Archive for May 2012
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(from FOX News) A large-scale study has found that nearly a quarter of U.S. suicide victims are legally intoxicated when they die. These victims are also much more likely than their sober counterparts to commit suicide by violent means such…
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(ABC News Nightline – 5min 30Sec) Legal drug can cause a phenomenon said to make a person act like a wild animal.
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(By Erika Christakis, TIME) Proposed changes to the psychiatric profession’s diagnostic manual, the DSM-5, have caused a recent uproar, with critics worried that the new label of “alcohol abuse disorder” will overdiagnose young problem drinkers — as many as 40% of…
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(By DOUGLAS QUENQUA, New York Times) If alcoholism is a disease, is there hope of finding the cure in a pill? Yes and no. Having mapped the physical changes the brain undergoes with years of habitual drinking, researchers in recent…
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(from New York Times - By IAN URBINA) WASHINGTON — In what could prove to be one of their most far-reaching decisions, psychiatrists and other specialists who are rewriting the manual that serves as the nation’s arbiter of mental illness have…
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(from TIME.com – By Maia Szalavitz) Most college binge drinkers and drug users don’t develop lifelong problems. But new mental-health guidelines will label too many of them addicts and alcoholics. Are you or have you ever been a college binge…
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Dee Hocking of Sun Prairie has battled cancer three times. She also suffered a stroke that left her right side paralyzed. But you’d never know by watching her move and stretch her way through 45 minutes of activity on a…
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After quintuple bypass surgery in 2005, Howard Falvey, now 64 years old, says his doctors warned him to improve his diet and exercise habits. But it wasn’t until 2010, when the Woodland, Calif., resident enrolled in a program led by…
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The 6th Annual Wisconsin Prevention Summit to be held June 12-13, 2012, at the Bridgewood Resort Hotel and Conference Center, Neenah, WI. To read the full agenda click here. For registration information click here.
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May is Older Americans Month so celebrate by attending the Wellness and Volunteer Fair on Tuesday, May 15th from 10:00 am – 3:00 pm at the Patriot Center in Rothschild. Visit the many exhibitors, receive free health screenings and attend…
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