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First Case of Highly Drug-Resistant TB Found in US
Health & Wellness  (tags: drug-resistant, tb, million people, Infectious Diseases )

Lone
- 2 days ago - washingtonpost.com
LANTANA, Fla. -- It started with a cough, an autumn hack that refused to go away
Medicine Wheel Helps Natives Cope With Diabetes
Health & Wellness  (tags: AlternativeMed, medicine, wheel, diabetes )

Lone
- 4 days ago - newswise.com
Newswise -- South Dakota State University research showed an intervention strategy based on the Native American spiritual concept of the Medicine Wheel brought positive changes for diabetics.
Stipend for Disabled Utahns to End
Health & Wellness  (tags: medicine, housing, disabled, Utah, humans, health, illness )

Lone
- 5 days ago - ksl.com
SALT LAKE CITY -- A small stipend will no longer be available to disbaled Utahns after the first of the year.
Most Vegetarian-Friendly City: London
Health & Wellness  (tags: Vegetarian food )

Katrin
- 11 days ago - peta.org
London, the city known for its iconic "Beefeater" guards, has been named the most vegetarian-friendly city in the world by PETA! We chose London after considering not only the city's numerous vegetarian restaurants but also the massive variety of meatless
How Humans Are Not Physically Created to Eat Meat
Health & Wellness  (tags: food, health, interesting, nutrition, Vegans and vegetarians )

Animalib
- 14 days ago - celestialhealing.net
When you look at the comparison between herbivores and humans, we compare much more closely to herbivores than meat eating animals. Humans are clearly not designed to digest and ingest meat.
New Research: Natural Exposure to Everyday Germs May Protect Kids From Disease as Adults
Health & Wellness  (tags: healthy, germs, children, interesting )

Lone
- 7 days ago - naturalnews.com
NaturalNews) Gone are the days when play time for kids often meant getting dirty making mud "pies", splashing in mud puddles and creeks, and climbing trees -- and when children washed their hands, mostly just before a meal, it was with plain soap and
Indian Country Dental Aide Expansion: Yea or Nay?
Health & Wellness  (tags: dental, Native Americans, health, protection )

Lone
- 8 days ago - indiancountrytoday.com
WASHINGTON - As visions of sugarplums dance in some heads, tribal communities are pondering methods for expanding dental health care in Indian country
Native American Heart Disease May Be Linked to Blood Clotting Gene
Health & Wellness  (tags: Heart Disease, genes, blood clots, Native Americans )

Lone
- 10 days ago - blogs.usatoday.com
Native American's increased heart disease susceptibility may arise from evolution favoring genes for blood clotting, suggest a genetic comparison. In the current Annals of Human Genetics, an international team
Tracker Device Finds Woman With Alzheimer's
Health & Wellness  (tags: alzheimer's, women, Good News, tracking, device )

Lone
- 11 days ago - voices.washingtonpost.com
Here's a story from Montgomery County this week that involved a lost 78-year-old Alzheimer's patient -- and it has a happy ending.
Few Details a Month After Fairfax Police Killed Unarmed Man
Health & Wellness  (tags: Mental Illnesses, man, killed, police )

Lone
- 11 days ago - washingtonpost.com
Every fall, it seemed, Dave Masters's mental illness rose up and grabbed him for a little while.
 
 
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