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Born This Way Foundation and Zynga Partner to Raise Awareness of World Mental Health Day in Words With Friends Takeover Event

October 9, 2020

The Word ‘STAY’ Will Be Featured As The Word Of The Day In Words With Friends to Further Open Up Much-Needed Conversation Around Mental Health And Available Resources Through The Power of Words and Community

Today, Zynga Inc. (Nasdaq: ZNGA), a global leader in interactive entertainment, announced that its iconic game, Words With Friends, has partnered with Born This Way Foundation to support and bring awareness to World Mental Health Day. As part of the collaboration to further raise mental health awareness, Words With Friends will feature the word ‘STAY’ as its October 10, 2020 Word of The Day.

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In addition to bringing attention to World Mental Health Day through its Word of the

Approximately 40 percent of babies born with sickle cell disease in Texas are in Houston

October 1, 2020

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There are about 180 babies born with sickle cell disease in Texas each year, and approximately 40 percent (70 children) are born in Houston.

The Houston Health Department said in a press release that of the estimated 100,000 Americans living with the condition, approximately 7,000 are Texans, and Houston has more diagnoses than in any other region.

Sickle cell disease is a rare genetic blood condition that ultimately causes organ damage, including severe episodes of pain that can last up to a week and can result in multiple hospitalizations throughout a lifetime.

Kennedy Cooper is one of the estimated 1,500 children in Houston living with the disease. In a blog post for Texas Children’s Hospital, Cooper shared her journey, recalling moments where she felt ashamed to take medicine in front of friends and had to miss out on activities she loves because of her condition.

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How time of year babies are born can affect risk of having food allergies

September 27, 2020

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New research suggests the time of year a baby is born could increase the risk of them having food allergies.

More than 5 million children have food allergies, and that number is on the rise. Experts believe being born in the fall could especially increase the risk of babies having food allergies.

Babies born at different times of the year experience a variety of different factors that can raise or lower the risk of various conditions.

Researchers say food allergies often start from an unlikely place: the skin.

A.J. Grady, 5, has always had eczema, but when he developed hives as he started eating solid food, his mother, Jessica, suspected the issues weren’t limited to his skin.

“He had eczema pretty much from birth, so just the combination of the two things really kind of clued us into that he had a food allergy,” she said.

A.J.’s allergies

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