2016-10-12 17:00
By: Navya KarkadaPhoto Credit: Business Wire,http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160222005567/en/Walgreens-Naloxone-Prescription-Indiana-PharmaciesNaloxone is an emergency drug used to r… Read More
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Cancer InCytes is a (FREE, non-profit) e-magazine that talks about the medical needs of oppressed or disadvantaged people: child slaves, the homeless, minorities, etc. (www.CancerInCytes.org) We educate the public about the link between childhood trauma a
2016-10-05 17:00
By: Luis GayA U.S. study in the Journal of Clinical Oncology has analyzed that racial bias on the part of a doctor can result in inadequate medical treatment and communication for black canc… Read More
2016-09-28 17:00
By: Luis GayMore than 15 million people have downloaded Pokemon GO, a virtual reality app for smartphones based on the franchise Pokémon. It encourages users to find Pokemon character… Read More
2016-09-21 17:00
By: David GrecuA new campaign launched in July of 2016 by the San Diego District Attorney’s Office focuses on addressing some widespread myths regarding human trafficking in San Diego… Read More
2016-09-14 17:00
By: Navya Karkada The most common cancer among women is breast cancer. The American Cancer Society estimated that in 2015, 4… Read More
2016-09-07 17:00
The Arizona State University Office of Sex Trafficking Intervention Research is proud to release our new community website filled with agencies that serve victims of sex trafficking in Arizo… Read More
2016-08-31 17:00
by: Luis GayNordic countries are often praised for how high they rank in gender equality. In the World Economic Forum's 2015 Gender Gap Index, Iceland, Norway, Finland, and Sweden are the to… Read More
2016-08-24 18:00
By: Luis GayMargit Detweiler, creator of the lifestyle website TueNight.com, started googling everything possible when she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. While she found many support gro… Read More
2016-08-17 18:00
By: Luis GayAccording to a study by Lancet, a UK medical journal, the global financial crisis may have caused 500,000 extra cancer deaths from 2008 to 2010. Patients were unable to obtain tr… Read More
2016-08-10 18:00
By: Navya KarkadaTexas is one of the states in the US that has very strict abortion laws because it is conservative. The Texas House Bill No. 2 (HB2) is an anti-abortion law passed in 2013… Read More
2016-08-03 17:00
By: E. Diane ChampéSummaryConquering Incest: My Life as a Trauma Survivor is a candid description of the sheer agony that victims undergo as a result of familial rape and tr… Read More
2016-07-27 17:00
By Luis GayApril marks Sexual Assault Awareness Month and throughout the country, many events are taking place to raise advocacy for this traumatic phenomenon. Since 1990, the Clothesline Pr… Read More
2016-07-20 17:00
By Charmaine SantosDave Gorski, a surgical oncologist and professor at Wayne State University School of Medicine, recalls a time when a board certified naturopathic doctor refused to bring h… Read More
2016-07-13 17:00
By David GrecuAppropriate and efficient medical care is difficult to provide in populations suffering an epidemic of opioid addiction. The escalation of such an epidemic is especially diffic… Read More
2016-07-06 17:00
By Luis GayToo often people associate mental health problems as personal issues rather than being reflective on social or political injustices. This mindset is one of the main reasons why me… Read More
2016-06-29 17:00
By: Luis Gay When somebody is having a heart attack, our first inclination is to call 911. However, when someone has the signs of mental or emotional stress, our first reaction is to wi… Read More
2016-06-22 22:24
By: Janice TjengThe business of smuggling migrants from Afghanistan and the Middle East into the European Union has grown larger than the illicit trade in drugs and weapons. There are 200 sm… Read More
2016-06-14 17:00
