Erin O'Donnell
Writer and Editor at Freelance
Writer covering health, wellness, food, science. Wife & mom. Lucky to live near Lake Michigan. Loves: Milwaukee summers, books, building community. @ASJAhq
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2 months ago |
landscapeaustralia.com | Erin O'Donnell
After lingering on the fringes of environmental law for decades, recognising rivers as persons is now a global movement. In 2008, Ecuador amended its constitution to recognise the legal rights of all nature. In 2010, the country’s Vilcabamba River became the first river to have its legal rights upheld in court.1In 2017, the Whanganui River in Aotearoa/New Zealand was recognised as a living and indivisible whole and a legal person.
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Sep 20, 2024 |
cancertodaymag.org | Erin O'Donnell
FOR KYLE BREWINGTON, 32, cancer has been a reality since 2006, when he was diagnosed with osteosarcoma in his left tibia at the age of 13. The cancer recurred 10 years later. In 2022, Brewington, who lives in Fredericktown, Missouri, was diagnosed with a different cancer, renal cell carcinoma. While scrolling on a Facebook page for people with cancer, he saw a post asking fellow group members to consider contributing their clinical data and tumor samples for research.
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Sep 20, 2024 |
cancertodaymag.org | Erin O'Donnell
CHRONIC PAIN IS A REALITY for many people with cancer. Research shows more than half of people with early-stage cancer and about 75% with advanced cancer live with chronic pain, often caused by the cancer itself and treatment side effects. A study published July 15, 2024, in Cancer suggests using virtual reality (VR) technology may help manage chronic cancer pain. Researchers randomly assigned 128 hospitalized cancer patients experiencing moderate-to-severe pain to one of two interventions.
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Jul 1, 2024 |
pursuit.unimelb.edu.au | Erin O'Donnell |Cameron Holley |Lidia Cano Pecharroman |Ishrat Jahan
Sixteen years ago, Ecuador was the first country to recognise the rights of Nature in its constitution. Since then, the idea has transitioned from the fringes of environmental law to become a rapidly growing transnational movement. Many countries are recognising Nature’s rights, in ways ranging from local laws and court cases through to constitutional reforms.
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Mar 21, 2024 |
cancertodaymag.org | Erin O'Donnell
MOST PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR with physical rehabilitation, or rehab, which helps people recover physical function after an injury or surgery. But many cancer specialists encourage patients to consider “prehab,” a program that optimizes physical and mental health before surgery, chemotherapy or radiation to prepare them for the rigors of treatment.
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