Amanda Ortiz

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• Cheerios: A Not-So-Safe Option for Celiac Patients

  Cereal is one of the options preferred by many people especially for breakfast because it is just serve and eat, an excellent way to solve morning hunger when people do not want to wait for something more elaborated.Furthermore, there are cereals of all types and flavors. Having where to decide from...

• Walk Your Way to a Healthy Life

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• Comedian with Muscular Dystrophy Raises Awareness One Joke at a Time

  No matter the boundaries that some may face, there are several people who manage to push past them, and serve as an inspiration by going above and beyond. One of these people is 27-year-old Steve Way.Steve Way currently works as a substitute teacher by day, and a stand-up comedian at night. However,...

• Is Scabies a Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD)?

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• Ovarian Cancer: The Cliché About Cancer That’s True

  Last June, 24-year-old Dani Strumeier, a tax accountant at PwC, began to experience pain in her lower abdomen, but she brushed off going to the hospital because she knew that there would be needles there. She could not have blood drawn from her body without throwing up or passing out. Fortunately, a...