Tag: childrens
group name: renewedactivist
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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 . . . more
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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 . . . more
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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 . . . more
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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. . . . more
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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 . . . more
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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 . . . more
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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 . . . more
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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 . . . more
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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 . . . more
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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, . . . more
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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. . . . more
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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 . . . more
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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 . . . more
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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 . . . more
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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 . . . more
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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 . . . more
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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%. . . . more
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July 05, 2006 01:56 PM EDT --
CNN had a very interesting story on this morning (July 5, 2006) concerning the death rate from drowning in the United States. It seems that, on average, nine people drown in the US every day, about . . . more
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September 21, 2007 08:44 PM EDT --
Canadian author Tish Cohen and author of debut novel, Town House Town House by Tish Cohen - a book review (soon to be a movie, filmed in Boston), has published her first young adult (children's) . . . more
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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 . . . more
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