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Cervix Not Required: An Interview with Dr. Adina Nack

Abby L. Ferber | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Stigma, HPV Vaccine, Hpv, Council on Contemporary Families, Merck, Gardasil, Public Health, Fda Approval, Men's Health, Fda, Sexuality, Vaccines, Human Papillomavirus, Women's Health, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Marketing, Sexually Transmitted Infections, HPV Vaccination for Boys, Cervical Cancer Vaccine, Cervical Cancer, Healthy Living News
Abby L. Ferber

Last Friday, the FDA approved the HPV vaccine for use in boys and men. Why is Gardasil only now being approved for males, when it was approved three years ago for females?

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Talking About Menstruation

Susan Kim | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Women's Health, Stigma, Pad, Feminine Hygiene, Tampons, Period, Menstruation, Flow: The Cultural Story of Menstruation, Healthy Living News
Susan Kim

Why is menstruation still such a taboo subject? It's high time for a little more transparency. Let's perform a communal end-run around the usual secrecy and embarrassment

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Writing "Beyond Blue": Keeping My End of the Bargain

Therese Borchard | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: Stigma, Suicide, Depression, Psychiatry, Writing, Authors, Anxiety, Mental Illness, Books, Mood Disorders, Beyond Blue, Therapy, Books News
Therese Borchard

Here I am. With my mission: to educate folks about mental illness and to offer support to those who, like myself, suffer from mood disorders.

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Reversing The Stigma Of HIV In Jamaica: Ida's Story (VIDEO)

World Focus | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Stigma, Micah Fink, The Glass Closet, Lisa Biagiotti, Pulitzer Center, Gay Jamaicans, HIV/AIDS, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, Jamaica, Gabrielle Weiss, Discrimination, Aids, World News

Ida Northover is known fondly in her community as "Miss Gene." She is a volunteer community leader battling stigma and discrimination in one of the ...

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Veteran Stigma: "What Does My Country think of Me?"

Luis Carlos Montalván | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Stigma, Mental Health, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, Veterans Affairs, Afghanistan, Iraq Veterans' Mental Health, Penn State University, Air Force, War in Iraq, Veterans, Department of Homeland Security, Iraq War, U.S. Coast Guard, Marines, Army, Janet Napolitano, Department of Veterans Affairs, Defense Department, US Navy, Politics News
Luis Carlos Montalván

The stigma that veterans face has turned into widespread employment discrimination, precisely at a time when getting a job is especially difficult.

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Susan Boyle Needs Your Friendship and Support

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Support, Friend, Stigma, Emotional Disorder, Mental Health, Entertainment, Mental Illness, Friendship, Susan Boyle, Brain Research, Health, Discrimination, Nervous Breakdown, Britain?S Got Talent, Breaking Living News, Priory, Healthy Living News
Dr. Irene S. Levine

The emotional fallout of Susan Boyle's unexpected and disappointing defeat on Saturday night was clearly devastating. The front-runner failed to take ...

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Our New President

Quinn Bradlee | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Learning Disabilities, Barack Obama, Stigma, Challenges, Presidential Oath, Obama Inauguration, President Obama, Obama Oath of Office, Oath of Office, African-Americans, Chris Matthews, African Americans, Obama Oath, Healthy Living News
Quinn Bradlee

As someone who lives with learning disabilities, Obama's ability to transcend stigma and bridge gaps in our society has made me feel part of the world.

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On MLK Day: I, Too, Have a Dream

Therese Borchard | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Mental Illness, Stigma, Therese Borchard, Depression, Mental Health, Beyond Blue, MLK Day, Healthy Living News
Therese Borchard

In celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr.:I have a dream that one day I won't hold my breath every time I tell a person that I suffer from bipolar dis...

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Feeling Left Out

Quinn Bradlee | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Stigma, Health, Learning Disabilities, Happiness, Healthy Living News
Quinn Bradlee

I already have a motivation problem; I have a hard getting things done. If a friend asks me to come out with him I say no. I don't know why I do that, I think at this point it is really just a habit.

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