Every two weeks, Scott Noble takes public transportation from his Oak Park apartment to Chicago s West Side for groceries. It may seem like a hike for food staples, but Noble isn t traveling for just meat and potatoes. Noble, 42, is HIV positive. And for the last 10 years he s struggled to control the disease. As recen
Chicago s immigrant rights movement was on the verge of making history, and Nicole Perez was ready to lend her voice when she was told, with an angry sneer, that she was not welcome. That was March 10, 2006. Perez and her lesbian partner, Xiomara Santana, had joined more than 100,000 demonstrators in the Loop for a mar
Hector Castro was 13 years old when his parents kicked him out of the house. Castro, now 20, made his way to downtown Chicago to find a way to live on his own. What he found were limited options: He could prostitute himself for money and shelter or simply sleep on the streets. Though he tried repeatedly to get into she
A day after her 11-year-old daughter first asked about AIDS, Irma Flores listened to a 37-minute tutorial on the pandemic in an increasingly common venue: the Catholic Church. Flores joined more than six dozen other parishioners Sunday at Our Lady of Guadalupe Chapel in Des Plaines for the inaugural showing of a Spanis
Last year, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS -- in shorthand it s known as UNAIDS -- estimated that 39.5 million people were living with the disease. UN estimates have been rising for years. But just a few days ago, UNAIDS offered a dramatically different number: 33.2 million. No, 6 million people were
Anthony Hollins studied pastrymaking on the East Coast before being drawn back to an earlier love of theater and dance by the bright lights of New York. He went on to start a dance company in Chicago and over the years compiled an eclectic resume that included graduate study in theology and a ministry to spread awarene
NEW DELHI - Far fewer people than previously thought are living with the virus that causes AIDS, United Nations experts acknowledged Tuesday, saying the prevalence rate for the deadly disease had been falling for nearly a decade even as the agency continued to issue warnings about possible pandemics in such countries a
UNITED NATIONS The UN AIDS-fighting agency plans to issue a report Tuesday acknowledging it overestimated the size of the epidemic and that new infections have been dropping each year since they peaked in the late 1990s. UNAIDS will lower its estimate of the number of people infected worldwide, to 33.2 million from the
There s the long wait for a lung, heart or kidney. Then there s the grueling operation. And the tough recovery period. Most transplant patients endure that and undoubtedly feel lucky just to be alive. But in a cruel twist, four patients who got transplants in top Chicago-area hospitals don t feel quite so lucky at this
A woman who says she contracted HIV and hepatitis C through a kidney transplant in January filed a legal petition Thursday to obtain medical records related to her case. The woman, identified only as Jane Doe, filed the petition against the University of Chicago Hospitals and the Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor N
Federal and local officials are investigating whether four Chicago patients who contracted HIV from organ transplants could have passed on the disease during the months when they were unaware of their infections, health officials said Tuesday. The four patients contracted HIV and hepatitis C from an infected donor in J
Four transplant recipients in Chicago contracted HIV from a high-risk organ donor whose infection went undetected in what hospital officials say is the first documented case of the virus being transmitted by organ donation in the U.S. in more than 20 years. The transplants occurred in January at three Chicago hospitals
Westboro Baptist Church, a fundamentalist Christian group based in Topeka, Kan., has protested military funerals across the country with placards bearing shock-value messages such as Thank God for dead soldiers. They contend that the deaths are punishment for America s tolerance of homosexuality and of gays in the mili
NEW YORK - Black ministers called on the federal government Tuesday to declare HIV/AIDS among blacks a public health emergency and proposed legislation to address the disease in their community. Almost half of all new HIV diagnoses are among blacks. African-American men were diagnosed at a rate eight times that of whit
Through all his years in politics, despite the endless obligation to shake hands, smile for the cameras and coax money out of contributors, John McCain has somehow avoided becoming a complete phony -- something that John Edwards and Mitt Romney managed to achieve within a week of entering politics. Annoy McCain, and yo
Kirsten Scharnberg, Tribune national correspondent, kscharnberg@tribune.com
SPARKS, Nev. - While the men watch from plushly upholstered sofas, a dozen women make their entrances into the upscale parlor. One by one, they introduce themselves in practiced, sultry voices, then line up against a strategically mirrored wall. Good evening, gentlemen, says a stunning blond in revealing lingerie. I m
Bruce Japsen, Tribune staff reporter, bjapsen@tribune.com
Northfield Laboratories chief executive said Tuesday he will seek a speedy regulatory review during the first half of next year for the biotech firm s experimental blood substitute. A priority review for the blood substitute, called PolyHeme, from the Food and Drug Administration would mean that the evaluation would be
