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What's Going Around: Seasonal affective disorder
lmatter@kspr.com, tnguyen@kspr.comSPRINGFIELD, Mo. - The lack of exposure to sunlight in the winter months can not only affect our moods, but can also lead to a disorder. It's called Seasonal Affective Disorder, better known as SAD. And doctors say it can be serious. "Because of the...Tags: Psychologists, Depression, Behavioral Conditions, Light Therapy, Seasonal Affective Disorder
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Nurse from Springfield says she was fired for refusal to wear mask
Reporter and PhotographerSPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A nurse says her firing from Cox Hospital was unjustified. Carla Brock refused to get a flu vaccine and then to wear a surgical mask at work. This is the first year that CoxHealth has made flu vaccinations mandatory for all...Tags: Chemical Industry, Vaccines, Pharmaceuticals, Diseases and Illnesses, Flu Vaccine
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Police Chief and Sheriff Support 'Wet Shelter' For Intoxicated Individuals, People with a Mental Illness who are Otherwise Booked in Jail for Petty Crimes
Reporter, PhotographerTop law enforcement officials say a type of shelter known as a "wet shelter” is needed to create space in the overcrowded Greene County Jail for serious, violent offenders. They want to open a secure facility to hold people who are homeless,...Tags: Substance Abuse, Psychologists, Health and Medical Professionals, Abusive Behavior, Health
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Branson Leaders Hear Pros and Cons of Ordinance Requiring Prescription for Pseudoephedrine, Ephedrine
Reporter, PhotographerBranson leaders will decide if they'll follow in the footsteps of Hollister officials by requiring a prescription for medications that contain meth making ingredients. The Branson mayor and board of alderman heard the pros and cons from those who support...Tags: Chemical Industry, Pharmaceuticals, St. Louis, Mike Morton, Methamphetamine (drug)
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Boyfriend In ECSU Student's Death Held On $1 Million Bond; Tensions Between Families Erupt In Court
The Hartford CourantState police had zeroed in on Jermaine Richards as "a person of interest'' early on in the disappearance of Eastern Connecticut State University student Alyssiah Wiley, but the circumstances leading up to Wiley's violent death and kidnapping and murder...Tags: Justice System, Nursing, Prosecution, Eastern Connecticut State University, Ansonia
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Health sites too complex, full of cliches: study
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The importance of health literacy hit home for Lisa Gualtieri when a Cambodian refugee diagnosed with cancer asked her to act as a patient advocate. She played the role of a "salty tongue," a Cambodian expression that paints...Tags: Obstetrics, Internists, Medical Specialization, American Medical Association, Internal Medicine
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Clowns who care: Volunteers don makeup and red noses to bring cheer and support to patients
The Press of Atlantic City, Pleasantville, N.J.They wear white coats and scrubs, just like other staff members at Cape Regional Medical Center in Cape May Court House. But the big red noses and oversized shoes instantly send the message that these "doctors" are not here to talk medicine. Since the...Tags: Nursing, Atlantic City (Atlantic, New Jersey), Hospitals and Clinics, Medical Specialization
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DSM-5 is here: Are psychiatrists ready to stop arguing about it?
Finally. After many contentious years, the American Psychiatric Assn. has unleashed DSM-5, the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. If you know one thing about the DSM, it’s probably that this book is...
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OPINION: Nevada Medical Board, just whom do you serve?
Las Vegas SunEarlier this year, I wrote about Dr. Sean Steele, an internist who was accused of a brutal sexual assault after a night of drinking in Las Vegas. Steele pleaded no contest to misdemeanor battery. Steele was licensed in both California and Nevada....Tags: Justice System, Trials, General Practitioners, U.S. Supreme Court, Sexual Assault
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El Paso cancer patient is glad Angelina Jolie raised awareness of double mastectomy
El Paso Times, TexasEl Pasoan Alice Chavez knows what it's like to be Angelina Jolie. At least when it comes to her health. Like, Jolie, Chavez has undergone a double mastectomy. She had cancer in her left breast, and a risk of cancer in the still-healthy one. "In...Tags: Health Treatments, The New York Times, Chemotherapy, Ovarian Cancer, Biotechnology
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