Mental Health Statistics from NIMI: Mental disorders are common in the United States and internationally. An estimated 26.2 percent of Americans ages 18 and older — about one in four adults — suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year...
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After Cancer, Hope for Devastating Side Effect: (NY Times- 05/07/2008 By: Tara Parker-Pope) Cancer patients and their doctors often focus on beating the disease first. But new research shows they also benefit by early monitoring for lymphedema, a devastating side effect of cancer treatment that can show up years later...
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The Language of Autism:(NY Times- 02/28/2008 By: Tara Parker-Pope) Are people with autism trapped in their own world? Or are the rest of us just trapped in ours? After seeing 27-year-old Amanda Baggs, featured in this month’s Wired magazine, you may rethink your views of the so-called “normal” world...
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Supreme Court upholds photo ID voting law:(Washington Post- 04/28/2008 By: James Vicini) The Supreme Court on Monday upheld a tough state law requiring voters to show photo identification, a decision critics say could keep some blacks, poor people and other traditional Democratic supporters from voting in the November election...
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