by: Luis GayA first-year evaluation (conducted by Wilder Research) of Minnesota’s Safe Harbor Program praises its efforts in raising awareness and understanding of sexual exploitation… Read More
2016-06-07 17:00
Luis GayMusic is a powerful form of communication, effective in telling a story or spreading awareness. Mark Sullivan, an associate professor and director of the computer music studios at th… Read More
2016-05-31 17:00
Charmaine SantosCharmaine SantosWhen releasing a violent psychiatric patient from a psychiatric hospital or facility, it is crucial to think about whether the patient will hurt someone once… Read More
2016-05-24 17:00
Luis GayA group religious sisters who disguise themselves as prostitutes to infiltrate brothels and buy children being trafficked is expanding to 140 countries. John Studzinski, a philanthro… Read More
2016-05-17 17:00
By: Charmaine SantosMost people are often horrified about the thought of sex trafficking, yet society continues to see pornography as an accepted and even celebrated genre of entertainment… Read More
2016-05-10 17:00
By: Luis GayAn interdepartmental task force was created to investigate mistreatment of Irish fishing fleet works. This follows claims by The Guardian newspaper that illegal African… Read More
2016-05-03 17:00
Congratulations to our editorial adviser, Arthur M. Michalek, PhD FACE, on his new position.Arthur M. Michalek, Ph.D., FACEProfessorDirector of Health Practice & PolicyDepartment… Read More
2016-04-26 17:00
By: Charmaine SantosCatholic Health Initiatives (CHI), a nonprofit health system, has created a free, online educational course called “Addressing Human Trafficking in the Health Care… Read More
2016-04-12 17:00
By: Charmaine SantosThe recent news of NBA player Lamar Odom found unconscious at a Nevada brothel reminded Annie Lobert of the times she was a call girl in Vegas, often escorting athletes a… Read More
2016-04-05 17:00
By Luis GayResearch from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King's College London (IoPPN) found clinical evidence of the relationship between mental health effects… Read More
2016-03-29 18:00
By: Luis GayWhen you give a college student a marker, a blank piece of paper, and an opportunity to express what is going on in their lives, the results may be solemn: "Drug addiction r… Read More
2016-03-24 18:00
By Luis GayIn the past, whenever a cancer drug was created and released, people became excited. However, no one blinks an eye anymore because new treatments cost hundreds of thousands of dol… Read More
2016-03-22 18:00
By: Kristine AlarconLaticia Aossey, a young woman who grew up in the foster care system, was a student at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls. When she became sick, with symtoms i… Read More
2016-03-17 17:00
By: Luis GayLy Thi Minh, a Vietnamese woman, has returned home after four years of forced marriage in rural China. In April of 2011, three young men invited her and her two sisters to a fest… Read More
2016-03-15 17:00
By: Kristine AlarconThere is a growing number of pediatricians who decided to go beyond a check up of their child patients. Some are looking into their family history and digging deepe… Read More
2016-03-10 18:00
By: Linda JacobsMany children experience untold stress during and after a divorce. We know stress can cause undue harm to our mental and physical health. Now we understand through much resea… Read More
2016-03-07 18:00
By: Kristine Alarcon “Frequent fliers” is a small group of people who spend their time continuously in and out of jail. They are often incarcerated for nonviolent crimes ins… Read More
2016-03-04 18:00
By: Charmaine Santos At the young age of 10 yrs. old, Ivan Nunez was bullied for his cough and the lump in his neck. Classmates avoided him and he couldn’t make friends because th… Read More
2016-03-02 18:00
By: Luis GayA viral campaign is subtly helping domestic abuse victims with the help of a simple black dot. The Black Dot Campaign encourages victims to draw a black dot on their hand as a no… Read More
