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Should family members watch as their dying loved ones get CPR?
On “Grey’s Anatomy,” doctors steer family members out of the hospital room when they call a code blue and start performing CPR on a patient because it’s just too upsetting to watch. But in real life, doctors should be inviting...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Emergency Health Procedures, Medical Research, Behavioral Conditions, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
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Bales to face sanity review this weekend in Afghan massacre case
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. — Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, accused of killing 16 villagers and wounding six more in Afghanistan, will undergo a government sanity review this weekend to determine his mental state, his attorneys said. Bales...
Tags: Lawyers, Justice System, Military Justice, Murder, Robert Bales
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First settlements in Miramonte abuse case total $30 million
L.A. NOWThe Los Angeles Unified School District will pay about $30 million to settle 58 legal claims involving a former Miramonte Elementary School teacher accused of committing lewd acts on children, plaintiffs’ lawyers said Tuesday. These are the first... -
Studies tie stress from storms, war to heart risks
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — New studies show the toll that stress can take on the heart. Researchers have found higher rates of cardiac problems in veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder, in New Orleans residents six years after Hurricane Katrina and...
Tags: Hurricane Katrina (2005), Cardiologists, Medical Research, High Blood Pressure
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After 2 years behind bars without trial, N.M. man to get $15.5 million
A New Mexico man who spent nearly two years behind bars without trial will receive a $15.5-million settlement because a federal jury decided that his rights to adequate medical attention and due process had been violated. During the time Stephen Slevin,...
Tags: Prisons, Trials, Lawyers, Justice System, Susana Martinez
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Knowing what triggers anxiety not always necessary to successfully treat it
Tribune Media ServicesDEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am 34 and over the past few months have been feeling anxious and worried more often than not. I've never had issues with anxiety or depression before, and can't pinpoint anything that's led to my anxiety. What causes anxiety? At what...Tags: Psychiatry, Science and Technology, Mental Health, Hospitals and Clinics, Psychotherapy
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Forcing the feds' hand on marijuana [Blowback]
In opposing HR 689, a bill by Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) to federally reclassify marijuana as most other legal prescription drugs and remove oversight from the Drug Enforcement Administration and give it to the states, The Times states in its Feb. 28...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Medical Research, Earl Blumenauer, National Government, Science and Technology
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Obama outlines private-public project to study the brain
Making good on a promise first hinted at during his State of the Union speech in February, President Obama on Tuesday unveiled the broad outlines of a scientific initiative aimed at mapping the human brain. The project's ambitious goals include...
Tags: University of California, Los Angeles, Values, Religion and Belief, National Institutes of Health, Barack Obama
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Obama's BRAIN Initiative to cost far less than Human Genome Project
President Obama’s brain-mapping initiative, for which he has proposed $110 million in federal funding for 2014, will focus how on how the brain is affected by conditions such as Parkinson’s disease, schizophrenia and autism; how it produces...
Tags: Medical Research, National Institutes of Health, Barack Obama, Autism, National Government
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One-on-one with WSBT: Plane crash survivor struggling to cope
WSBT-TVSOUTH BEND – Two weeks after a plane hit her home, a South Bend woman is still struggling to deal with what happened. Diana McKeown is now dealing with bills, insurance companies and psychological issues. Even though she’s taking it day-by-...Tags: Lotteries, Air and Space Accidents, Lifestyle and Leisure, Transportation Accidents, Broken Bones
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Obama's big brain project, scanned
President Obama on Tuesday announced the "BRAIN Initiative" to map the human brain. "As humans we can identify galaxies light-years away, study particles smaller than an atom, but we still haven't unlocked the mystery of theĀ 3 pounds of matter than sits...
Tags: Barack Obama
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Lessons from a 'Top Chef'
Around this time last year, Beverly Kim was something of a minor television celebrity on "Top Chef." Several Saturdays ago, we found Kim calling out dinner orders from a cavernous and modern West Town kitchen, a space that would be the envy of every...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Bonsoiree, Kevin Pang, Michelin Group, Beverly Kim
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