he Nov. 22 Monitor story "Elderly need disaster plans of their own" is for the most part good advice. The tips on page B2 should be clipped and stuck on the refrigerator. All but one.
The article states that seniors should keep an extra stash of medications in case of emergency. My wife read that and wrote, "Yeah, right," at the spot. It is probably the best comment that could be made abo...
"Oh, I expected to be dead a long time ago," he says. "By any definition, I'm a long-term survivor."
And yet, 22 years after being infected with the virus that causes AIDS, 16 years after being diagnosed with the disease, he still is speaking to an average of 3,000 teenagers each year. He still is telling them how he got AIDS and how they can keep from getting it. He s...
he state has suspended a Canterbury dentist's license for 60 days pending a hearing on charges that he lied about his use of prescription painkillers.
The Board of Dental Examiners has accused Paul Kruzel, who has practiced general dentistry in New Hampshire since 1984, of "doctor shopping" to obtain painkillers and of telling the board in a request for an expanded license that he is fre...
Washoe County Commissioners recently approved an agreement to provide low-cost prescriptions to residents of the county.
The program will be free of charge to residents who meet the criteria and qualified residents will be given a card to present at their local pharmacy which will verify their enrollment.
"This program is designed for low-income residents without health insurance or...
How do you condense a massive children's tome into a two-hour movie? You cut. A lot. And if you know what you're doing, you make it work. Dude. "Goblet of Fire" director Mike Newell and company know what they're doing. They've compressed J.K. Rowling's rambling narrative into a film with pacing as precise as a metronome. There's bound to be bitching from people whose favorite scenes got c...
SPIRIT LAKE, Iowa -- Seeing 12-year-old Connor Rowley today no one would ever guess he's the subject of an upcoming edition of "Mystery Diagnosis: Desperate for a Cure" program on the Discovery Health network.
Like others his age, Connor is more concerned with winning the next Madden 2005 game he's playing against classmate Wes Bergquist than he is about what he and his family went thro...
Posted at 12:47 PM ET on Nov 26, 2005 by ctverlane 0 stars
2. he also mentioned negotiation theory. but shouldn't the fbi already know about that??
Posted at 6:08 PM ET on Nov 26, 2005 by Tweaq 0 stars
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A generation has passed since I went to college. Today's college students understand that things have changed in many ways — some good, some not. But one change is glaring and tragic. The change I mean is that nowadays so many students are obsessed with their careers. (This is strictly my own personal observation — as a college teacher of long-standing, and of declining optimism.) ...
There is overwhelming evidence that mandatory community treatment for people who are seriously mentally ill has enormous benefits for both patients and the public.
And this week, the head of mental health services for the Capital Health Authority told a fatality inquiry that Alberta needs so-called community treatment orders (CTOs).
"What a number of psychiatrists are saying is we n...
The Claremont Institute's aims to restore republican government at the local level. This means articulating and applying the fundamental principles of the American Founding: the rule of law, property rights, and morality. Americans should become once again, as James Madison urged, "free and gallant citizens;" "the mutual guardians of their mutual happiness."
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