2016-02-29 18:00
By: Charmaine SantosMost pimps in America brand their victims with tattoos as a permanent reminder that they are property and that they will forever be tied together. However, these tattoos… Read More
2016-02-25 18:00
By: Kristine AlarconHealth problems such as cancer, diabetes, and heart disease have recently been increasing in countries outside of the Western world.Dr. Jeremy I. Swartz, an assistant pro… Read More
2016-02-22 18:00
By: Luis GayWhen there are headlines in the news of child pornography, people tend to focus on the person who committed the act. However, too often, people neglect to recognize how difficult… Read More
2016-02-18 18:00
By: Luis GayEdited by: Juliana Zhu, Esq.The Cancer Drug Fund (CDF) in England will no longer receive funds to pay the cost for 16 types of medicine, all of which are used in 23 types of canc… Read More
2016-02-15 18:00
By: Kristine AlarconEdited by: Juliana Zhu, Esq.Throughout the US, nearly 360,000 mentally ill people are incarcerated instead of being admitted into psychiatric hospitals.Tazewell County in… Read More
2016-02-12 18:00
By: Charmaine SantosEdited by: Juliana Zhu, Esq.Puglia, Italy is home to five-star hotels and luxury villas that cater to northern Europe’s middle classes. Little do tourists know, how… Read More
2016-02-10 18:00
By: Detective Don HowellThe Orange County Register (California) last week reported that a 19 year old man had been arrested for the sexual assault of a woman, who was living in a senior-assi… Read More
2016-02-08 18:00
By: Kristine AlarconEdited by: Juliana Zhu, Esq. “Life again” highlights the true story of cancer survivor, Hyma Reddy. Reddy also directs the film and shares her journey wi… Read More
2016-02-05 18:00
By: Luis GayEdited by: Juliana zhu, Esq.In various regions of Uganda, a man asks to marry a woman by paying her family a dowry (money or livestock). If a woman chooses to leave her husband… Read More
2016-02-03 18:00
By: Janice TjengEdited by: Juliana Zhu, Esq.Unseen Chains is a film that tells the story of a young girl who is manipulated into a domestic minor sex trafficking ring. Domestic minor se… Read More
2016-02-01 18:00
By: San Diego Black Health Association (SDBHA)When 10 types of child trauma were measured in a CDC study of 17,000 people in San Diego, researchers were stunned to discover that not only it… Read More
2016-01-29 18:00
By: Reggie Littlejohn, JDBEIJING. A newborn baby girl was discovered flushed down a public toilet in Beijing, according to CNN and the Beijing Times. Beijing police rescued the tiny girl, we… Read More
2016-01-27 18:00
By: Diane Champe, Founder/President of the E Diane Champe InstituteEdited by: Juliana Zhu, Esq.Child abuse has not always been considered a crime. Historically, it was thought of as a … Read More
2016-01-25 18:00
By: Kristine AlarconEdited by: Juliana Zhu, Esq.Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans a decade ago reaping havoc on communities, hospitals, schools, businesses, and homes. Though the city… Read More
2016-01-22 18:00
By: Luis GayEdited by: Juliana Zhu, Esq.Cake is usually present during the most joyous days of our lives such as birthdays, weddings, and parties. This is why Depressed Cake Shops have been… Read More
2016-01-20 18:00
By: Charmaine SantosEdited by: Juliana Zhu,Esq.San Antonio police arrested 38-year-old Steven Charles Sumlin, who is also known as Anthony Lamar, on suspicion of aggravated promotion of pros… Read More
2016-01-18 18:00
By: Charmaine SantosEdited by: Juliana Zhu, Esq.China has become the destination for illegal organ transplantation for people who want a quick transplant instead of waiting months or possibl… Read More
2016-01-13 18:00
By: Janice TjengEdited by: Juliana Zhu, Esq.Fifty years ago, Lyndon B. Johnson, signed into law both Medicaid and Medicare programs that improved health care justice. These programs expanded… Read More
2016-01-12 05:29
