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If Swine Flu Makes Us Use Masks, Why Can't AIDS Make Us Use Condoms?

Casey Gane-McCalla | Posted 06.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Pandemic, Virus, Hiv, Swine Flu, Masks, Threat, Disease, Scare WHO, Aids, Condomds, Living News
Casey Gane-McCalla

Swine flu may get worse, or it may go away. But AIDS is as virulent as ever, and we must make sure it kills as few people as possible.

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Swine Flu: Remain Vigilant!

Scott P. Layne | Posted 06.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Swine Flu Outbreak, Health, Illness, Disease, Swine Flu Mexico, Swine Flu Pandemic, Swine Flu, Living News
Scott P. Layne

The good news is that Swine flu appears to have relatively low virulence outside Mexico. The bad news is that Swine flu is constantly rolling its genetic dice, so virulence could vary over time.

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Masks for Sale

Jamie Lee Curtis | Posted 05.31.2009 | Living

Read More: Disease, Swine Flu Pandemic, Swine Flu, Travel, Air Travel, Face Masks, Activia Yogurt, Living News
Jamie Lee Curtis

As I travel on my first airplane trip during this flu crisis, I am immediately taken with the advertising possibilities. I am, after all, the walking advertisement for good digestive health as the Activia Lady.

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Body Payments, in This Economy?

Lisa Guest | Posted 05.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, Healing, Cure, Indulgences, Attitude, Money, Disease, Economy, Living News
Lisa Guest

We expect our bodies to behave like our toaster (efficiently), and give us what we want when we want it. Rarely do most of us do what our bodies need for such optimal performance.

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Swine Flu: The Need for a Strong Public Health System

Gina Solomon | Posted 05.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Centersfordiseasecontrol, Climatechange, Disease, H1n1, Swineflu, Surveillance, Cdc, Monitoring, Influenza, Green News
Gina Solomon

Swine flu is a wake-up call: we have one of the best public health systems in the world, but it has been mismanaged and starved for resources for years.

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The Politics of a Potential Pandemic: From Sebelius to Smithfield

Josh Nelson | Posted 05.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Swine Flu, Senator McConnell, Politics, Mexico, Water Pollution, Industrial Agriculture, Kathleen Sebelius, Green, World, Senator Reid, Political News, Department of Homeland Security, Contained Animal Feeding Operations, Green News, Disease, Centers for Disease Control, Water, Health and Human Services, Panedemic, Swine Flu Pandemic, Flu Pandemic, Politics News
Josh Nelson

GOP obstruction is literally interfering with the functioning of the Federal government during a time of crisis.

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President Obama and the End of Malaria

Josh Ruxin | Posted 05.26.2009 | World

Read More: Malaria, World Malaria Day, Barack Obama, Obama Administration, Disease, Gates Foundation, Africa, World News
Josh Ruxin

It is rare that we can envision the elimination of a specific disease. With malaria, we can grasp that end almost tangibly.

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Abolish Malaria as a Gift for Earth Day

Cheryl Saban | Posted 05.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Malaria, Earth Day, Disease, Green News
Cheryl Saban

Celebrating Earth is about enjoying, nurturing and protecting our environment. It's also about heling facilitate the most hospitable environment we can for earth's inhabitants.

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Build for Mothers and You Build for Everyone

Sarah Brown | Posted 05.22.2009 | World

Read More: Women, Women's Healthcare, Africa, First Ladies Summit, Women's Health, Women Mortality Rate, Disease, Maternal Mortality Rate, Childbirth Death, Sarah Brown, Maternal Mortality, Childbirth, Usdfa, New York-New York, Los Angeles-California, Tanzania, Italy, United Kingdom, World News
Sarah Brown

We will make progress on HIV/AIDS, education, nutrition, health care, on immunization, even, I believe, on the environment, if we reduce the number of mothers dying needlessly in childbirth.

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What Are YOU Working On? Part2

Hillary Rubin | Posted 05.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Healthy Eating, Hillary Rubin, Depression, The Balanced Life, Personal Health, Health, Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Health Care, Living News
Hillary Rubin

For me Health means more than the food we eat, it contains everything including our thoughts, environment, lifestyle, and relationships.

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Why I Spat and Why You Should Care

Michelle Lamar | Posted 05.04.2009 | Living

Read More: 23andme, 23andMe Pregnancy, Living News, Genetic Testing, Women's Health, Pregnancy, Motherhood, Disease, Living News
Michelle Lamar

My siblings and I don't have our parents, so being able to spit into a cup and find some of the answers to our family health history is a blessing and a tremendous opportunity.

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Can Chinese Condoms Stimulate the Economy?

Bret Caldwell | Posted 04.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Fired, Workers, Africa, Disease, Safe Sex, Us-Agency-for-International-Development, China, Teamsters, Condoms, Buy American, Unfair Trade, Foreign Goods, Business News
Bret Caldwell

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Coping With Cancer In Your 20s and 30s

Christine Hassler | Posted 04.10.2009 | Living

Read More: The Balanced Life, Cancer, Twenty Something, Thirtysomething, Disease, Advice, Health, Living News
Christine Hassler

Each week in this column, I have the opportunity to address questions about life, love, work and relationships from twenty somethings. This week I dig...

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One Foot in a High Heel and One Foot in a Sneaker: A Daughter Nearly Lost

Kyrina McCormick | Posted 03.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Doctos, Seizures, Medical Conditions, Children, Disease, Illness, Daughters, Mothers and Daughters, Family, Living News
Kyrina McCormick

This is not a world for the disabled. My daughter is mentally challenged. She is at the mercy of a number of poorly constructed or outdated programs, but I've become a fierce advocate for her.

