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Participant in LGBT conference in Belgrade in critical condition after attack

A participant at a conference on LGBT issues in Serbia is in critical condition at a Belgrade hospital today after a brutal attack left him so injured he required emergency brain surgery. Alex Cooper, a conference participant and graduate student at Central European University, told Balkanist that witnesses said the perpetrators shouted, “we don’t want …

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Daughters provide twice as much care for aging parents than sons do, study finds

By Fredrick Kunkle Women step up to provide care for their aging parents more than twice as often as men, a new study has found. The new research found that in families with children of both sexes, the gender of the child is the single biggest factor in determining who will provide care for the …

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Cartoon Characters Illustrate The Horror Of Domestic Violence

Artist Uses Images Of Iconic Cartoon Characters To Illustrate The Horror Of Domestic Violence One in four women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime. Imagine that; sitting around a table on a night out with three of your friends, one of you has probably been a victim. These statistics are infuriating, horrifying and unacceptable. …

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Greek austerity “cuts” cancer prevention tests

After the exorbitant hikes of up to 70% in co-payments for prescription drugs, Greek Health Ministry took a further step in cutting subsidized medical services to insured patients. Minister Makis Voridis announced very strict criteria for diagnosis and screening tests that will affect mainly cancer prevention tests (test PAP, mammography, prostate cancer check) but also …

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Lesbian couple marries after 72 years together

Ninety-year-old gay couple marries in Iowa after 72 years together Vivian Boyack and Alice ‘Nonie’ Dubes, 91 and 90, met in hometown of Yale, Iowa, while growing up More than seven decades after beginning their relationship, Vivian Boyack and Alice “Nonie” Dubes got married. Boyack, 91, and Dubes, 90, sat next to each other during …

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