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Lene Andersen, Health Guide

Writer, Advocate, Photographer

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Juvenile Arthritis, Blindness and Living with Joy: An Interview with Joy Ross

-Joy Ross with Isabella and Georgianna "I am happier without sight than when I could see." Joy Ross is 36, lives just outside Portland, Oregon. She has been happily married for 12 years to her husband George and the mother of two beautiful daughters, Isabella (10) and Georgianna (7). Joy has had juvenile arthritis (JA) since she... Read more Chevron

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Karen Lee Richards, Health Guide

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Co-Founder of the National Fibromyalgia Assn.

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May 12 – Niagara Falls to be Illuminated for Fibromyalgia and ME/CFS Awareness

Each evening from 9 p.m. until midnight, the Niagara Falls are lit in the colors of the rainbow. There are, however, some exceptions to that rule. Sometimes the Falls are lit in special colors for 15 minute segments to support various charitable causes. This year fibromyalgia, ME/CFS and multiple sensitivities are among those causes. On May... Read more Chevron

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My Bariatric Life, Health Guide

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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.

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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 more Chevron

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Phyllis Johnson, Health Guide

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Inflammatory Breast Cancer Survivor

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Anya Silver: Poet, Cancer Survivor, and So Much More

Anya Silver has been an inspiration to me since I first got to know her on-line when she was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer. In the support groups we are members of, she shares her experiences with courage, humor, and honesty. You may have also met her and her husband Andrew in a HealthCentral video about finding out... Read more Chevron

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Christina Lasich, MD, Health Pro

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A specialist in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

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Hey Doc, Can These Dietary Extracts Help Me Lose Weight?

According to a certain doctor on television, all you need to lose weight is a dietary supplement containing the extract of one of these three ingredients: green coffee bean, raspberry or green tea. As soon as a recommendation is made, everyone floods the market looking for that miracle weight loss pill. On television, you’ll hear testimonies... Read more Chevron

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