Tag: childrens health
member name: Duane B.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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December 16, 2007 08:11 PM EST --
A growing number of states are deciding not to apply for Federal Health and Human Services funds dedicated to abstinence only education. At least 14 states . . .
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July 04, 2007 03:28 PM EDT --
The recent terrorist attacks in Glasgow Scotland have revealed some interesting data about the universal health care system in the UK. In discussing the involvement of doctors in the attacks, . . .
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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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October 18, 2006 09:36 AM EDT --
The Federal Government is finally behaving in a rational manner in establishing a national system to collect and bank umbilical cord blood. Cord blood is rich in stem cells that . . .
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July 21, 2007 11:41 AM EDT --
In the four-year period from 2000 to 2004 the number of persons in the US without health insurance for the entire year increased by 15.1%, while the population increased by only 4.2%. . . .
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August 07, 2007 10:43 AM EDT --
Two studies published in the August issue of Archives of General Psychiatry support the position that ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) is a real disease linked to a gene variant . . .
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August 13, 2008 06:54 PM EDT --
Every week I spend an afternoon on a Helpline operated by our local United Way. The purpose of the Helpline is to connect local citizens with social service agencies that can . . .
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July 31, 2006 10:08 AM EDT --
My first article on sexual hysteria, Breast Hysteria, outlined the American obsession with breasts and the revulsion, in some quarters, with the concept and images of a mother breast-feeding her infant. . . .
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