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Society & Culture News tagged with illness

Illness Forces Longtime ICWA Advocate to Leave Program She Started
Society & Culture  (tags: Native American, retires, illness, tumor, culture, ethics )

Lone
- 80 days ago - indiancountrytoday.com
DENVER - The Denver Indian Family Resource Center was dealt a serious blow in early July when its founding director, Phyllis Bigpond, known nationally for 40 years of community service work, was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor
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Young South African Woman's AIDS Diary Touched Millions of Radio Listeners
Society & Culture  (tags: South Africa, Society, health, disease, illness, AIDS/HIV, stigma, death )

Dee
- 148 days ago - online.wsj.com
Rising from a shack in a South African shantytown, Thembi Ngubane mined a personal tragedy to become an international advocate for people with HIV and AIDS.
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17 Percent of US Children Under 5 May Face Hunger
Society & Culture  (tags: society, US, children, hunger, health, food, nutrition, illness, risks, diet )

Dee
- 185 days ago - news.yahoo.com
An estimated 3.5 million children under the age of 5 are at risk of hunger in the United States, according to a look at government numbers by an anti-hunger group. That's more than 17 percent of children who could suffer cognitive and developmental damage
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L.A. County Files Detail Deaths of 14 Children
Society & Culture  (tags: crime, society, culture, children, neglect, welfare, sadness, violence, abuse, law, government, family, death, safety, rights, health, illness, investigation, protection, warning, risks )

Tom
- 201 days ago - latimes.com
The family of a boy who died of multiple skull fractures was reported 25 times to child welfare officials; the mother was a known methamphetamine abuser. In other families, children died within months or even one day after a social worker's last visit.
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SCIA Highlights Youth Suicide
Society & Culture  (tags: Indians, Native Americans, American Indians, SCIA, constitution, ethics, government, lies, healthcare, news, politics, propaganda, usa, interesting, illness, humans, Body-Mind-Spirit, prevention, protection, healthcare, children, culture, society, death )

Kat
- 236 days ago - indiancountrytoday.com
WASHINGTON - The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs heard testimony Feb. 26 that indicates youth suicide in Indian country continues to be an urgent and pressing crisis, despite new prevention initiatives. Health experts said that more resources and...
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Native American Death Rates Soar as Most People Are Living Longer
Society & Culture  (tags: Indians, Native Americans, American Indians, culture, society, americans, death, humans, interesting, news, health, healthcare, illness, medicine, nutrition )

Kat
- 242 days ago - seattlepi.nwsource.com
On the Okanogan plains in northeast Washington, the Colville tribes recently buried a man who died after facing a bleak decision: spend his money on trips into town for dialysis, or buy food for his family...
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Swayze, Who Has Pancreatic Cancer, Checked Himself Into Hospital for Pneumonia
Society & Culture  (tags: culture, celebrity, health, media, sadness, illness, healthcare, disease, treatment )

Suzybell
- 302 days ago - webmd.com
Actor Patrick Swayze, who has stage IV pancreatic cancer, has checked himself into a hospital for observation because he has pneumonia.Swayze, 56, was diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic cancer, which had already spread to his liver, in March 2008. Swayze
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Bob Busch Care2 Member Needs Assistance
Society & Culture  (tags: disabled vet, service dog, therapy dog, illness, healthcare, fundraiser, Body-Mind-Spirit, AlternativeMed, dogs, pets, AnimalWelfare, rescued dogsamericans, safety )

Christine
- 420 days ago - palswithpawz.chipin.com
Bob B. is a Care2 member has been trying to get a Service Dog. There is a fundraising campaign for him to get one through PALS with Pawz. Please if you can, note this and cross post. PALs with Pawz set up a fundraiser thru Paypal or www.PALSwithPawz.org
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Wheelchair-Bound Woman Dies After Being Shocked With Taser 10 Times
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, Tasers, illness )

Mindi
- 781 days ago - news.yahoo.com
A Clay County woman's family said it's seeking justice after their loved one died shortly after being shocked 10 times with Taser guns during a confrontation with police.
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Forgetting Living With AIDS for Week at Camp
Society & Culture  (tags: children, AIDS, camp, victims, health, illness, disease, death, culture, entertainment, family, freedoms, humans, GoodNews, interesting )

Barb
- 798 days ago - newsday.com
For one week, they are allowed to escape from their broken homes or inner-city squalor to spend time singing and dancing under the stars, fishing and boating in a bucolic setting untainted by graffiti or gangs. For one week, they are all happy campers....
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Britain Moves to Stop New Foot and Mouth Disease Havoc
Society & Culture  (tags: Animal welfare, disease, heath, cattle, contamination, death, humans, illness, safety, world, animal, animalsuffering, health, animals )


- 826 days ago - news.yahoo.com
LONDON (AFP) - Britain moved swiftly Saturday to prevent the spread of foot and mouth disease after the first case since 2001 appeared on a farm in southern England, prompting fears of mass slaughter and devastation to farming and tourism.
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Woman Accused of Adopting, Abusing Children, Collecting Payments
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, babies, americans, crime, children, child, ethics, family, government, healthcare, health, illness, prevention, abuse, americans, child, children, corruption, crime, culture, ethics, family, health, humans, law, police, woman, violence, usa )

Echo
- 831 days ago - hosted.ap.org
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) -- They were often handcuffed, tethered together with plastic ties and allowed to soil themselves, investigators say. They had scars on their wrists. Some had burns.
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