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Black AIDS Day

Gloria Reuben | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Centers for Disease Control, Whites, Latinos, Poverty, Statistics, US Poverty, National Black Aids Awareness Day, Siecus, AIDs Epidemic, Hiv, Race, Barack Obama, Sex Education, HIV/AIDS, Black People, Education, AIDS Awareness, Blacks, Caucasians, Health, Disease, Sex, Poverty and Health, Aids, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, African-Americans, African Americans, Antiretroviral Drugs, Politics News
Gloria Reuben

We must turn a critical eye inward, and face the fact that HIV/AIDS has reached crisis levels among the Black population of the US. The statistics are startling.

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Don't Risk Going Unvaccinated

Paul A. Offit, MD | Posted 02.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Sickness, Measles, World, Children, Multiple Sclerosis, United States, Dehydration, Death, Vaccines, Polio, Us Measles Cases Rising, Pneumonia, Chemotherapy, Us Measles Cases, Health, Disease, Romania, Asthma, Autism, Epidemic, Vaccine, Cancer, Autism Vaccines, Diabetes, Children's Health, Allergies, Living News
Paul A. Offit, MD

If parents choose not to vaccinate their children, not only do they put their own children at risk, they put others at risk as well.

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Inside A Congolese Displaced Persons Camp: Children Cling To Our Arms, Begging For Human Touch (PHOTOS)

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 02.21.2009 | World

Read More: Unhcr, Drc, Women, Rape, Children, Disease, Kivu, Goma, War, Refugees, Mugunga II, Slideshow, Congo Photos, Human Rights Congo, Congo, Human Rights, World News
Georgianne Nienaber

Australian journalist Helen Thomas was the first to ask the question. "Do you find it hard to believe that we are able to function here and do our wor...

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What Can You do as an Individual to Uplift Humanity?

Mallika Chopra | Posted 02.20.2009 | Living

Read More: President, Michelle Obama, Inauguration, Barack Obama, Helping the Needy, Charitable Gifts, Lifestyle, Charity, Service Nation, Helping Others, Obama Service Initiative, Obama Service, Charitable Giving, Helping the Homeless, Helping the Poor, Charitable Organizations, Intentions, Volunteering, Disease, Giving Back, Serving, Genocide, Living, Donations, Inequality, Living News
Mallika Chopra

The power that each of us has in our families, particularly as mothers, is incredible. We shape the world view, the biases, the sense of understanding and compassion in our children.

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The Fierce Urgency of Now: Why the Obama Administration Must Appoint an NIH Director Committed to Cures

Lou Weisbach | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Parkinson's Disease, Obama Hope, Hope, Multiple Sclerosis, Obama Administration, Obama Health Care, Barack Obama, Obama Healthcare, Change, Martin Luther King, Curable Diseases, Obama Change, Disease, Schizophrenia, Cancer, Diabetes, Cures, Nih, National Institutes of Health, Healthcare, Politics News
Lou Weisbach

There must be a place in the NIH where the discovery of knowledge is focused on preventing or curing the diseases of our loved ones.

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The Changing Face of Service

Desmond Tutu | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Community Service, Bill Clinton, Hope, Non-Profits, Clinton Foundation, Desmond Tutu, Barack Obama, HIV/AIDS, Philanthropy, Ngo, Disease, Service, Africa, Hillary Clinton, Politics News
Desmond Tutu

At a time when the global economic landscape looks so bleak, it's especially fortunate that non-governmental organizations like the Clinton Foundation are going where governments can't go to bring hope.

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A National Blitz to Control Cholera in Zimbabwe

Caroline Gluck | Posted 02.06.2009 | World

Read More: Zimbabwe Cholera, Zimbabwe, Africa, Infectious Diseases, Disease, Epidemic, Music, Death, World News
Caroline Gluck

Cholera has now affected every province in Zimbabwe. More than 33,000 suspected cases have been reported and the disease has claimed over 1,600 deaths.

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Obama Drug Czar Pick Tied to Christian Rehab Linked to Contributor Charged with $3.5 Billion Fraud (Updated)

Maia Szalavitz | Posted 01.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Addiction, Faith-Based, Drug War, Teen Challenge, Earmarks, Ramstad, Disease, Drug Czar, Obama's Cabinet, Obama Cabinet, Drug Czar Jim Ramstad, Obama Drug Czar, Politics News
Maia Szalavitz

Ramstad's support for Teen Challenge shows a disregard for evidence-based treatment and either a willingness to abandon his beliefs about treating addiction or a failure to investigate what kinds of programs he funds.

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World AIDS Day: A Spiritual Approach

Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 01.01.2009 | Living

Read More: Pandemic, HIV/AIDS, Gay, Health, Disease, World AIDS Day, Living News
Dr. Susan Corso

Imagine, in the face of the despair, a young pastor delivering a sermon to a principally gay, male congregation on the spirituality of HIV/AIDS.

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Am I Slowly Giving Myself a Heart Attack?

Leslie Goldman | Posted 12.12.2008 | Living

Read More: Cholesterol, Heart, Oatmeal, Stephanie Izard, Martini, Bloggers, Disease, Health, Banana, Wine, Padma, Top Chef, Living Proof, Volgman, Quaker, Women and Heart Disease, Heart Disease, Preventing Heart Disease, Living News
Leslie Goldman

Our gender may not believe we're as vulnerable as our male counterparts, but we account for nearly half of all heart attack deaths.

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FDA and Vouchers for Neglected Diseases: A Bad Idea Gone Bad

Merrill Goozner | Posted 12.08.2008 | Living

Read More: Malaria, Healthcare Vouchers, Fda, Neglected Diseases, Disease, Health, Living, Living News
Merrill Goozner

The unintended consequences of an ill-conceived incentive scheme will be on full display when Novartis goes before an FDA advisory committee seeking approval for its anti-malarial pill.

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