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String of Deaths at Celebrity Rehab Linked to Dr. Drew
KTLA NewsPASADENA -- A pricey private hospital linked to "Celebrity Rehab" specialist Doctor Drew Pinsky is under investigation after a string of deaths, a suicide and a rape. Aurora Las Encinas Hospital is an upscale Pasadena psychiatric hospital where Pinsky is...Tags: Celebrity Mothers, Celebrity, Sexual Assault, Mental Illness, Health and Safety at Work
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Police searching for missing 88-year-old
SunSentinel.comPolice need help finding an 88-year-old man last seen Sunday asking for directions in a state park. Edward Corey Jr., a Miami-Dade County resident, never returned home after attending a function at the John U. Lloyd Beach State Park, authorities said. He...Tags: Mental Illness, Hollywood Police Department, Tourism and Leisure, Gardens and Parks
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Jump in US measles cases linked to vaccine fears
Measles cases in the U.S. are at the highest level in more than a decade, with nearly half of those involving children whose parents rejected vaccination, health officials reported Thursday. Worried doctors are troubled by the trend fueled by unfounded...Tags: Hollywood (Broward, Florida), Medicine, Vaccines, Family, Pharmaceuticals
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Heinz 1Q profit rises 11 percent
AP Business WriterFood maker H.J. Heinz Co. said Thursday that its fiscal first-quarter profit rose 11 percent, fueled by double-digit sales growth in North America and Europe. The earnings offset a drop-off in Heinz's U.S. restaurant business, which is slowing on weaker...Tags: Consumers, Sales, Prices, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, HJ Heinz Company
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State Workers Told to Lose Weight or Pay Up
The Associated PressThe state of Alabama is giving its 37,527 employees a year to start getting fit - or they'll pay $25 a month for insurance that otherwise is free. Alabama will be the first state to charge overweight state workers who don't work on slimming down, while a...Tags: Medicine, Mental Illness, Obesity, Health Treatments, Heart Disease
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More employees falsify drug tests
Yes, employees are getting more and more brazen in their efforts to falsify employers' drug tests. But, employers are on to them and their efforts usually fail. This according to Amitava Dasgupta, professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at the...Tags: Medicine, Marketing, Public Employees, Nashua Corporation, Employers
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Health Notes
Dr. Peter L. Beilenson, Howard County's health officer, will kick off the Association of Community Services' fall series of meetings Sept. 17 with a discussion on health issues affecting county residents and challenges for the coming year. The meeting,...Tags: Government Health Care, Mental Illness, Ellicott City, Medicare, Health Treatments
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D. Johnson 'couldn't say no'
From wire reportsDavey Johnson was done with baseball when the Los Angeles Dodgers fired him as their manager eight years ago. "To be honest, I was really burned out," Johnson said. "I can [only] take so much. I needed to recharge my batteries." After all, what did he...Tags: Los Angeles Dodgers, Multi-Sport Events, Awards and Prizes, Mental Illness, Death and Dying
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Video games can be powerful learning tools
Parents, don't put away those video games just yet - today's gamer may be tomorrow's top surgeon. Researchers who gathered in Boston for the American Psychological Association convention detailed a series of studies suggesting video games can be powerful...Tags: Game Playing, Video Games, Obesity, Fordham University
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Roosevelt cleaver attack leads to lawsuit
eden.laikin@newsday.comA man used a cleaver to attack another resident of the house where he was renting a room - a single-family Roosevelt home the Nassau Department of Social Services packed with seven tenants, according to a $2-million notice of claim the victim's attorney...Tags: Trials, Melville, Mental Illness, Society, Roosevelt
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Southern Indiana county sued over inmate's death
The family of a jail inmate who died after swallowing a toothbrush and a burrito is suing Clark County, claiming that he was either killed or allowed to commit suicide even though jail officials knew he was mentally ill. Timothy J. O'Meara, 23, was...Tags: Lawyers, Mental Illness, Prisons
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Street Violence Can Be Treated As Disease
The introduction of curfews in Hartford has understandably generated substantial public interest. Of course, the underlying issue is what can be done to curb the outbreak of violence, particularly shootings, in the inner city. Police, governmental,...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Kensington, Gang Activity, New York Times, Punishment
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