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Leave Tara Reid Alone

It can be easy to forget that celebrities are, you know, real people, fighting their own battles outside the public eye.

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Making Sense of Germanwings Flight 9525

Tragedies take time to process.

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Kezman in front of the Berlin Wall

Q&A With Just Eat Filmmaker, Laura Kezman

In her new film confronting eating disorders, Kezman asks: “Why is the deadliest mental illness the least funded and the most ignored?”

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Leonardo DiCaprio Will Play Man With Dissociative Identity Disorder

 Another day, another gutsy role handed to Leonardo DiCaprio.

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5 Ways Not To Be A Jerk To Your Friend With A Chronic Disease

I don't believe that you're incapable of treating me and my friends with compassion. Maybe you just need a little help.

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Prison Denied Both Me And My Roommate Proper Cancer Treatment

As the property of the state, my life was in their hands—and they didn’t give a damn.

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Prison Denied Both Me And My Roommate Proper Cancer Treatment

As the property of the state, my life was in their hands—and they didn’t give a damn.

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Flying First Class with Ebola: How the U.S. is Avoiding an Infectious Outbreak of Biblical Proportions

How is the U.S. transporting American Ebola victims back to the U.S. without spreading the infection?

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