Setting AIDS record straight The HIV epidemic among gay men can t be explained by their number of sexual partners, U.S. researchers report. More than half the new HIV infections diagnosed in the United States in 2005 were among gay men, a team at the University of Washington at Seattle noted. In addition, as many as on
Alex Rodriguez, Tribune foreign correspondent, ajrodriguez@tribune.com
SHYMKENT, Kazakhstan - They were infants, toddlers and preteens admitted with illnesses that should be routine for doctors at children s hospitals: asthma, stomach flu, pneumonia. But after being treated at three hospitals here, they found themselves coping with a far graver health problem. The children had become infe
Hugh Dellios. Dellios, the Tribune's foreign editor, is a former Mexico correspondent
For the aging farmer on the hillside, the motions of planting are rote, timeless, almost mechanical, yet as human as the need to lay down roots, to experiment, to multiply. His thick hands never stop moving, even as he segues from grumbling about the government to chuckling at his own saucy jokes to fumbling through th
Rod Blagojevich got cut out of the budget process because his preening and prancing and faux religious fervor drove everyone else crazy. And he was cut out because if he showed up at all in Springfield, he showed up late. So legislators pushed him aside and it took some time, but they finally made a deal on spending. N
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - President Bush s $15 billion anti-AIDS program will begin investing significant money in making circumcision available to African men seeking to protect themselves from HIV, top U.S. health officials said Sunday. Recent research showing that circumcision dramatically cuts the rate of HIV in
Chicago is no longer the syphilis capital of the U.S., something that might be hard to believe if you ve recently been stuck behind a Chicago Transit Authority bus. Syphilis is back! warns a taillight ad on 65 CTA buses, part of a four-week public health campaign targeting the gay community in the Chicago neighborhoods
Tom Hundley, Tribune foreign correspondent, thundley@tribune.com
LONDON - They went to Libya in search of better-paying jobs. They ended up as pawns in a high-stakes game of geopolitical horse-trading. After enduring more than eight years in prison, including the last three under a death sentence, five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor were freed Tuesday despite their convic
LONDON - After enduring more than eight years in prison for allegedly infecting more than 400 Libyan children with the HIV virus--charges that much of the world scorned as a frame-up--five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor were given their freedom by Libya today. But not before the government of Libyan strongma
LIBYA - France s first lady visited Libya on Sunday and met its leader, Moammar Gadhafi, to press for the repatriation of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor imprisoned for allegedly infecting Libyan children with the AIDS virus, French media and Libyan officials said. The magazine Le Point reported on its
Bruce Japsen, Tribune staff reporter, bjapsen@tribune.com
Abbott Laboratories said Monday it dropped a lawsuit against a French AIDS activist group over an April attack on the company s Web site. The North Chicago-based medical product giant sued Act Up-Paris, claiming the group provided software and instructions on how to disable its Web site on the eve of the company s an
A few huge postal service sacks labeled Jos, Nigeria sit in the living room of John and Melissa Camiola s Glenwood home. They re ready for the belongings of the couple and their three children, who are hoping to move to one of Africa s most populated countries as missionaries to help poor children. All that s needed no
Michael Higgins, Tribune staff reporter, mjhiggins@tribune.com
A federal judge has awarded $4.5 million to the family of an African refugee who died in 2001 because of side effects from AIDS medication that she received at a Chicago health clinic. Jacqueline Makombe, a central African of Tutsi descent, contracted AIDS after being raped by soldiers in 1998 during the war in the Con
ZIMBABWE -- Largely because of the AIDS crisis, nearly one-quarter of all children in Zimbabwe are orphans, a figure that approaches historic levels set in Rwanda after the genocide in 1994, according to a new survey. The study, specialists said, shows the devastation of families in a region that has the world s highes
NEW DELHI -- India has about half as many people infected with the AIDS virus as previously believed, India s government confirmed Friday. New estimations of the country s infection rate, based on a nationwide house-to-house survey with blood sampling as well as on prenatal blood tests of pregnant women, suggests the c
Bruce Japsen, Tribune staff reporter, bjapsen@tribune.com
For more than a year the world s pharmaceutical giants have been battling to protect their patents in the face of threats by developing nations to make their own cheaper generic prescriptions if drugmakers do not cut their prices. In what appears to have averted a potentially messy dispute with Brazil ,
Bruce Japsen, Tribune staff reporter, bjapsen@tribune.com
Abbott Laboratories said this morning it has agreed to cut the price it charges the Brazilian government for its AIDS drug Kaletra by nearly 30 percent. Brazil is among an increasing number of countries playing hardball with the drug industry over prices it pays to treat its citizens with the HIV virus.
