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Lene  Andersen

Lene Andersen, Health Guide

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Writer, Advocate, Photographer

The Quest for an RA Spokesperson: Looking for Our Jolie

RA needs a spokesperson. Someone in the public eye. Someone who is respected and admired. We need someone to whom people will pay attention, someone who can in one moment teach the world about RA.   Last week, Angelina Jolie did that for breast cancer. She shared her story about being one in a fraction of women who have a faulty gene which... Read moreChevron
Eileen Bailey

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Adolescents and Young Adults with Autism Socially Isolated

One-third of adolescents and young adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have no social contact with peers according to a recent study completed Grown School at Washington University. Social difficulties is one of the main symptoms of ASD but according to Paul T. Shattuck, Ph.D., one of the researchers, “Many people with autism do... Read moreChevron
posted 05/21/2013, comments (0)|
Christina Bruni

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Librarian and Writer

Reclaiming Ourselves in Recovery

The term "illness identity" was coined to refer to how individuals diagnosed with mental health conditions define themselves by their illness and its symptoms.   The New York Times recently featured an article written by a woman diagnosed with bipolar about how she faced the loss of her self in private and no psychiatrist or therapist ever... Read moreChevron
John McManamy

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Author and Advocate

Negotiating the Real World of Shifting Reality - The Bipolar Question of the Week

As you may know, I’ve been working on a novel, not to make any money (most likely I won’t), but because I had a novel in me demanding to come out. Most of us can suppress this urge, but, no, not me.   Anyway, the novel is based around the idea that reality is not what it appears to be. Forget about what you think is important -... Read moreChevron
My Bariatric Life

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My Bariatric Life on Health Central has the largest collection of original content that teaches, through her real life experience, how to be successful after weight loss surgery. She also offers great information for those considering weight loss surgery.

Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries Disses Big Women

Discrimination   I was engrosses in an exhibit today at the Children’s Museum about discrimination. It featured the stories three children who were victims of discrimination. Ann Frank was the victim of religious discrimination as a Jew in Nazi Germany. Ruby Bridges suffered racial discrimination as the first black child to attend... Read moreChevron
posted 05/11/2013, comments (0)|