In studies released today by The Washington Post, the suicide rate among active-duty Army soldiers increased again in 2007, this time by approximately 20%. In actual personnel, that is 121 active duty soldiers who chose to take their own life in the last year alone. In 2006, the number was closer to 96 lives lost to suicide. Yet... Read more
Sometimes stigma regarding the truth of mental illness is experienced among our closest family members. Society at large may not get it, but what happens when our own families resist? What happens when there isn't safety and support within the family unit? Stigma encountered at this close range can be powerful enough to get under our skin... Read more
Both Democratic and Republican presidential candidates agree that there is a problem to be fixed in America regarding accessibility to health insurance coverage. The main strategies for each political party to achieve health insurance access differ on three major points. Interestingly, two major similarities underlie these seemingly disparate... Read more
For the past month, my physical health has been greatly influencing my mental health. I have ovarian cysts that rupture. About every two years, I experience two or three in a row that rupture and this creates an excess of progesterone in my system. Perhaps I could say a flood of progesterone in my system... Progesterone is a naturally... Read more
The results of stem cell research up to this point make it very tempting to continue: we can move forward more quickly with diagnostics and cures and even generate organs for transplantation. I use the word "tempting" as the idea of faster discovery of cures and organ transplants to save lives and improve the health and welfare of... Read more
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