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When It Comes to Health, Kathleen Cares

By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief
August / September 2013

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Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius

Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius (née Gilligan) on the future of American health care, her father’s influence, her Irish heritage, and other topics. "I’m a descendant of Irish immigrants. My great-grandmother worked as a maid in the home of William Howard Taft, before he became president. Decades later, the grandson of the president and my father, the … [Read more...] about When It Comes to Health, Kathleen Cares

The First Word: Sláinte! Good Health

By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief
August / September 2013

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Irish American nurses, from the 1905 graduating class of Chicago's Mercy Hospital

“What’s exciting is that millions of families . . .will have access, some for the first time, to quality, affordable options in just a few months.”       – Secretary of Health Kathleen Sebelius As the national debate on Obamacare takes center stage we thought it an opportune time to interview Secretary of Health Kathleen Sebelius, née Gilligan, and to focus on health issues … [Read more...] about The First Word: Sláinte! Good Health

Did President Kennedy Have Celiac Disease?

By Dr. Peter Green, Contributor

August 1, 2013 by Leave a Comment

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Dr. Peter Green, Professor of Clinical Medicine, Director of the Celiac Disease Center at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, suspects that JFK was the victim of an undiagnosed disease common to the Irish. John F. Kennedy’s long-standing medical problems started in childhood. In Kennedy’s adolescence, gastrointestinal symptoms, weight and growth problems as … [Read more...] about Did President Kennedy Have Celiac Disease?

The Doctors

August / September 2013

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A selection of doctors, many of whom have been honored as Top 100 Irish Americans by this magazine, who are working to understand the pressing topics of our time.   Neuroimmunology “This is such a hopeful time — a hopeful era for MS.  We’ve seen this disease become a treatable disease in the last decade.  But clearly the current therapies need to be started as soon as … [Read more...] about The Doctors

Pharma Leaders

August / September 2013

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A selection of leaders in the pharmaceutical industry who have been featured on Irish America’s Business 100 list and who continue to shape the future of medicine.   Melanoma “We hope to make a meaningful difference in the lives of patients living with metastatic melanoma.” Deirdre Connelly is president, North America Pharmaceuticals for GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). The … [Read more...] about Pharma Leaders

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Today in History

July 6, 1907

Ireland’s Crown Jewels are found missing on this day in 1907, just before days before a state visit by King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. The theft remains a mystery to this day. Arthur Vicars, Officer of Arms at Dublin Castle, held the jewels in his office and publicly accused his second in command, Francis Shackleton. Shackleton was exonerated and the case was never solved. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle used this historical event as the influence for his Sherlock Holmes story “The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans.”

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