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Raising Awareness of Parkinson’s Non-Motor Symptoms Via Storytelling (StatePoint) With the help of an Airstream trailer traveling the country, people with Parkinson’s disease will soon have a unique opportunity to record and share their experiences and personal stories as part of a program called “Yours, Truly.” Nonmotor symptoms associated with Parkinson’s disease, as […]
Today’s Topic: Caffeine withdrawal On Mental Health Friday, we post, in alphabetical order, one per week, information on mental health disorders. Mental Health Friday is for informational purposes only, and is in no way meant to diagnose, treat or cure any disease. Please do not self diagnose and seek professional help for what ails […]
2021-11-18 Texas Abortion Law Harms Survivors of Rape and Incest, Activists Say Ashley Lopez, KUT The Safe Alliance in Austin, Texas, helps survivors of child abuse, sexual assault and domestic violence. Before Texas’ new abortion law took effect, the organization counseled a 12-year-old who had been repeatedly raped by her father. Piper Stege Nelson, […]
Beginning today, Nov 13, through Thursday, Nov 18, we will post a series of videos about poverty and homelessness. Poverty and homelessness have a huge adverse impact on a person’s mental health, and, at times, leading people to suicide. In the “richest country on earth”, why is poverty and homlessness so prevalent? Why are […]
2021-11-17 As Big Pharma and Hospitals Battle Over Drug Discounts, Patients Miss Out on Millions in Benefits Sarah Jane Tribble, Kaiser Health News and Emily Featherston, InvestigateTV In early July, as the covid-19 pandemic slammed rural America, the president of a small Kansas hospital sat down on a Friday afternoon and wrote the president […]
Beginning today, Nov 13, through Thursday, Nov 18, we will post a series of videos about poverty and homelessness. Poverty and homelessness have a huge adverse impact on a person’s mental health, and, at times, leading people to suicide. In the “richest country on earth”, why is poverty and homlessness so prevalent? Why are […]
One Major Reason the U.S. Hasn’t Stopped Syphilis From Killing Babies by Caroline Chen ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Series: A Closer Look Examining the News In public health, a “sentinel event” is a case […]
Owning and interacting with pets, according to studies, can be a form of therapy for many. We have dedicated Saturday to dogs and Wednesday to cats, when we will post an article on each of those days. We will also post articles on occasion about other animals people may have as pets. – Editorial […]
2021-11-16 How Rural Communities Are Losing Their Pharmacies Markian Hawryluk Batson’s Drug Store seems like a throwback to a simpler time. The independently owned pharmacy in Howard, Kansas, still runs an old-fashioned soda counter and hand-dips ice cream. But the drugstore, the only one in the entire county, teeters on the edge between nostalgia […]
Beginning today, Nov 13, through Thursday, Nov 18, we will post a series of videos about poverty and homelessness. Poverty and homelessness have a huge adverse impact on a person’s mental health, and, at times, leading people to suicide. In the “richest country on earth”, why is poverty and homlessness so prevalent? Why are […]