I had just read the articles in the May/June 2016 issue of Scientific American Mind on The Mind of A Terrorist when news came in about the unthinkable Orlando massacre. “The steep and virulent rise of terrorism ranks among the more disturbing trends in the world today. According to the 2015 Global Terrorism Index, terror-related deaths […]
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With the death of Prince, most likely due to a prescription drug overdose, opioids are now a focus of the media: News about Prescription Drug Abuse published in The New York Times Latest Articles Actions by Congress on Opioids Haven’t Included Limiting Them The House and the Senate have whipsawed between ensuring access to […]
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Many famous people have died from prescription drug abuse or misuse. Here are just a few who passed too soon: Jimi Hendrix Elvis Presley Heath Ledger Michael Jackson Brittany Murphy There has been much speculation regarding his cause of death and autopsy reports are pending, however signs are now indicating that Prince was addicted to […]
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This information is from the 2011 document entitled Epidemic: Responding to America’s Prescription Drug Abuse Crisis from the Office of the President of the United States. Prescription drug abuse is the Nation’s fastest-growing drug problem. While there has been a marked decrease in the use of some illegal drugs like cocaine, data from the National Survey […]
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Although I have been offered prescriptions for narcotic painkillers after various dental and medical procedures, I did not understand the extent to which these prescription drugs were being abused until I started researching to educate myself. I recall my sons and their friends talking about kids at school selling drugs taken from the family medicine […]
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For several months I have been blogging about the leading causes of premature deaths in the US. The five leading causes of death in the United States are heart disease, cancer, chronic lower respiratory diseases, stroke, and unintentional injuries which includes drug poisoning. Please read the following information; it could save your life or someone you love. Poisoning […]
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“Prince the artist” &&& his music makes me move! I was listening to the radio as I was lying on my yoga mat stretching yesterday morning and the news came in that Prince had died. Such a premature death and lose for those of us that would have loved to have heard the music he […]
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Emergency Treatment for a Stroke At the hospital, health care providers will ask about your medical history and about the time your symptoms started. Brain scans will show what type of stroke you had. You may also work with a neurologist who treats brain disorders, a neurosurgeon that performs surgery on the brain, or a specialist […]
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The five leading causes of death in the United States are heart disease, cancer, chronic lower respiratory diseases COPD, stroke, and unintentional injuries. Together they accounted for 63 percent of all U.S. deaths in 2010, with rates for each cause varying greatly from state to state. The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, analyzed premature deaths (before age 80) […]
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Smoking kills more than 480,000 people annually in the U.S., according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About 117,600 of those adult deaths are in the 12-state region containing Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee and West Virginia, dubbed “Tobacco Nation” by Truth Initiative, the anti-smoking […]
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