CancerINCYTES Archive
Faculty from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) are forming a new peer-reviewed academic journal -- Journal of Human Trafficking (JHT). The first issue will be released in 2015. Cancer InCytes magazine applauds UNL's leadership. Here are some excerpts from an …
On February 28th, 2014, it was reported that 382 babies had been rescued from four child trafficking rings, spanning over 27 provinces of China, leading to the arrest of 1,094 people suspect of buying and selling babies. The sting operation …
By Detective Don HowellHaving worked sexually motivated crimes for three decades, I've heard “I never told anyone” thousands of times. It's frustrating beyond words to see loving, caring parents who want to raise safe children miss the on-going molestation of …
By Cathy Miller, R.N., Ph.D.c.Incomprehensible stories of child sex trafficking (CST) proliferate in media headlines. Public awareness has steadily risen over the past decade, prompting calls for action against perpetrators who sexually victimize children and adolescents for financial gain. CST …
By David H. Nguyen, Ph.D.From the Huffington Post (1):"Police in Mexico's western state of Michoacan detained an alleged member of the Knights Templar cartel who is suspected of kidnapping children to harvest their organs, an official said Monday." "Manuel Plancarte …
Current Issues in Healthcare: The cost of a life$95,000.$72.Both of these are figures I came across recently that are related to the cost of someone's life. The first is an estimate of the added costs of prolonging a lung cancer …
By Katherine Welch, M.D.Recently I was discussing health care outreach to people who are prostituted, are street kids, or other similar population groups with someone who works with an organization that does outreach. She told me her organization had “tried” …
Sometimes the easiest solutions are those which may most desperately need to be implemented. This became apparent to me recently when one new article in Blood (1) led me to another recent one (2) on the high prevalence of iron …
By David H. Nguyen, Ph.D.This blog post contains excerpts from an article entitled "Survivors offer insight to federal anti-trafficking efforts," which was written by Holly Smith for Communities Digital News (1).Holly Smith, a survivor of human trafficking, quotes other trafficking …
Economic Independence Key to Survivors, Argues TO THE MARKET | Survivor-made GoodsBy Stephen P. WongVictims of abuse, neglect, and mistreatment often face myriad challenges on the road to recovery. In few dynamics is this seen more vividly than when victims …
