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- Pap, mammogram reports fuel GOP case against health bill 21 Nov 2009 12:32 GMT
... the future.” Said Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska: “Those recommendations will be used by the insurance companies as ... on the streets are addicts, alcoholics and mentally challenged who have refused aid time and ...
- Palin limits crowd interaction at NC's Fort Bragg 23 Nov 2009 20:24 GMT
... Airborne Division and Green Berets. The former Alaska governor promised to limit her enthusiasm after ... transit police used excessive force on the mentally ill man. ...
- Assembly backs city waterfront improvements 24 Nov 2009 16:37 GMT
... by the state, the city and the Alaska Mental Health Trust, which has proposed a new state ... most use of the property." The city will provide $50,000 of the $80,000 study. The ...
- Rep. to file proposed 'Jupin's Law' 20 Nov 2009 12:32 GMT
... dramatically change the way Massachusetts courts treat mentally insane people who commit murder. Evangelidis made ... the guilty except insane defense , including Alaska, Arizona, Georgia, and Mississippi. LeBlanc said there ... bill is still sensitive to those with mental illness. Early said Jupin's Law may be ...
- Some Studies Show Medical Benefits For Pot 28 Nov 2009 06:50 GMT
... or nursing, those with a history of mental illness, people with hepatitis C and those who ... drug in all but 13 states. Only Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, ...
- Suicides triple in Lyon County 21 Nov 2009 14:16 GMT
... warning signs: • Threatening to hurt or kill him or herself, or talking of wanting ... the director of the Fallon and Fernley Mental Health Clinics, said resources for local outreach centers ... 19.5 deaths per 100,000 people, following Wyoming, Alaska and Montana, according to the latest data ...
- National Survivors of Suicide Day helps those who have lost loved ones 22 Nov 2009 10:55 GMT
... the rest of the country. Wyoming, Montana, Alaska, Nevada and New Mexico had the highest ... The AFSP focuses on funding research into mental health, raising suicide awareness and offering support ... Shoreline. Comparing his son's death through mental illness to another's death from brain cancer, he ...
- Girls on the Run Southeast to hold 5K Fun Run season finale 27 Nov 2009 18:27 GMT
... Girls on the Run of Southeast Alaska will hold their final 5K Fun Run Saturday, ... topics. After running laps and completing fun mental or physical challenges, each session ends with a ...
- SPENCER: Palin Derangement Disorder takes hold 20 Nov 2009 14:19 GMT
... George W. Bush years, a plague of mental illness descended upon a large number of card-carrying ... president, BDS started to subside. There are still those who occasionally suffer its symptoms and ... took serious hold on its victims. Former Alaska governor and failed vice presidential candidate Sarah ...
- US army 'dramatically' underreporting suicides 19 Nov 2009 03:32 GMT
... Alaska, November 18: According to a soldiers' advocacy ... soldiers beating their wives and trying to kill themselves all the time, and most folks ... experiencing record rates of PTSD, depression, other mental health problems, alcohol and drug abuse, and suicides. ...
- Week off a good thing for Huskies 27 Nov 2009 17:13 GMT
... good thing for the Huskies. The Huskies will be at close to full strength for ... both from a physical standpoint and a mental standpoint," Tech coach Jamie Russell said. "Physically we ... and they're coming off a trip to Alaska. "That trip really takes it out of ...
- Running with porcupines, snow and great athletes 27 Nov 2009 18:27 GMT
... heart is the size of any Southeast Alaska mountain and his finely-tuned focus has helped ... not compliment greatness, but choose instead to instill the notion that all on the team ... faith in the path to a healthy mental and physical lifestyle. No other soul is up ...
- Juneau residents appointed to suicide prevention duties 24 Nov 2009 16:37 GMT
... the state's Suicide Prevention Council and re-appointed Bill Martin to the council. The 15-member council ... Johnson-O'Malley Association, the United Way of Southeast Alaska board, the Juneau Alliance for Mental Health Inc., the Consortium for Alaska Native Higher ...
- Considering Norman Mailer and his work: a letter 19 Nov 2009 07:15 GMT
... of which has never been seen before will sweep the earth, and these theses, difficult, ... guns ablaze on a wilderness rampage in Alaska. The Vietnam War thus becomes basically an ... station attendant, in 1976. Gilmore evinced serious mental instability before and after the crimes, and far ...
- Don't be SAD 23 Nov 2009 19:41 GMT
... the best way to get through an Alaska winter. After gorging themselves all summer, they ... an expert - a medical doctor or mental health practitioner - about treatment options. Treatments can ...
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