Many cultures have ceremonies that mark the transition from boyhood to manhood. But not all include sleep deprivation, circumcision, and a golf hat.
Dr. Samia Al-Amoudi speaks about Breast Cancer Awareness in Saudi Arabia. Filmed in Seattle in 2011 during her visit to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
(Source: theworld.org)
The Telegraph’s Deputy Women’s Editor Louisa Peacock says the news that Angelina Jolie has had a preventive double mastectomy will inspire women to tackle breast cancer head on.
(Source: theworld.org)
"Things have changed since my day but there is still a taboo about having breast cancer. There is still a stigma attached to any type of cancer. People don’t talk about cancer at all."
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-Joanna Forest, Telegraph
My breast cancer was ‘taboo’ – the more the rich and beautiful talk about it, the better
"I used to have good health, but now every day I feel uncomfortable. And I think it has something to do with the pollution."
— Liu Xiuling, taxi driver in Beijing
(Source: ow.ly)
Latino Americans, especially those who live in Latino neighborhoods, often outlive members of other ethnic groups of the same, or higher, socioeconomic status.
Audrey Quinn explains this health phenomenon sometimes called the “barrio advantage.” http://ow.ly/jIKou
A new report from the anti-poverty Asian Development Bank says nearly two thirds of people in the Asia-Pacific region have no access to clean, running water.
Host Marco Werman talks about the region’s water problems with water researcher Peter Gleick of the Pacific Institute in Oakland.
A new medical study of the vascular health of more than 100 mummies, some as old as 4,000 years old, and from different geographies, has been published in the medical journal The Lancet.
The mummies all underwent CT scans and surprisingly, many showed signs of serious heart disease: http://ow.ly/iPo6x
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE JOANNE SILBERNER RETURNS FROM CAMBODIA
Silberner had traveled to Cambodia to report on diabetes and high blood pressure in the country. Her reporting trip was funded by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and will be broadcast on The World in the coming weeks and months. (Follow our Twitter account @PRIGlobalHealth for updates)
In Nairobi Slum, Finding Safety In A Public Bathroom
by Julienne Gage“Step into Nairobi’s sprawling Kibera slum and it’s easy to see how community tensions escalate into violence.
Overcrowded shanties, garbage piles, and raw sewage were all contributing factors to the ethnic clashes and sexual assaults that ravaged this informal settlement after the 2007 presidential elections.
A group of local Muslim and Christian women calling themselves the Vision Sisters, hope their recent community work will mitigate such crises during this year’s March 4th elections.
They’ve spent the last year operating a facility all the neighbors can appreciate: a public bathroom.”
Video and photos by Julienne Gage.
Video: “Finding Safety at a Public Bathroom in Nairobi’s Kibera Slum”
