Posted AT 9:31 AM EST on 07/08/08
We can't ignore the AIDS plight of the disabled
MEXICO CITY The AIDS pandemic is not a single global epidemic. Rather, it is a series of cascading, overlapping outbreaks of disease sweeping over communities the way waves pound relentlessly at a shore.
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Video 

- Life on the scale
- Last July, Juliann Sliwa walked into the Wharton Medical Clinic, weighing 481 pounds. Her goals: To cross her legs. To tie her shoes. To dance. To live past 47. Reporter Hayley Mick and photographer Kevin Van Paassen document a year of struggle
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Discussion:
Experts take questions on losing weight
In Focus 

- Childhood obesity
- The Canadian founder of California's private Wellspring Academy claims to have the formula to battle the skyrocketing problem of overweight children
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Breakdown 

- Our mental health crisis
- Globe series tackles stigma, tells stories of Canadians
Earlier discussion 
slideshow 

- Medical marijuna

- Alison Myrden's painful battle with MS
Features 

- Confronting cancer
- Globe Series concludes with look at people who blaze trails

- Battling cancer
- Breast cancer death rates declining
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Special report:
A day in the life
In pictures 

- Best position in bed

- How you sleep can make you feel better or worse





