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Pot Shotsnew
Why one man wants to keep PTSD sufferers from using medical cannabis.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Joey Peters |
10-10-2012 |
Health
Tags: Medical Marijuana
Body of Evidencenew
When it comes to Marin County's high rates for breast cancer, researchers still have their hands full.
Pacific Sun |
Kelly O'Mara |
09-24-2012 |
Health
Tags: cancer, breast cancer
A Nightmare Scenario for Women's Healthnew
By excluding Planned Parenthood from the Women’s Health Program, Rick Perry has intensified Texas’ family planning crisis.
The Texas Observer |
Carolyn Jones |
09-06-2012 |
Health
Tags: Planned Parenthood, War on Women
Unplanned Parenthoodnew
The county's move to defund Planned Parenthood and grant Title X funding for reproductive services to Christ Community Health Services has not worked out as advertised.
The Memphis Flyer |
Hannah Sayle |
08-23-2012 |
Health
The Needle Doctornew
Dr. Robert Sears, author of The Vaccine Book, finds the middle ground in America's war on vaccinations.
The Next PTSD Crisisnew
Can the Armed Forces afford to accurately diagnose soldiers--and their families--with psychological issues stemming from war?
Seattle Weekly |
Keegan Hamilton |
08-08-2012 |
Health
Tags: Military Mental Health
Sick of Itnew
Florida activists race against time to get question on the ballot that will let voters decide whether businesses should have to offer paid sick leave to employees.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
07-06-2012 |
Health
Tags: Health
Bedside Bankrollnew
With no licensing or certification, anyone can practice in-home elder care in California—and in wealthy Marin County, opportunity for fraud abounds.
North Bay Bohemian |
Rachel Dovey |
05-24-2012 |
Health
Pradaxa Patients Can't Stop the Bleedingnew
There's only one really bad thing about the anti-clotting pill Pradaxa. You can't fall or get cut while taking it because once you start bleeding, there's almost no way to stop it. There's no reversal agent, no antidote.
Houston Press |
Craig Malisow |
05-24-2012 |
Health
Young Stroke Victim Fights Her Way Backnew
While Sarah Kucharski focused on a looming deadline as special projects editor for Waynesville’s Smoky Mountain News, a blood clot in her brain stem was about to change her life forever.
Mountain Xpress |
Caitlin Byrd |
05-24-2012 |
Health
Chickens, Breasts, and Cancer: Discussnew
Gross: Do chickens get breast cancer tumors? Grosser: Can you catch cancer from eating chicken breast tumors? New subject: how about that phantom electricity?
San Diego Reader |
Matthew Alice |
05-16-2012 |
Health
Mind Over Matternew
When an arm breaks, you wear a cast. Minds, however, aren't so simple to fix.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
05-07-2012 |
Health
Mississippi Segregating Mentally Illnew
A growing chorus of mental-health advocates believes Mississippi should move away from an institution-based approach to treatment in favor of home care and community-based services.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
04-05-2012 |
Health
Highway Suicidenew
Why do people keep lying down in Minnesota traffic?
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Andy Mannix |
03-30-2012 |
Health
Young and Sick: The New Face of Kidney Cancer?new
I'm 34. I have cancer. The same kind of cancer that killed my dad.
Metro Pulse |
Cari Wade Gervin |
03-22-2012 |
Health
