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Integrative Medicine: New study supports heart supplement
The Sacramento BeeCongestive heart failure is a condition that's on the rise in the United States; close to 6 million people have heart failure, and while this has generally been a disease of older adults, the number of people under the age of 65 with heart failure has...Tags: Heart Failure, High Blood Pressure, Warfarin (drug), Obesity, Medical Research
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Broward judge blasts child welfare officials in boy's suspicious death
Blasting child welfare officials Friday, a Broward County Circuit judge said she would have intervened had she known a mother with a mental health history was being allowed her first unsupervised visit with her 4-year-old son. The boy, Antwan Hope, is...Tags: Mental Health, Health, Crime, Law and Justice, Pompano Beach, Family
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Yoga calms special-needs kids
Some South Florida children with autism are finding refuge from loud noises, bright lights and stress by learning a new technique to calm themselves: yoga. A Pompano Beach yoga teacher, Louise Goldberg, has published a new book that documents what she...
Tags: Coconut Creek, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Pompano Beach, Elementary Schools, Autism
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Intervention: Candy Finnigan reflects on A&E show’s final season
Channel Guide MagazineThroughout its 13 seasons over eight years, Intervention has seemed like one of those shows that will just always be around. Every so often it comes in with a new batch of episodes depicting the harrowing journeys of addicts desperate to get clean and... -
Murder? Yes. But 'cold'? No.
Change of SubjectThis revised posting is featured in my Sunday print column “The murder was committed in a cold, calculated and premeditated manner,” said Assistant Cook County State's Attorney Maureen O'Brien, speaking earlier this week to reporters about the... -
READER SUBMITTED: Local Dad Sponsors Roller Derby Team To Raise Autism Awareness
Middletown/ShorelineBridgeport resident Todd Zavorskas approached the Connecticut RollerGirls with an unusual sponsorship idea: instead of promoting a business, why not promote awareness of autism spectrum disorders? Autism Awareness Patch The Yankee Brutals will wear this...Tags: Woodbridge, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Autism, Bridgeport (Fairfield, Connecticut), Asperger Syndrome
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READER SUBMITTED: CMHA Board And Staff Receive Family Champions Award
New BritainCommunity Mental Health Affiliates' (CMHA) board member Barbara Brown, senior director of Education and Rehabilitation Services at Connecticut Children's Medical Center, and Dr. Manzoor Usman, CMHA psychiatrist, were recipients of the Connecticut...Tags: Health, Mental Health, Family, Human Interest, New Britain
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Mental health plan gives patients control in crisis
In the past few months, Yvonne Hysick, PACT peer specialist for the Hampton-Newport News Community Services Board, has helped nine clients complete advance mental health directives. All have schizophrenia or schizo-affective disorder, she said. Within...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Mental Health, Duke University, Pharmaceuticals
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READER SUBMITTED: CT Senators Awarded For Awareness Of Mental Health
West HartfordMental Health America honored Connecticut U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy with the organization's Legislator of the Year Award on Thursday, June 6, during the Capitol Hill Day of its 2013 Annual Conference, Why Wellness Works:...Tags: Health Insurance, Health, Mental Health, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Richard Blumenthal
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LETTER: 'Aspie' Doesn't Need To Be Fixed
I was very saddened and disappointed to read William Weir's article "Trinity Reveals Autism Find" [June 6, Connecticut]. First of all, the story implies that autism is an affliction that needs a "reversal of symptoms." As an individual on the autism...Tags: Autism, Vegan Diet
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Talk about your medical wishes in advance, Virginia medics urge
The new emphasis on patient-centered care, prompted by the Affordable Care Act, is having a spill-over effect. More and more people are documenting what type of medical care they want and don't want through advance directives. "I call them life-planning...
Tags: Health Insurance, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Mental Health, Crime, Law and Justice, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia)
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Voice of the People, Jun. 14
The ongoing war on terror Unlike conventional wars, it is not the goal of terrorists to kill as many Westerners as possible. Rather, it is their goal to terrorize us into adopting cultural norms that mirror theirs. Like most extremists of any ilk,...Tags: George Zimmerman, Criminals, Bipolar Disorder, Jesse Jackson, Jr., Shootings
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