced Life, Personal Health, Disease, Inner Life, Life Challenges, Personal Growth, Michelangelo, The Inner Life, Living News
Hillary Rubin

How many of you are looking for the work to stop? Do you want to just breathe and erase all your problems? Are you ready to learn a tool that will shi...

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