Archives: January, 2008

Prominent Psychiatrist Wants License Back
A well-known Arlington County psychiatrist who was stripped of his medical licenses in Virginia and the District for negligence, inappropriate and excessive prescribing of drugs for patients as young as 4 and sexually intimate behavior with a patient is trying to get his license back.
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Losing More Than a Campaign
What John and Elizabeth Edwards bid farewell to yesterday was not only a presidential campaign. They did not let go of the dream of changing the world while living at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
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Soldier Suicides at Record Level
Lt. Elizabeth Whiteside, a psychiatric outpatient at Walter Reed Army Medical Center who was waiting for the Army to decide whether to court-martial her for endangering another soldier and turning a gun on herself last year in Iraq, attempted to kill herself Monday evening. In so doing, the…
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Health-Care Reform to Shift Focus
The demise of California’s attempt at comprehensive health-care reform this week means that advocates of overhauling the health-care system will turn their focus back to Washington, several experts said yesterday, as an increasingly tough budget climate raises new questions about whether states can…
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Study Links Stress to Soldiers’ Maladies
– The role of traumatic brain injury _ blamed for symptoms plaguing thousands of soldiers returning from Iraq _ might be overstated, contends a provocative military study that offers hope for successful treatment.
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Study Links Stress to Soldiers’ Maladies
– The role of traumatic brain injury _ blamed for symptoms plaguing thousands of soldiers returning from Iraq _ might be overstated, contends a provocative military study that offers hope for successful treatment.
URL: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/30/AR2008013001058.html?wpisrc=rss_health

The Double-Dip Debate
Years ago Men’s Health wrote about the 5-second rule. You know—if food drops on the floor, if you pick it up, it’s okay to eat. Turned out that wasn’t necessarily true.
Now the same guy who researched that has turned to Seinfeld for his latest research. He looked at the "double-dipping"—that’s dipping a chip, […]

Va. Senate Backs Phaseout of Trans Fats in School Food
RICHMOND, Jan. 29 — The Virginia Senate voted unanimously Tuesday to phase out the use of artery-clogging trans fats in food sold at public schools, from the cheese pizza in the cafeteria to the chips in the vending machine.
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Video Reveals Violations of Laws, Abuse of Cows at Slaughterhouse
Video footage being released today shows workers at a California slaughterhouse delivering repeated electric shocks to cows too sick or weak to stand on their own; drivers using forklifts to roll the “downer” cows on the ground in efforts to get them to stand up for […]

India Uncovers Kidney Racket
GURGAON, India, Jan. 29 — Three weeks ago, Mohammad Saleem, 33, agreed to work at a construction site in this bustling city near New Delhi. A house painter with an extended family of eight, he was drawn here by the promise of an extra dollar in his daily wage. After a few […]