The intricate and colorful beadwork is only part of the appeal of this collection of decorative animals, dolls and pictures. They re offered by a non-profit company, Monkeybiz, which gives disadvantaged South African women, many of them infected with HIV, a means of making a living. About 450 women from the Cape Town a
Mark Silva, Tribune correspondent, mdsilva@tribune.com
LUSAKA, Zambia -- On a bright yellow wall facing the red clay courtyard of Regiment Basic School, rules of the school are painted in bold letters. Among the strictures: Eat healthy foods, drink boiled or chlorinated water, wash hands often and say no to sex and drugs, because AIDS is real. In Africa, where the
Christi Parsons, cparsons@tribune.com and Mike Dorning, mdorning@tribune.com, Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON -- In a blunt conversation before a largely African-American audience, the Democratic presidential candidates on Thursday occasionally departed from polite talking points as they discussed everything from the spread of HIV and AIDS to racial profiling in the criminal justice system. Sen. Hillary Clinton asse
Margaret Ramirez, Tribune religion reporter, maramirez@tribune.com
For Rev. Rosita Sanchez, the day a good friend revealed he was infected with HIV was the moment her ministry changed. Sanchez, pastor of Iglesia Mision del Valle in Chicago s Humboldt Park neighborhood, recalls the man came to her after a service about five years ago and said he was going to die. She hugged her friend
SPRINGFIELD -- Gov. Rod Blagojevich signed legislation Wednesday to streamline the HIV-testing process, giving proponents hope the procedure will become part of routine medical visits. The governor called the new law an important step in the fight against HIV and AIDS. Approved on National HIV Testing Day, the law allo
Mark Silva, Tribune Washington correspondent on assignment in Africa, mdsilva@tribune.com
It is strawberry season in mild Mozambique -- witness the street vendors down by the sea peddling baskets of red berries -- and we have found a momentary perch overlooking the ocean, choppy and glimmering under the sun. Yet one cannot get past the fact that, no matter how glamorous life appears here on the sunny street
Mark Silva, Tribune Washington correspondent on assignment in Africa, mdsilva@tribune.com
DAKAR, Senegal -- Steve Bolinger came here with the Peace Corps, planted a modest garden of greens in soil mixed with peanut shells, and stayed to feed some of the many people of Senegal afflicted with HIV and AIDS. It s been successful, said Bolinger, a slight, quiet man, leading a tour Tuesday of one of the lush gard
Mark Silva, Washington Bureau, mdsilva@tribune.com
WASHINGTON -- Many small children die each day and adults succumb to avoidable illness in the far corners of Africa where First Lady Laura Bush will spend this week promoting an unprecedented U.S. campaign against AIDS and malaria and offering the promise of education. At a time when the Bush administration is seeking
The celebrity has not faded off the rose known as Diana, Princess of Wales. In addition to attending the memorial concert that will be held in England July 1 or reading Tina Brown s new book, The Diana Chronicles (Doubleday, 560 pages, $27.50), you can plant the Diana, Princess of Wales Commemorative Rose from Jackson
Bruce Japsen, Tribune staff reporter, bjapsen@tribune.com
A leading U.S. AIDS group said Monday that Abbott Laboratories lawsuit against French activists who shut down the company s Web site in April to protest the pricing of its HIV drug Kaletra will further tarnish the company s image around the world. A French judge has scheduled an Oct. 26 hearing in Abbott s lawsuit aga
Being a journalist, I m no expert on making money. But you don t have to be Warren Buffett to recognize one way to get rich: Find someone who will give you $600,000 if you give him 25 cents. A few swaps like that, and you re a permanent resident of Easy Street. You might assume that no such deal exists and that if it d
Monique A. Garcia and Bonnie Miller Rubin, Tribune staff reporters: Monique Garcia reported from Springfield, and Bonnie Miller Rubin reported from Chicago
Mike Boland was strolling across a supermarket parking lot when a smoke-filled car caught his eye. It looked like there were clouds in there. I thought, Boy, you re ... probably going to get lung cancer, but that s your business. But as I got closer, I saw these two little heads ... and thought, Oh my God. The state
If you lived in the 19th or early 20th Centuries and intended to become a writer, your checklist would be as follows: (1) Buy pen and paper; (2) Commune with muses; (3) Contract tuberculosis. TB -- or consumption, its evocative nickname -- was the artists affliction, the poets plague. It was associated with sensitive s
