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Former attorney gets two years

Philadelphia Enquirer - Former attorney John Swearingen Jr. was sentenced to two years in prison and eight years probation for distributing cocaine to a woman twice in two days in December 2004. Swearingen, 63, of Columbus appeared before Fulton County Superior Court Senior ...

Lynne Perrie (Independent)

Jean Dudley (Lynne Perrie), actress and singer: born Rotherham, Yorkshire 7 April 1931; married 1950 Derrick Barksby (one son); died Rotherham, South Yorkshire 24 March 2006.

Living Well: Why we shouldn't turn out backs on depression

Seattle Post Intelligencer - For 16 years as a practicing psychotherapist, Dr. Gregory Simon has observed a common pattern among people who are sliding into the highly individual downward spiral toward depression. "Depression is self-reinforcement to the negative," said Simon, a ...

Jessica's story: A life nearly taken, a family forever changed

Anderson Independent-Mail - I bring this story to you today because it's something every parent should read. It's long and it's graphic and it is, I believe, a reflection of the complicated, unpredictable society our children live in today. I am grateful to 15-year-old Jessica ...

Renovo in second bite at biotech flotation (Times Online)

THE world’s leading expert on tissue-scarring will begin a round of meetings with City institutions today ahead of plans to float Renovo, his drug company, on the stock market.

Meeting to address future of Fulda Lake

Worthington Daily Globe - FULDA — In the 1880s, it was described as sparkling and spring-fed. In the 1930s, local citizens swam, fished and canoed in it. Today, the water clarity is almost zero, and only undesirable fish survive. How did Fulda Lake go from one extreme to ...

Treating Moms' Depression May Help Kids

WINK TV - CHICAGO Researchers say they've shown for the first time that treating a mother's depression can help prevent depression and anxiety disorders in her child, a provocative finding with potentially big public health implications. The study was small ...

Study: Changing Medicines May Aid Depressed

WINK TV - Many depressed patients who didn't get better on one medicine were able to overcome their crushing dark spells with another, according to the largest study ever of treatments for America's top mental health problem. Up to one-third of those who added ...

Baby Boomers Emerge As Meth Addicts

WINK TV - BLOOMFIELD, Ind. Mike Walls never envisioned his golden years as a fight with drug addiction when a friend gave him a plastic bag of crystal-like powder and a promise of youth nearly two decades ago. A cross-country truck driver, Walls was almost 40 ...

Preventing child abuse solves many problems for kids, society

Newark Advocate - Why does it seem so obvious to me that we should not abuse and neglect children, yet so much of it happens? April is Child Abuse Prevention Month, but in my mind, every day of every year should be focused on child abuse prevention. Here are reasons ...

War without end

San Francisco Gate - Washington, D.C. — Army Sgt. Michael Buyas stared at the new guy in the physical therapy room at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He looked bad, even for this place, where everyone was hacked up and missing legs, arms, hands, feet. Michael was used ...

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Yakima Herald Republic - Having suffered from a chronic pain disease called Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy for eight years now, Carol Rains, 42, is speaking out about RSD to raise awareness in the valley. Carol Rains clutched her husband's hand tightly as she waited nervously ...

'I was addicted to cutting myself' (BBC News)

As a report on self-harm calls for more understanding, the BBC talks to a 26-year-old who self-harmed for 11 years.

A mother's journey through love and loss

Spartanburg Herald-Journal - Bombing in Southeast Iraq Kills Student Nigeria OKs Handover of Liberian Warlord Immigration March Draws 500,000 in L.A. Karen Salyer McElmurray was 16 years old when she gave birth to her son. She was 45 years old when she saw his face for the first ...

Solving the mystery of fibromyalgia

Southern Illinoisan - You go to the doctor complaining of throbbing, burning muscle pain throughout your body, overwhelming fatigue, and anxiety that makes it extremely difficult to do even the everyday things like housecleaning, playing with the kids and exercising ...

Mix of Services

Riverside Press Enterprise - CORONA - Alternatives to Domestic Violence, a nonprofit service organization for families affected by domestic violence, is working to branch out and stay alive by following a national trend. Rodrigo Peña / The Press-Enterprise Amber Graham, 17, and ...

Black women must be strong to ask for help

Lexington Herald-Leader - Whenever I get "down in the dumps" or I'm "sick and tired of being sick and tired," my drug of choice to smooth over those rough spots is sugar. My body craves it, and I give it all it wants. Makes me feel better. I think. After talking with Kumea ...

Perceived Company Injustices Can Lead A Supervisor Into Depression And That Can Translate Into Workplace Abuse (Medical News Tod

A new study published in the current issue of Personnel Psychology finds that supervisors engage in more abusive behavior when they perceive that the organization they work for is using unfair decision-making to allocate valued resources. If a company doesn't seem neutral or respectful when distributing benefits and other attractive incentives, the boss may become rude, assign blame, or publicly

Perceived Company Injustices Can Lead A Supervisor Into Depression And ...

Medical News Today - A new study published in the current issue of Personnel Psychology finds that supervisors engage in more abusive behavior when they perceive that the organization they work for is using unfair decision-making to allocate valued resources. If a ...

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Charleston Gazette - I was dumbfounded, angered and deeply disappointed when I read that our own Sen. Rockefeller voted for confirmation of the Patriot Act! This misnamed pack of assaults against the rights and freedoms of the American people is a grave injustice and ...

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