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According to a HealthDay article from June of this year, the number of uninsured and underinsured American adults has increased 60% from 2003 to 2007, climbing from 16 million to more than 25 million people. The article reports the results of a study published in the June 10 issue of the journal Health Affairs, saying
Approximately […]
Well, it seems to be getting better at least…
But it still hurts like the dickens!
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… the mom who got her 15-year-old a breast reduction and liposuction because she was worried that the girl would develop an eating disorder! Bravo, Mom. Way to ensure that your child will NEVER have a normal concept of her body.
Haven’t heard about this yet? Jezebel has a video from last week’s episode of The […]
This weekend, while walking the dogs on Saturday night with my friend, L., I tripped and completely wiped out on the street Not only did I skin my left knee badly and remove a layer of skin from a 3″ x 8″ swath of my right shin/calf, but I also banged my chin on the […]
Kelly Turner, one of b5’s newest bloggers, writes at Grounded Fitness,
Everyone has something wrong with them by society‘s definition, be it depression, a disease, and eating disorder, a handicap, a disability, a disfigurement, addiction, abuse, etc.
We, as a society, are accepting of this, are supportive with our concerns, our charities, our awareness campaigns. We are […]
This is one of the saddest things I have ever heard in my life.
Carlene Balderrama, 53, of Taunton, Massachusetts, shot herself with her husband’s rifle on Tuesday afternoon after faxing a message to her mortgage company telling them that by the time they foreclosed on her house later that day, she would be dead. According […]
The Stupid Cancer Show comes to us from Matthew Zachary, founder and executive director of cancer nonprofit I’m Too Young For This.
The Stupid Cancer Show: The Voice of Young Adults With Cancer
July 28, 9 pm ET/6 pm PT
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SURVIVOR SPOTLIGHT
Adele Ramos
Long Term Young Adult Survivor, Ostrosarcoma
i[2]y Regional Co-Chair, NYC/Metro Chapter
Scott Swimmer
Young Adult Survivor, prostate cancer & […]
I was so sad to learn that my favorite Golden Girls actress, Estelle Getty, died yesterday, just three days shy of her 85th birthday.
She was nominated for seven Emmys for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series from 1986 to 1992, but she won only in 1988. She also won […]
a guest post by Alicia Sparks
When it comes to mental illnesses and women, statistics lead us to believe that certain kinds of mental health problems seem to prefer striking females rather than males.
For example, women are more likely than men to develop most kinds of anxiety disorders (Dr. Kendall Genre discussed this issue in a […]
Earlier this year, New York became the first city to mandate that chain restaurants display calorie counts along with the name and price of food items to help consumers make informed choices about what they eat. Shortly thereafter, NYC hipsters started dropping from heart attacks after learning how many calories were in their daily “healthy” […]
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