Mark Silva, Tribune correspondent, mdsilva@tribune.com
ROME -- President Bush, pressing ahead with plans to deploy a battery of missiles in Poland , said Friday that the defense system will guard against regimes who might be willing to try to blackmail free nations. Polish President Lech Kaczynski, playing host to Bush in Gdansk for a walk in the woods, a meeting and a din
NEW DELHI - A new study suggests the number of people infected with the AIDS virus in India may be significantly lower than the official estimate of 5.7 million-perhaps by as many as a million or more. According to UN figures, India last year surpassed South Africa as the nation with the most people infected
Chris Jones, Tribune theater critic, cjones5@tribune.com
I first saw the remarkable In the Continuum crammed into the very end seat in the very back row of New York s very cramped Perry Street Theatre, having stood in line and snagged the last available cancellation to what was a very hot show in the waning weeks of 2005. Chicagoans now have the chance to see Danai Gurira an
Jeremy Manier, Tribune staff reporter, jmanier@tribune.com
In a compromise between public health forces and patients rights activists, both houses of the Illinois General Assembly have unanimously passed a bill that drops the requirement for written consent before patients can be screened for HIV. The bill, which the state Senate ratified Friday and Gov. Rod Blagojevich is exp
Gary Marx, Tribune foreign correspondent, gmarx@tribune.com
LASCAHOBAS, Haiti -- With only a stethoscope in hand, David Walton hustled out into the darkness to save another life. Heading down a muddy path, the Chicago-born, Skokie-raised physician arrived at a wood shack where 6-year-old Roodensky Camille was gasping for breath. The boy s face and belly were grotesquely swollen
Dangerous, drug-resistant bacteria are spreading rapidly in Chicago s poor, urban neighborhoods, posing a growing health risk in crowded public housing and an increasingly alarming public-health challenge, according to research published Monday. Cook County Jail -- a hot spot for the bacteria, known as MRSA -- appears
Michael Martinez, Tribune national correspondent, mjmartinez@tribune.com
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - At age 48, Ann Hull was tired of being tired. So she came to Beverly Hills, a medical mecca for anti-aging therapy, and her physician put her on human growth hormone-a drug she said made her feel younger. Just immediately, I noticed a difference, said Hull, a former model turned aspiring lawyer
The female students at Robeson High School screamed and jumped up and down with delight when rhythm-and-blues singer and heartthrob Sammie appeared on the stage of their school Tuesday for what they thought was going to be another mundane lecture about premarital sex. But when the 20-year-old singer spoke about his dec
When my older son was 5 days old, a friend took him for a walk so I could take a much-needed nap. My baby grew hungry during their outing, but rather than returning and waking me up, my friend went ahead and breast-fed him herself. I thought it was a little strange, but I didn t worry about it until I mentioned it to m
Abbott Laboratories of suburban Chicago has spent several years and many millions of dollars developing Aluvia, the latest version of its HIV/AIDS drug Kaletra . Patients need only take four pills a day, down from six, with this new version. Aluvia also doesn t need to be refrigerated, so it s ideal for hot clim
Jeremy Manier, jmanier@tribune.com, Tribune staff reporter
Doctors in Illinois may no longer have to get written consent from patients to give them HIV tests under a controversial state bill that s part of a national effort to make HIV testing more routine. Supporters of the bill, which could come to a vote in the Illinois House this week, say it would give crucial knowledge t
Barbara Brotman, bbrotman@tribune.com, Tribune staff reporter
Richard Jorgensen found the book s narrator, a doctor, irritating. You never hear a thing about his son; you never hear a thing about his wife, seethed Jorgensen, a surgeon himself. I know so many doctors like that. And he was appalled by author Abraham Verghese s vow toward the end of My Own Country, his memoir of tre
Bruce Japsen, bjapsen@tribune.com, Tribune staff reporter
The Bush administration Monday scolded Thailand for its weakening of respect for patents after the country in that last year took steps to override patents on several drugs, including Abbott Laboratories AIDS pill Kaletra . In an annual report that documents shortfalls in how U.
