Sick With Sadness: Studies Show Bereavement Can Cause Significant Health …
Sick with sadness: Studies show bereavement can cause significant health …
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Research has shown that acute stressors such as public speaking and mental arithmetic, as well as chronic stressors like marital problems and a history of child abuse, both heighten inflammation. This immune response, which attacks invading pathogens …
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2013 Pulitzer winners in journalism and arts
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Finalists: Patricia Callahan, Sam Roe and Michael Hawthorne of the Chicago Tribune for their exposure of manufacturers that imperil public health by continuing to use toxic fire retardants in household furniture and crib mattresses, triggering reform …
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IT Everything: Health IT Blog—A contrarian's view of data rights
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Patient information about mental health, drug and alcohol abuse treatment and HIV/AIDs, for example, is earmarked for special treatment, particularly when it comes to health information exchange. Typically, U.S. laws specifically require patient …
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Lynne Johnson: End felony charges for prostitution
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Glenda volunteers with other survivors at the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless to change things for people who are still struggling to get out of prostitution. The intentions behind the proposed Cook County moratorium on felony prostitution are good …
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CRYSTAL METH IN BOYSTOWN IN CHICAGO AND FORD HEIGHTS GANG PROBLEM PART 1 OF 6 – HERES PART 1 OF 6 OF CRYSTAL METH IN BOYSTOWN, THE GAY COMMUNITY IN THE NORTHSIDE OF CHICAGO AND THE FORD HEIGHTS GANG AND DRUG PROBLEM BETWEEN THE VICE LORD…