By: Luis GayEdited by: Juliana Zhu, Esq.Every effort counts in fighting human trafficking and it can be as easy as downloading an app. Redlight Traffic is a free GPS-based app that assists t… Read More
2016-01-08 19:00
Do Parents’ ACEs Play a Role in Their Child’s Health?By: Kristine AlarconEdited by: Juliana Zhu, Esq.At the Children’s Clinic in Portland, Oregon, parents are talking with… Read More
2016-01-06 19:00
By: Luis GayEdited by: Juliana Zhu, Esq.Robertas Ciuzas, 33, and Rita Ramonaite, 26, were sent to jail on August 13, 2015 after a jury convicted them of human trafficking. The couple traffic… Read More
2016-01-04 19:00
By: Charmaine SantosEdited by: Juliana Zhu, Esq.The clothing and textile industry is one of the largest and most important in India’s economy. Human traffickers, or sometimes known as… Read More
2016-01-04 03:30
The show "48 Hours" on CBS will highlight a kidnap-rape case worked on by one of our Editorial Advisers, Detective Don Howell. The episode is entitled "I Lived To Tell." It will air on Janua… Read More
2016-01-01 19:00
By: Kristine AlarconEdited by: Juliana Zhu, Esq.Breast cancer is one of the deadliest cancers and kills about 300,000 women each year. On the other hand, there are about 2,500 men who are di… Read More
2015-12-30 19:00
By: Kristine AlarconEdited by: Juliana Zhu, Esq.U.S. Rep. Tim Murphy (R., Pa.) is taking the initiative to change the mental healthcare system as it often disregards those who have serious m… Read More
2015-12-29 05:17
By: Kristine AlarconEdited by: Juliana Zhu, Esq.When Debra Jarvis was a chaplain for the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She had a mastectomy, received ch… Read More
2015-12-21 19:00
By: Janice TjengEdited by: Juliana Zhu, Esq.Image: Susi, a 30 year-old Indonesian domestic worker.Susi experienced domestic abuse for a year under the hands of a Hong Kong employer, Law Wan… Read More
2015-12-19 00:14
“This Council is built on the premise that the peace and security of our nations is bound up in one another’s… Our freedom, our dignity, is bound up with the fates of mill… Read More
2015-12-18 19:00
By: Reggie Littlejohn, JDLast week (August 6th, 2015), the United States Department of State issued its annual Trafficking in Persons (“TIP”) report, ranking China on the Tier 2… Read More
2015-12-16 19:00
By: Charmaine SantosEdited by: Juliana Zhu, Esq.Police in India arrested two airline staff and two suspected traffickers at Delhi’s main airport for having sent hundreds of young women… Read More
2015-12-14 19:00
By: Reggie Littlejohn, JDOne year ago today, the United Nations established the annual World Day against Trafficking in Persons. In an official statement to commemorate this occasion, UN Wom… Read More
2015-12-10 19:00
By: Detective Don HowellEdited by: Juliana Zhu, Esq.Beyond Stranger Danger: Smart Parents Raising Safe Kids is a recap of my 30 years as a sex crimes detective. During those years, I di… Read More
2015-12-09 19:00
By: Luis GayEdited by: Juliana Zhu, Esq.In the 2015 human trafficking report recently released by the U.S. State Department, global supply chains of agriculture, aquaculture, and fishing too… Read More
2015-12-07 19:00
By: Kristine AlarconEdited by: Juliana Zhu, Esq.Life as a teenager is often hard in its own way. Some may have difficulties finding themselves or establishing their identities, while others… Read More
2015-12-04 19:00
By: Janice TjengEdited by: Juliana Zhu, Esq.Elisabeth is a survivor of family-controlled child sex trafficking and abuse, which began when she was 2. After years of familial sexual abuse, he… Read More
2015-12-02 19:00
By: Kristine AlarconEdited by: Juliana Zhu, Esq.Childhood cancer is often difficult to face, not only for the child but also for the parents. Though it is a blessing when the child conquers… Read More
2015-12-01 20:06
By: Charmaine SantosEdited by: Juliana Zhu, Esq.Brianna was like any other high school student. She was a loving sister and daughter, a bubbly cheerleader, and a waitress at a diner in small… Read More
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