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Task force calls for routine HIV testing for all adults
ReutersCHICAGO (Reuters) - An influential U.S. panel is calling for HIV screening for all Americans aged 15 to 65, regardless of whether they are considered to be at high risk, a change that may help lift some of the stigma associated with HIV testing. The...Tags: Healthcare Laws, Internal Medicine, Internists, Medical Procedures and Tests, AIDS
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Focusing on STDs: Vaccines now available to prevent, reduce risk of HPV in adolescents
April is sexually transmitted disease Awareness Month, an annual event calling attention to STDs in the United States. This month-long observance provides individuals, doctors, and community-based organizations an opportunity to address ways to prevent...
Tags: Drugs and Medicines, AIDS, Symptoms, Preventative Medicine, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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Community notes Monday, April 29, 2013
Birth A son, Bentley Joseph Goodman, was born to Rosemarie Goodman and Chad Jackson of Petoskey at 2:40 p.m. on Wednesday, April 24, 2013, at McLaren Northern Michigan in Petoskey. Bentley weighed 6 pounds, 8.2 ounces and was 19 3/4 inches long at...
Tags: Christianity, Dance, The Salvation Army, Mental Health, Medical Procedures and Tests
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READER SUBMITTED: American Cancer Society Announces Cancer Study At Middlesex Hospital And Cancer Center
Middletown/ShorelineAmerican Cancer Society announces launch of cancer study at Middlesex Hospital and Cancer Center. Community encouraged to participate. Middlesex Hospital and the American Cancer Society are enlisting support from local residents to participate in an...Tags: American Cancer Society, Middletown, Lung Cancer, Health Organizations, Environmental Pollution
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LETTER: Mental Health Fund Should Not Lag
Regarding "Fund For First Responders Lagging" [April 22, CTNow], about first responders to Sandy Hook lacking funds for mental health: This seems very easy to solve. There were millions of dollars donated to Sandy Hook survivors and all the first...Tags: Mental Health, Behavioral Conditions
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Meningococcal disease alert after Riley HS case
WSBT-TVSOUTH BEND – The St. Joseph County Health Department is in the process of alerting people who may have come in contact with someone at South Bend's Riley High School with meningococcal disease. The school sent a letter home with students Tuesday...Tags: Headaches, Meningitis, Flu, Symptoms, Diseases and Illnesses
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Guest Commentary: Support is vital for our Guard and Reserve families
The following guest commentary was written by Carl Levin, the senior U.S. senator from Michigan and the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee. Recently I had the privilege of speaking to the National Research Summit on Reserve Component...Tags: Mental Health, Carl Levin, U.S. Department of Defense, Behavioral Conditions, Suicide
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Health agency mishandled baby fox
I initially loved The Sun's story about the baby fox rescue, although it's ironic the firefighters were the ones who ended up helping, being unable to get hold of people and agencies who are supposed to be there. But I was horrified by how it all...
Tags: Pikesville, Rabies
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California Senate leader proposes mental health program expansions
State Senate leader Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento) on Tuesday proposed a plan to significantly increase mental health services in California with the goal of reducing the number of people ending up in prison, jail and emergency rooms. Steinberg said...
Tags: Mental Health, Finance, Crime, Law and Justice, Darrell Steinberg, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Court-martial opens for sergeant who killed 5 U.S. troops in Iraq
JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. — Army Sgt. John Russell opened fire on U.S. mental health workers at a combat stress center in Iraq out of revenge after doctors said he was not eligible to leave the Army, prosecutors said Monday at the opening of...Tags: Mental Health, Armed Conflicts, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Iraq
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Grade Inflation Undermining Universities
The Hartford CourantMisquoting William Shakespeare: "Now is the spring of our discontent." Indeed, even as the daffodils blossom and the songbirds sing, my students at the University of Connecticut are stressing out from their end-of-semester quest for high grades....Tags: William Shakespeare, Princeton University, University of Connecticut, Inflation and Deflation, Students
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Connecticut Beekeepers Worry About Pesticide Use
As part of the ongoing battle against Lyme and other tickborne diseases, public health organizations are asking residents in 11 Fairfield County towns to participate in a study to see if wiping out the ticks on rodents will help rein in the illnesses in...
Tags: Environmental Politics, Easton (Fairfield, Connecticut), Greenpeace, Environmental Issues, Bethel
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