PRINTABLE PAGE Kathy Bush to Begin Prison Term Mother’s lawyer makes late push By Sara OlkonOriginally published in The Miami Herald, June 7, 2002 With Kathy Bush set to go to prison today for intentionally making her daughter Jennifer sick,…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Psychotropic Drugs Overprescribed in West, According to UN Official Originally published by Reuters Health, June 24, 2002 LONDON (Reuters Health) — Doctors in developed countries are overprescribing potentially addictive drugs, such as antidepressants and sedatives, a United Nations…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Welfare Ban for Drug Felons Harms Children, Study Says Poverty: A federal law that bars aid in such cases affects 37,825 women in California, 40% of national total. By Greg Krikorian, Times Staff WriterOriginally published in the Los…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Bright Light Treats Depression During Pregnancy Without Drugs By Laurie Barclay, M.D.Originally published by MedscapeWire, April 25, 2002 NEW YORK (MedscapeWire) — Because antidepressant use during pregnancy is controversial, there have been few treatment options for the 5%…
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PRINTABLE PAGE House of Death By John Reinan, HealthScoutNews ReporterOriginally published by HealthScoutNews, July 8, 2001 SATURDAY, July 7 (HealthScoutNews) — In hindsight, the sock was a clue. Laurie Bowden knows that now. But 11 years ago, when she found…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Female Stalkers Pursue Doctors, Psychiatrists By Charnicia E. HugginsOriginally published by Reuters Health, December 3, 2001 NEW YORK — Although most reports of stalking involve a male stalker and a female victim, stalking by females—experienced by both the…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Binge Drinking Causes Almost Immediate Neuron Death Originally published by Reuters Health, April 17, 2002 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — A few days of binge drinking can lead to brain cell destruction, according to a report published in…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Mailed Prozac Samples Cause Stir Originally published by The Associated Press, July 4, 2002 WASHINGTON (AP) — Someone sent free boxes of once-a-week Prozac to south Florida depression patients—people who don’t take regular Prozac and hadn’t even discussed…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Hazelden Closing Speaks to Dilemma in Youth Treatment Originally published in Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly 14(24):1, 5-6, 2002 Introduction This month’s announcement that the nationally renowned Hazelden Foundation will discontinue its adolescent outpatient recovery services in and…
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PRINTABLE PAGE County Settles Suit In Hanging Juvenile hall suicide try left S.J. teen in near coma By Roxanne StitesOriginally published in the Mercury News, April 12, 2002 Shane VanZerr lies on a hospital bed in the living room of…