Jeff Long, jjlong@tribune.com, Tribune staff reporter
Rev. Charles Jenkins looked out across his congregation Sunday in Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church on Chicago s South Side and asked the members to reach out to people with HIV or AIDS. HIV and AIDS is the leprosy of the new millennium, he said, as many church members nodded in agreement, some murmuring, Amen!
NEW DELHI -- Richard Gere, 57, tried to quell the storm over a public kiss he gave a Bollywood star at an AIDS awareness event, apologizing Friday for any offense. Gere s embrace and kiss of actress Shilpa Shetty, 31, sparked several noisy demonstrations by hard-line Hindu groups and a flurry of legal complaints, which
Bruce Japsen, bjapsen@tribune.com, Tribune staff reporter
Despite a flurry of international criticism, Abbott Laboratories will not back away from its controversial decision to withhold drug applications in Thailand , Chief Executive Miles White told AIDS activists at the company s annual shareholder meeting Friday. White lashed out at the activists for being misinformed
Bruce Japsen, Tribune staff reporter, bjapsen@tribune.com
Abbott Laboratories won t back away from its controversial decision to withhold drug applications in Thailand , Chief Executive Miles White told AIDS activists at the North Chicago company s annual shareholders meeting. White, in one his most prominent public statements since the giant drugmaker became embroiled in a
KOLDA, Senegal -- The open-air classroom, buffeted by a stiff, dusty wind, rang with the sound of children s laughter and excited chatter as their teacher paced in front of the blackboard, brandishing colored chalk. He raised his hand, and the room fell silent. He pointed to a poster with an illustration of a man in a
A Spanish study reveals promising results for the new AIDS drug designed to help patients who are having the most trouble keeping the disease at bay. The drug darunavir appears to be 4.5 times more effective than existing regimens at reducing the level of the AIDS virus in the blood to near zero, the study found. Darun
NEW DELHI -- Angry crowds in several Indian cities burned effigies of Richard Gere on Monday after he swept a popular Bollywood actress into his arms and kissed her several times during an AIDS-awareness event. Photographs of the 57-year-old actor embracing Shilpa Shetty and kissing her on the cheek at an HIV/AIDS awar
NEW YORK -- Citing bleak data on incarceration, joblessness and AIDS, the National Urban League said Monday that problems facing black men represent America s most serious social crisis and proposed an aggressive campaign to provide them with more opportunities. The group called for universal early-childhood education,
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA -- Prime Minister John Howard said Friday that Australia should bar immigrants with HIV, and that his government was examining ways to make its tough restrictions even stronger. HIV-AIDS workers accused Howard of promoting the racist belief that immigrants brought the disease to Australia. Howa
James P. Miller, Tribune staff reporter, jpmiller@tribune.com
Moving to defuse a potentially damaging international controversy, Abbott Laboratories said Tuesday that it will cut the price of its AIDS-fighting Kaletra drug by more than half in many developing nations. The North Chicago-based pharmaceutical and health-care products giant billed its discount pricing pla
The Student Global AIDS Campaign and other AIDS groups have launched a new Web site with the domain name www.abbottsgreed.com. In announcing the site the groups said it is to provide a record of the failure of Abbott to provide essential AIDS medicines to people in need. In protests at last year s shareholders meeting,
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- An independent panel of experts said Friday that the Bush administration s massive global AIDS program has made a strong head start and is well positioned to help AIDS-devastated countries control their epidemics. But as have other groups, the Institute of Medicine panel said a congressional require
Arlene Halko, a retired medical physicist and onetime pub owner, co-founded Chicago House, a residence for people with AIDS. Ms. Halko, 73, died Thursday, March 22, of heart failure in her home on Chicago s Northwest Side, said her partner, Patricia Keenan. As AIDS grew to crisis proportions in the gay community during
Julie Deardorff, Tribune health and fitness reporter, jdeardorff@tribune.com
A friend has been sexually assaulted and comes to you for help. What do you say? Think carefully. Because the wrong response could increase the psychological effects of the crime, according to a University of Illinois at Chicago study that looked at what happens when rape victims receive a negative social reaction.
