Bad News for Big Medicine

Vote No on 2 refutes latest claims made by medical marijuana supporters - SaintPetersBlog (blog) - Monday, August 22, 2016 - 15:01

Vote No on 2 refutes latest claims made by medical marijuana supporters
SaintPetersBlog (blog)
That email said most other health organizations, including the American Medical Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American Academy of Family Physicians “support medical marijuana access and research.” The email criticized the Florida ...

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Vote No on 2 refutes claims made by medical marijuana supporters - Florida Politics (blog) - Monday, August 22, 2016 - 14:21

Florida Politics (blog)
Vote No on 2 refutes claims made by medical marijuana supporters
Florida Politics (blog)
That email said most other health organizations, including the American Medical Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American Academy of Family Physicians “support medical marijuana access and research.” The email criticized the Florida ...

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Federal Judge Blocks Obama Administration From Protecting Transgender Kids - ThinkProgress - Monday, August 22, 2016 - 14:10

ThinkProgress
Federal Judge Blocks Obama Administration From Protecting Transgender Kids
ThinkProgress
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is leading the charge against transgender student protections. CREDIT: AP PHOTO/PABLO MARTINEZ MONSIVAIS. Surprising nobody, a federal judge in Texas issued an injunction Sunday barring the federal government ...

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Signs and Symptoms of ADHD - SurfKY News (registration) (blog) - Monday, August 22, 2016 - 13:05

Signs and Symptoms of ADHD
SurfKY News (registration) (blog)
According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, Fifth Edition, the classification and diagnostic tool used by the American Psychiatric Association for psychiatric diagnosis, several symptoms must be present before a child turns 12 for that child to ...

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Signs and Symptoms of ADHD - SurfKY News (registration) (blog) - Monday, August 22, 2016 - 13:05

Signs and Symptoms of ADHD
SurfKY News (registration) (blog)
According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, Fifth Edition, the classification and diagnostic tool used by the American Psychiatric Association for psychiatric diagnosis, several symptoms must be present before a child turns 12 for that child to ...

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Nonemergency Use of Antipsychotics in Patients with Dementia - The Hospitalist Online - Monday, August 22, 2016 - 11:18

Nonemergency Use of Antipsychotics in Patients with Dementia
The Hospitalist Online
The American Psychiatric Association (APA) produced a consensus report on the use of antipsychotics in patients with dementia who also exhibit agitation/psychosis. Study design: Expert panel review of multiple studies and consensus opinions of ...
Coaches, parents are getting ahead of concussions - Sentinel & Enterprise - Monday, August 22, 2016 - 11:17

Coaches, parents are getting ahead of concussions
Sentinel & Enterprise
The Journal of American Medical Association Pediatrics studied 4,092 youth football players in 2012 and 2013, and found that 9.6 percent of the injuries they suffered were concussions, although the risk of concussion in youth football was lower than ...
NAMI sets 12-week course to help mental illness caregivers - La Crosse Tribune - Monday, August 22, 2016 - 10:50

NAMI sets 12-week course to help mental illness caregivers
La Crosse Tribune
The La Crosse County NAMI chapter will sponsor the free, 12-week course for family members, significant others and friends of adults living with serious mental illnesses from 6:30 to 9 p.m. on Mondays from Sept. 12 to Nov. 28. The sessions will take ...
Solano NAMI co-hosts out-of-county summer finaleFairfield Daily Republic
Guest Column: NAMI affiliation offers community benefitAlbert Lea Tribune

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Kids as young as one being given antidepressants - Evening Telegraph - Monday, August 22, 2016 - 10:42

Evening Telegraph
Kids as young as one being given antidepressants
Evening Telegraph
At least 450 under-18s were given antidepressants between January and May this year alone — the youngest among them being a seven-year-old girl. In 2014, meanwhile, a one-year-old boy was given a prescription. A spokeswoman for NHS Tayside said ...
Gum disease may signal warning for pancreatic cancer » - Harvard Health - Monday, August 22, 2016 - 10:18

Gum disease may signal warning for pancreatic cancer »
Harvard Health
Research reported in the June 28, 2016, Journal of the American Medical Association found that people with high levels of a specific oral bacterium are more likely to get this type of cancer, which strikes more than 50,000 people annually. Researchers ...

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