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Free Dental Care at a “Day for Special Smiles”
More than 100 Special Olympics athletes received free dental screenings at the Arizona Fall Games. On December 9, the dental college at A.T. Still University in Mesa, Arizona will be closed – unless...
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Treatment of Heart Defect will Add Decades to Athlete’s Life
Zuebeyde Horus, a Special Olympics athlete from Turkey Like many people with intellectual disability, Zuebeyde Horus, a Special Olympics athlete from Turkey, was living with a serious heart condition,...
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Dental Care Worth Thousands of Dollars Provided Free to Arizona Athletes
Click to view slideshow.Devin Hohl’s story is one shared by Special Olympics athletes everywhere. She suffered from a chronic infection in her mouth, requiring a root canal and crown, but lost her...
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Outlasting Osteopenia
Click to view slideshow.An avid Special Olympics athlete since the age of 12, Virginia, or Kalei as her father calls her, thought her health was great, until a visit to Healthy Athletes in Hawaii...
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U.S. House Majority Leader – A Fan of Special Olympics Health & Youth Programs
Click to view slideshow.Katie Botha, Senior Director of Development and Communications for Special Olympics Virginia uncovered a very special story for Healthy Athletes. She writes: On February 8,...
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Honoring Sen. Ted Stevens
Alaskans have many reasons to respect their former Senator Ted Stevens (1923-2010), but as he was one of the first and most active supporters of the Healthy Athletes program, Special Olympics athletes...
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Healthy Choices Through Culinary Creativity
What’s the best way to encourage athletes to eat healthy? Offering them healthy food, of course! Special Olympics Mexico is doing just that, and taking the concept one step further by also having...
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Dignity Shouldn’t Stop at the Operating Room Door
Paul Corby, 23, has been denied placement on the heart transplant list. It’s summer time and most people are disengaged from the day to day. That’s a good thing. Rest is a vastly underrated key to a...
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Gifts that make a difference
Dr. Steve Perlman conducts a health screening for Special Olympics Spain athlete Leyre Buigues during the 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games. On Monday, the Massachusetts Department of...
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We’re 99.5% the Same
Click to view slideshow. Tom Golisano of the Golisano Foundation is the founding sponsor and major underwriter of the CGI Annual Meeting and a global partner of Special Olympics Healthy Athletes. This...
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The Gift of Hearing
Over the last 10 years, our research has show that people with intellectual disabilities have more serious health problems than the general population. In one study of 3,500 Special Olympics athletes,...
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You Can Live A Healthy Lifestyle
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following post is a guest blog post from Kelly Wren, a Health Ambassador for Special OlympicsAustralia. I play an active role promoting healthy nutrition and lifestyle to Special...
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Reviewing the State of Health Care on World Health Day 2016
Editor’s Note: This is a guest blog by Dr. Matthew Holder, MD, MBA. In addition to his roles as Global Medical Advisor for Special Olympics and Global Clinical Advisor for the MedFest discipline of...
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