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Fatimah Ali: Personal health-care reform (Philadelphia Daily News) Mon Nov 23 21:48:00 PST 2009 IATTENDED an event at the Inquirer and Daily News last week where several hundred black women from all walks of life were divided into small groups for discussions about what makes us happy, and what we'd like to see more coverage of in both newspapers. Read full article »
Valley Creek kids stuff Children’s toy chest (McKinney Courier-Gazette) Mon Nov 23 23:02:13 PST 2009 On the stage in Valley Creek Elementary’s cafeteria are a set of boxes filled to the brim with toys. Each was donated by a student as part of the school’s “Power of Play” drive. The toys, all new and unopened, will be given to patients at Children’s Medical Center at Legacy and Children’s of Dallas. Read full article »
Longtime Bridgeport NAACP member takes over its helm (Connecticut Post) Sun Nov 22 12:32:30 PST 2009 About 10 days ago, Carolyn Vermont, the first vice president of the Greater Bridgeport chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, got a phone call from the civil Read full article »
Mental illness need not be a life sentence (Taipei Times) Sat Nov 21 08:23:34 PST 2009 Daniel Fisher was a young, idealistic man in his mid-20s, enjoying life in a hippy commune, when he was hospitalized for four months in 1970 and diagnosed with schizophrenia. Read full article »
Newton Medical Center lauded for work on health challenges (The Newton Kansan) Thu Nov 19 11:28:49 PST 2009 Newton Medical Center has been named one of two recipients of the 2009 Thomas R. Sipe Challenge. />The announcement was made by the Kansas Hospital Education and Research Foundation. Read full article »
Aspen Dermatology Builds Client Communication with Training by Web Campus World Wide (PRWeb) Tue Nov 17 11:09:17 PST 2009 Globally Recognized Dermatologist Group Builds Powerful Client Communications through training provided by the eMedia eMPowerment Series from Web Campus World Wide (PRWeb Nov 18, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/11/prweb3221074.htm Read full article »
Aspen Dermatology Builds Client Communication with Training by Web Campus World Wide (PRWeb via Yahoo! News) Tue Nov 17 10:01:00 PST 2009 Globally Recognized Dermatologist Group Builds Powerful Client Communications through training provided by the eMedia eMPowerment Series from Web Campus World Wide Read full article »
Quebec MDs hail U.S. mammogram guidelines (Montreal Gazette) Wed Nov 18 11:39:49 PST 2009 They may be causing an uproar in the United States, but here in Quebec recommendations to give routine mammograms only to women over 50, and only then every two years, met with approval by both cancer institutes and doctors, who have been following those recommendations for years. Read full article »
Out of the cuckoo's nest (Guardian Unlimited) Wed Nov 18 04:11:43 PST 2009 A radical US advocate for psychiatric patients' rights brings to the UK his first-hand message that a diagnosis of mental illness is not a life sentence Daniel Fisher was a young, idealistic man in his mid-20s, enjoying life in a hippy commune, when he was hospitalised for four months in 1970 and... Read full article »