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Archives: Health
![30 Americans die worldwide from Terrorism annually, while 130,000 die by accident](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331033714im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/03/30-americans-die-worldwide-from-187x137.jpg)
![Israel Continues to Spray Crop-killing Chemicals on Gaza Farmlands; Cancer Fears](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331033714im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/02/israel-continues-to-spray-crop-k-187x137.jpg)
Israel Continues to Spray Crop-killing Chemicals on Gaza Farmlands; Cancer Fears
By IMEMC | - - Israeli planes have reportedly sprayed chemical substances on farmlands across the besieged Gaza Strip, killing off the crops in the already impoverished Palestinian territory. Several farmers informed…![Not just Madaya: A million people under Food Sieges in Mideast](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331033714im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/01/not-just-madaya-a-million-people-187x137.jpg)
Not just Madaya: A million people under Food Sieges in Mideast
By Nadia Prupis, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org) | - - Despite international laws prohibiting the use of starvation against civilians, forces on all sides preventing aid from reaching blockaded towns in…![Zika: As temperatures rise from CO2 Emissions, epidemics spread](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331033714im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/01/zika-as-temperatures-rise-from-c-187x137.jpg)
Zika: As temperatures rise from CO2 Emissions, epidemics spread
The Tree | - - "“Zika is a disease of poverty, similar to other neglected tropical diseases such as chikungunya and dengue. The burden falls disproportionately upon poor populations living near open…![People in Lead-Poisoned Flint Still without clean Water](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331033714im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/01/people-in-lead-poisoned-flint-st-187x137.jpg)
People in Lead-Poisoned Flint Still without clean Water
By Andrea Germanos, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | - - Important Reminder in the Flint Crisis: People Still Have No Safe WaterEmergency declared by governor, but there is no city- or state-run…![Abortion Clinics, White Christian Terrorism and GOP Candidates](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331033714im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/11/187x137/4541.png)
Abortion Clinics, White Christian Terrorism and GOP Candidates
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Americans are more at risk from violence by armed white Christian fanatics than they ever were from Muslims. Abortion clinics have been targeted…![Women Refugees from radical groups like Taliban suffer Psychological Disorders](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331033714im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/11/187x137/FATA-women_-627x472.jpg)
Women Refugees from radical groups like Taliban suffer Psychological Disorders
By Ashfaq Yusufzai | (Inter Press Service) | - - PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Nov 26 2015 (IPS) - “My two sons were killed by Taliban militants mercilessly three years ago. My husband died…![Yemen: Coalition Airstrikes Hit Hospital](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331033714im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/10/yemen-coalition-airstrikes-hit-h-187x137.jpg)
Yemen: Coalition Airstrikes Hit Hospital
Human Rights Watch | - - (Sanaa) – The airstrikes by a Saudi-led coalition on a hospital in northern Yemen supported by Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontiers, MSF) on October 26,…![Are Red Meat & Bacon As Cancer-Causing As Cigarettes and Plutonium?](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331033714im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/10/are-red-meat-bacon-as-cancer-cau-187x137.jpg)
Are Red Meat & Bacon As Cancer-Causing As Cigarettes and Plutonium?
By Nadia Prupis, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | - - Processed meats have been placed in the same health risk category as smoking and asbestos by the cancer research body of the…![Trans-Pacific partnership raise the barriers for the access to affordable medicines](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331033714im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/10/trans-pacific-partnership-raise-187x137.jpg)
Trans-Pacific partnership raises the barriers for the access to affordable medicines
By Carlos M. Correa | (Inter Press Service) | - - GENEVA (IPS) - The pharmaceutical industry from the US and Europe scored a major victory with the adoption, in 1994, of…![War-Torn Yemen faces Disease Outbreaks w/out Humanitarian Corridor](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331033714im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/war-torn-yemen-faces-disease-out-187x137.jpg)
War-Torn Yemen faces Disease Outbreaks w/out Humanitarian Corridor
By Kanya D'Almeida | (Inter Press Service) | - - UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - An outbreak of dengue fever in Yemen’s most populated governorate has prompted urgent calls from the World Health…![Saudi-led war in Yemen provokes Humanitarian Crisis, 1.2 mn. displaced](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331033714im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/08/saudi-led-war-in-yemen-provokes-187x137.jpg)
Saudi-led war in Yemen provokes Humanitarian Crisis, 1.2 mn. displaced
By Kitty Stapp | (Inter Press Service) | - - UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - Doctors Without Borders . . . is warning that the violence in Yemen “has radically increased” since March,…![After Israeli Attack, 50% Gaza Children have PTSD, 10% have regular Nightmares](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331033714im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/07/after-israeli-attack-50-gaza-chi-187x137.jpg)
After Israeli Attack, 50% Gaza Children have PTSD, 70% have regular Nightmares
By IMEMC | - - Gaza Community Mental Health Program’s (GCMHP) Deputy Director General for Professional Affairs Taysir Diab Thursday said around 51% of Gaza’s children and 31% of its adults suffer…![Can Marijuana heal Broken Bones?](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331033714im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/07/can-marijuana-heal-broken-bones-187x137.jpg)
Can Marijuana heal Broken Bones?
Nik Zecevic and Margaret Howell | (TheLipTV) | - - "Marijuana helps broken bones heal faster, according to a study which also found that bones treated with marijuana were stronger and less…![South Carolina removes the Physical Flag: Can it remove the Spiritual Illness of Racial Discrimination?](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331033714im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/07/south-carolina-removes-the-physi-187x137.jpg)
South Carolina removes the Physical Flag: Can it remove the Spiritual Illness of Racial Discrimination?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The South Carolina legislature has voted to remove the Confederate flag from the grounds of the statehouse. It was put there in 1961…![Climate Change-Driven Drought in Karachi hits Poor Hardest](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331033714im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/climate-change-driven-drought-in-187x137.jpg)
Climate Change-Driven Drought in Karachi hits Poor Hardest
By Zofeen Ebrahim | {Inter Press Service) | - - KARACHI (IPS) - Over 950 people have perished in just five days. The morgues, already filled to capacity, are piling up with…![Top 6 Achievements of Obamacare: (Hint, millions more insured)](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331033714im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/187x137/Screen-Shot-2015-06-26-at-1.52.44-AM.png)
Top 6 Achievements of Obamacare: (Hint, millions more insured)
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Now that the Affordable Care Act (ACA, Obamacare) has beaten back all judicial challenges, it is worth revisiting its vast success. A single-payer…![“The Gaza Kitchen: Cuisine, Resistance, and Remembrance in Palestine” with Laila El-Haddad](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331033714im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/187x137/Slide52-300x225.jpg)
“The Gaza Kitchen: Cuisine, Resistance, and Remembrance in Palestine” with Laila El-Haddad
By JULIE POUCHER HARBIN, EDITOR, ISLAMiCommentary Cooking and conflict? It’s a different approach, but it works, and these blended themes still resonate five years after she and co-author Maggie Schmitt first began…![Yemen conflict fans food insecurity](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331033714im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/05/yemen-conflict-fans-food-insecur-187x137.jpg)
Yemen conflict fans food insecurity
By Peter Salisbury and Louise Redvers | (IRIN) - AMMAN / DUBAI (IRIN) - The conflict in Yemen is worsening the country's food insecurity, according to a new report, which predicts that…![Epilectic Girl moved to Denver for Medical Pot, Dramatically Improves](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331033714im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/05/epilectic-girl-moved-to-denver-f-187x137.jpg)