The (RED) campaign, in which models and celebrities pitch Gap gear and Motorola phones to raise money for African AIDS victims, has had a tough couple of weeks, thanks in part to a San Francisco-based Web site called buylesscrap.org. Launched on the last day of February, the site presents the satirical BUY(LESS) campai
Jeremy Manier, Tribune staff reporter, jmanier@tribune.com
Prisons have a rate of HIV infection nearly five times greater than the rate nationwide, yet they are among the few places in America where condoms are almost impossible to get. Those unsettling facts have spurred a growing campaign by lawmakers and public health advocates who are concerned that prisons may be a prime
Sid Smith, an arts critic for the Tribune, sismith@tribune.com
The AIDS-related death last week of Bob Hattoy, the California activist who made headlines in 1992 as the first openly gay person with AIDS to address a national political convention, shines a spotlight anew on gay politics and issues. It also is a reminder of the growing list of contemporary figures playing an importa
WASHINGTON -- Presidential candidate Barack Obama discussed global issues with U2 singer Bono on Tuesday. The two met for about a half-hour in the Illinois senator s personal office in the Hart Senate building to talk about the ONE Campaign, a non-profit organization that the Irish rock star helped form to combat AIDS
Medical marijuana has had a lot of successes. Eleven states have legalized the therapeutic use of cannabis for people whose doctors think they can benefit from it. The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the right of physicians to recommend pot to their patients. A 1999 report by the federal government s Institute of Medicin
ROME, ITALY -- Three patients at hospitals in Tuscany were mistakenly given organs from an HIV-positive donor, raising serious concerns about transplant procedures in Italy . A 41-year-old woman s kidneys and liver were taken after she died of a brain hemorrhage at Florence s Careggi hospital and were implanted due to
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA -- Smoking marijuana eased HIV-related pain in some patients in a small study that represented one of the few rigorous attempts to find out its medicinal benefits. The Bush administration s Office of National Drug Control Policy quickly sought to shoot holes in the experiment conducted at San
Dahleen Glanton, Tribune national correspondent, dglanton@tribune.com
ATLANTA -- More than 25 years into the AIDS epidemic, HIV continues to soar in the black community, accounting for nearly half the newly diagnosed infections in the U.S. in a recent yearly assessment by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. At the same time, health officials say, the African-American communit
SPRINGFIELD -- HIV testing could become part of the routine physical that Illinois students take before entering school under a bill proposed by a Chicago lawmaker. The test would be offered during school physicals where Illinois students typically receive tuberculosis testing and immunizations. Parents could decline t
JOHANNESBURG - Over the last decade, South Africa s government has been less than assertive in combating its AIDS epidemic. But the sometimes-comic, often-tragic soap opera that has been the country s response to the problem has taken a spectacular and positive twist: a coup. With internationally pilloried Health Minis
Bruce Japsen, Tribune staff reporter, bjapsen@tribune.com
Abbott Laboratories is nearing a deal to sell a large part of its diagnostic test-making business to General Electric Co., a source close to Abbott said Wednesday evening. GE operates GE Healthcare, a provider of medical imaging, diagnostic tests and patient monitoring systems. Abbott spokeswoman Melissa Brotz sa
You very likely assume that solutions for many global health ills, especially AIDS in Africa, are in sight, given the sincere concern of governments worldwide, the stunning generosity of individuals such as Bill Gates and the high-profile activism of the likes of rock star Bono. As an important analysis in the January-
To snip or not to snip? That is the question increasingly being asked of pediatricians. Circumcision, a procedure once performed routinely on nearly all newborn baby boys in America, has become a matter of debate -- a choice new parents must make, rather than a given. It s a pretty common question for both first-time a
HENLEY-ON-KLIP, South Africa -- Oprah Winfrey headed a celebrity lineup that included Tina Turner and Spike Lee at the opening Tuesday of the talk show queen s new leadership academy for poor South African girls. The true stars, though, were Sade and Megan, whose father killed their mother and then himself; Zodwa, whos
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