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A parking lot handicap sign. According to the World Health Organization, over 1 billion people, about 15% of the worlds population, lives with some form of disability. STEVE JOHNSON/FLICKR VIA CC BY 2.0

We need to rethink the word “disability”

Joshua Blake February 8, 2019
Why do we categorize people with physical or mental limitations as disabled? This never made sense to me, even when I was a kid. I'd prefer the term handicapped over disabled because, in my mind, I was never a non-functional human.
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CBD soars in popularity and soon may be legalized

CBD soars in popularity and soon may be legalized

Syreeta Yelverton January 7, 2019
The 2018 Farm Bill that passed on Dec. 20 legalized hemp, defining it as a strain of cannabis with low levels of THC — the psychoactive chemical in cannabis that makes users feel high.
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Mental health is not culture blind

Karina Gerry October 3, 2018
Attitudes toward mental health often vary between people of different cultures. Their teachings and religious beliefs often affect the way they view the mentally ill, and the nature of mental health itself.
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A scan of yersinia pestis, the cause of bubonic plague.  NIAID/FLICKR VIA CC BY 2.0

Stony Brook students in Madagascar faced with modern day plague

Ian Passe November 12, 2017
There are currently 17 SBU students studying abroad at Centre ValBio in Ranomafana, Madagascar.
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Work place stress goes over looked by many, yet effects thousands of employees each year.

Street Meat: NYC could use real stress-relief centers

Christopher Leelum January 24, 2016
Wouldn’t be nice to designate a safe area where New York’s blue and white collars can rub one out together?
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World Health Organizations condemnation of bacon is misleading

World Health Organization’s condemnation of bacon is misleading

Jonathon Kline November 5, 2015
This sort of misinformation is one that can prove to be extremely detrimental to the livelihoods of people everywhere.
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Bellevue Ebola patient should be honored, not feared

Jacqualine Ng October 30, 2014
It finally happened. Last Thursday, it was confirmed that Ebola has officially spread into New York City.
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How the United States handles Ebola.

Ebola: only a problem because it has reached us

Jacqualine Ng October 14, 2014
Ebola is a highly contagious viral disease that has been in Africa since 1976. Yes, that is right, Ebola has been a problem in the world for almost forty years now.
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Each case of diphallia is different, and because it is such a rare condition, little is known about its cause. (NINA LIN/THE STATESMAN)

Under the microscope: double the pleasure, double the fun

Mallory Locklear and Ruchi Shah February 11, 2014
Recently, a man going by the nickname “Diphallic Dude” took part in a Reddit "Ask Me Anything" (AMA) session that centered around his rare condition—diphallia, a medical condition wherein a male is born with two penises.
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