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Memphis, America's most obese city, moving from fat to fit
By Katti Gray, Special to CNN Memphis, Tennessee (CNN) – Diagnosed last year with diabetes, the Rev. Dan Henley point-blank refused the medicine his physician initially suggested to regulate his...
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Groups: Autism not to blame for violence
By Miriam Falco, CNN (CNN) - Since news first broke about the shooting at a Connecticut elementary school, people began wondering how something so horrible could happen. Within a few hours, before the...
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Opinion: Now is the time to talk guns, mental illness
Editor's note: Roland Martin is a syndicated columnist and author of "The First: President Barack Obama's Road to the White House." He is a commentator for the TV One cable network and host/managing...
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Being transgender no longer a mental 'disorder' in diagnostic manual
By Moni Basu, CNN (CNN) – The American Psychiatric Association announced this month approved changes in its official guide to classifying mental illnesses. Among the major announced revisions to the...
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Opinion: Big deal: You can be fat and fit
Editor's note: Marilyn Wann is author of "FAT!SO?" and a weight diversity speaker internationally. She is the creator of Yay! Scales, which give compliments instead of numbers. (CNN) – After a careful...
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Miss Montana: Autism doesn't define me
Editor's note: Alexis Wineman was diagnosed with pervasive development disorder, a form of autism, at age 11. Last week, Wineman, who won the Miss Montana competition last year, appeared as one of 54...
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Big steps made, many to go, Rep. Clyburn says
Democrat Rep. James Clyburn of South Carolina reflects with CNN's Soledad O'Brien on the changes in America over the last 50 years and what he hopes for the second term of the United States' first...
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Opinion: Millennials have the power to protect Roe v. Wade
Editor's note: Nancy Keenan is president of NARAL Pro-Choice America. She will be stepping down from her role at the end of this month. (CNN) - There have been a few moments in our history when a...
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Groups: NYC soda ban unfair to small, minority-owned businesses
By Jason Kessler, CNN New York (CNN) - New York City's attempt to keep people from fattening up on sugary soft drinks, by banning some of them, would disproportionately hurt small, minority-owned...
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Americans with Disabilities Act opens pools to disabled swimmers
By Mike M. Ahlers and Tory Dunnan Washington (CNN) - Some 23 years after Congress used federal muscle to open jobs, public transportation and public accommodations to disabled Americans, another venue...
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