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Deployment to war doesn't figure in majority of military suicides
Nate Evans had three children depending on him and held down a good job running a hyperbaric chamber at a hospital. But what he really wanted was to go to war. In 2008, as the U.S. death toll in Iraq and Afghanistan approached 5,000, Evans became a...
Tags: Iraq, Health and Medical Professionals, Suicide, Mental Illness, Psychiatrists
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Family fears son went missing during storms
Tribune reporterA third-year biochemistry student at the University of Chicago went missing Wednesday night, and his family suspects Austin Hudson-Lapore, 20, had ventured out to watch the storms passing through the city. At a press conference Friday night, his father,...Tags: Austin (Chicago, Illinois), Skype, University of Chicago, Hyde Park, Woodlawn (Chicago, Illinois)
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Jesse Jackson Jr. lawyers fear he won't get mental health care in prison
— Lawyers for former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., who awaits sentencing July 3, say he needs ongoing mental health treatment for a mood disorder and assert he is unlikely to get suitable care if sent to prison. "It is unlikely that Mr. Jackson will be...Tags: Punishment, Health and Medical Professionals, Culture, Hypomania, Symptoms
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Lawyers fear Jackson Jr. will lack mental care in prison
Tribune reporterWASHINGTON — As former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. awaits sentencing on July 3, his lawyers filed a court document today saying that he needs ongoing mental health treatment and is unlikely to get suitable care if sent to prison. “It is...Tags: Punishment, Health, Health and Medical Professionals, Hypomania, Culture
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Barbara Piper, Hopkins employee
Barbara "Babs" Piper, a former administrative assistant at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, died Wednesday of complications from acute bipolar disorder at her Rodgers Forge home. She was 63. Born Barbara Ann Jensen in Baltimore, she was...
Tags: Roman Catholicism, Brooks Robinson, Fort McHenry, Baltimore Orioles, Armed Forces
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Jackson Jr. seeks to keep parts of sentencing document secret
Chicago Tribune reporterNote: This article ran on June 3, 2013 in the Chicago Tribune Former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., who is to be sentenced July 1 on federal criminal charges, on Monday asked a judge to seal parts of a document due by Friday because it will contain "personal,...Tags: Punishment, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Defendants, Lawyers
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Prosecutors want staggered terms for Jacksons
Chicago Tribune reporterNote: This story ran on June 8, 2013, in the Chicago Tribune WASHINGTON -- Casting Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife, Sandi, as well-paid public officials who stole large amounts of campaign cash out of "greed and entitlement," prosecutors Friday urged...Tags: Punishment, Elections, Justice System, Judges, Politics
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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: Crime, Law and Justice, George Zimmerman, Elgin, Criminals, Behavioral Conditions
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TV Creators Tackle Mental Health
VarietyAlthough debates about gun control gained more traction in the wake of shootings at a Newtown, Conn., elementary school in December, the issue of mental illness also re-entered the public conversation. In primetime, mental illness has been in the mix of...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Politics, Entertainment, Interior Policy, Autism
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Howard County health briefs
Look good, feel better This free program teaches beauty techniques to women with cancer to help them combat appearance-related side effects of treatment. Participants receive cosmetics donated by major manufacturers as well as instruction and suggestions...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Chesapeake (Chesapeake, Virginia), Medical Procedures and Tests, Howard County General Hospital, Diseases and Illnesses
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Heat seek to break Finals trend of 'bipolar basketball'
South Florida Sun SentinelA razor-thin San Antonio Spurs victory. Followed by a Miami Heat blowout victory. Followed by an even-bigger Spurs rout. "It's like bipolar basketball at times," Heat center Chris Bosh said Wednesday of this NBA Finals series that turns to its...Tags: Udonis Haslem, LeBron James, Miami Heat, San Antonio Spurs, Dwyane Wade
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Letters ask for leniency in Jackson sentencing
As former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife, Sandi, await sentencing in the looting of about $750,000 from his campaign fund, the defense has filed a thick stack of letters of support from prominent figures, including passionate pleas from the ex-...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Congress, Weight, Justice System, Judges
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