Tag: health
member name: Duane B.
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October 15, 2006 12:59 PM EDT --
Any reports of child abuse or neglect are upsetting and disturbing, but I find the recent reports of alleged deliberate starvation of children to be inexplicable and reprehensible . . .
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July 09, 2007 11:11 AM EDT --
The most current statistics indicate that thirty percent of the American adult population have been alcoholics, been dependent on alcohol or abused alcohol in their lifetime. An estimated . . .
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June 25, 2007 11:04 AM EDT --
Some years ago when my family was living in Europe, managing the financial operations of an American corporation, we were in the US for annual home leave and were invited to have dinner with . . .
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August 31, 2007 10:25 AM EDT --
The official report on the Virginia Tech shootings has been published and it contains details of Cho’s mental health history and treatment details. I am a retired therapist that . . .
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May 26, 2008 07:08 PM EDT --
I was born in late 1940, almost a year to the day before Pearl Harbor was attacked on December 7, 1941, marking our entry into WWII. I contracted measles and chickenpox before . . .
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November 30, 2007 08:49 AM EST --
A Seattle fourteen-year-old Seattle boy died of leukemia after a judge ruled he had the right to refuse a life saving blood transfusion because of his religious beliefs. Dennis Lindberg . . .
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July 28, 2006 08:39 AM EDT --
The latest issue of Babytalk magazine, a free publication focusing on mothers of infants, has dared to break the Great American Breast Taboo. On the cover of a recent issue is a picture of . . .
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July 22, 2006 09:18 AM EDT --
Should the Courts step in and make medical treatment decisions for children faced with life threatening diseases or injuries when parents reject the advice of medical professionals? Sixteen . . .
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October 17, 2006 08:32 PM EDT --
Michigan lawmakers are considering legislation that would require all girls entering sixth grade next year to be vaccinated with against HPV. Michigan has exemptions from the vaccination laws for . . .
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December 12, 2006 10:00 AM EST --
A new high in sexual hysteria was recently reached when a four-year-old pre-kindergartner in Waco, Texas was suspended for “inappropriately” touching a teachers’ aide after hugging . . .
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December 23, 2006 11:29 AM EST --
The latest wrinkle in the designer baby discussion is the assertion by some people with disabilities that they have the “right” to have babies that look just like them. . . .
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February 28, 2007 12:24 PM EST --
A twelve-year-old Maryland boy died from complications of an abscessed tooth when the bacteria from the tooth spread to his brain. The boy was hospitalized due to the brain infection and . . .
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July 09, 2007 09:41 PM EDT --
The City of Seattle has developed a very innovative program for a group of 75 homeless, hard core, alcoholics that has been labeled “bunks for drunks”. The city used . . .
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June 13, 2007 12:39 PM EDT --
An article appearing in the latest issue of NEWSWEEK reveals a secret that I, as a retired therapist, was well aware of: sometimes psychotherapy is more than just ineffective, sometimes . . .
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March 06, 2007 08:49 AM EST --
The latest example of Washington’s smoke and mirrors on attempting to find a solution to our healthcare crisis is a proposal of SC Senator Jim DeMint to let individuals and families to establish . . .
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April 13, 2008 02:38 PM EDT --
I have just finished managing a volunteer tax preparation service in conjunction with the IRS. The program is called VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) and is designed to assist . . .
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September 26, 2006 09:32 AM EDT --
Numerous studies have shown that there is a very high level of correlation between family income and scores on the SAT test administered to high school students. A recent study on . . .
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October 01, 2006 01:51 PM EDT --
The first large scale study of the use of medications for ADHD support a genetic link to the disorder. The parents of children taking medication for ADHD were nines times more likely to be taking . . .
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August 03, 2006 10:29 AM EDT --
The only thing that is constant in life is change. We see, hear and feel the constant change in our modern lives every day. Not only does change affect our personal lives, but, . . .
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January 28, 2007 11:22 AM EST --
I can at least understand the context and culture when sexual hysteria rears its ugly head in some part of out country that has established a history of opposing any type of sexual education. . . .
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