Pilot Club of Dothan provides funds to bring Project Lifesaver to Geneva County
Anxiety. Panic. Helplessness. Fear. These are just some of the emotions family members may experience if a loved one with dementia, autism or some other mental disorder has wandered from home.
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Short of Breath? Tips for COPD Breathlessness
Anxiety and panic are normal reactions to feeling you cant get your breath. Its also hard to watch someone you care for struggle to breathe. WebMD offers tips that COPD patients and caregivers can use during episodes of breathlessness.
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Lack of funding threatens the future of HIV drug therapy in the developing world
Ten years ago, many experts thought you couldn't bring antiretroviral therapy to people with AIDS in poor countries. The drugs cost too much, there weren't enough doctors, the patients wouldn't take the medicines correctly, and the risk of creating a resistant virus was too high. HIV - AIDS - Health - Conditions and Diseases - Immune Disorders
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Mental health diagnoses mask the real problems | Dorothy Rowe
A textbook of mental health disorders makes it far too easy for doctors to label patients and disregard the roots of suffering The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, whose updated fifth edition will include a range of new diagnoses, is a mythology, not a scientific text. It is created by American psychiatrists who meet in groups to consider whether or not a certain diagnosis should be included ...
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Top Of The List For Dropping Out Of High School - ADHD, Conduct Disorder And Smoking
Teens with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) - the most common childhood psychiatric condition in the United States - are less likely to finish high school on time than students with other mental-health disorders that often are considered more serious, a large national study by researchers at the UC Davis School of Medicine has found. The study found that nearly one third of ...
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