WASHINGTON — The Affordable Care Act requires insurers to cover mental health care just as they do physical care, but a new study shows only half of psychiatrists accept insurance. That means access to care for the millions of people with depressio ...
Posted Wednesday, January 1st 2014 at 6:35PM
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In Denmark, what do New Year's Eve celebrants throw at the homes of their friends?
A. Dishes
B. Meat
C. Eggs
D. Shoes
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The ball lowered at Times Square is 12 feet in diameter, weighs 11,875 pounds, and is composed of 2, ...
Posted Wednesday, January 1st 2014 at 6:27PM
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MYTH: Hangovers Are No Big Deal
FACT: Heavy drinking rocks the central nervous system. It tinkers with brain chemicals -- leading to headache, dizziness, and nausea -- and sends you running to the bathroom so often you become dehydrated. The morning ...
Posted Wednesday, January 1st 2014 at 6:17PM
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The family of Terri Schiavo, who made international headlines when he husband starved and dehydrated her to death over the course of two weeks, has been quietly helping the family of Jahi McMath find a new hospital or medical facility that will provi ...
Posted Tuesday, December 31st 2013 at 9:10PM
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As 2013 comes to a close and the New Year 2014 fast approaches, I pray that we all will have a safe and joyous time ringing in the New Year in whatever way you're accustomed with whomever you choose to ring it with. Remember to call a designated dri ...
Posted Tuesday, December 31st 2013 at 4:13PM
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When trying to change, it’s a mistake to rely on willpower alone. This is partly because willpower or self-control becomes depleted with repetitive use. In other words, self-control is like a muscle: If it’s overused, it gets fatigued. If you don ...
Posted Tuesday, December 31st 2013 at 4:05PM
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To ring in the New Year in Spain, what is traditionally eaten at the stroke of midnight?
A. Grapes
B. Almonds
C. Olives
D. Chocolate
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Auld Lang Syne is sung at midnight to toast in the New Year. The song was written b ...
Posted Tuesday, December 31st 2013 at 2:20PM
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Family Gatherings...
A serving of drama with your holiday turkey? If your family fights, or going home triggers bad memories, you can cope.
Don't expect the worst. Focus on catching up with a cousin or enjoying your favorite dish.
Make a plan. Hav ...
Posted Monday, December 30th 2013 at 10:56PM
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1. Some people left their car in the long-term parking at San Jose while away, and someone broke into the car. Using the information on the car's registration in the glove compartment, they drove the car to the people's home in Pebble Beach and robb ...
Posted Monday, December 30th 2013 at 10:47PM
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Pregnant Woman Kept On Life Support Against Her Family’s Wishes
Marlise Munoz lays in a hospital on a ventilator, unlikely to ever regain consciousness, after a likely pulmonary embolism. Her husband, Erick, says she...
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Posted Monday, December 30th 2013 at 10:36PM
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Stress affects your whole body. Your breathing and heart rate quicken, your blood pressure rises, and other body systems kick into high gear. This is your body’s natural reaction to danger—the “fight or flight” response. A little stress every ...
Posted Monday, December 30th 2013 at 9:59PM
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(CNN) -- They thought the tonsil surgery would help her. She feared she'd never wake up. Now, a 13-year-old girl once known for smiling, giggling and dropping off her sister every day at kindergarten lies motionless in a California hospital bed, hoo ...
Posted Monday, December 30th 2013 at 9:52PM
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A judge has extended a temporary restraining order in the case of 13-year-old Jahi McMath. The move means her hospital is now not permitted to disconnect her from life support until January 7.
McMath was declared brain dead earlier this month afte ...
Posted Monday, December 30th 2013 at 9:28PM
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On December 1, 2013 Kari Rene Hunt was brutally murdered in front of her children ages 9, 4 and 3. She was killed by her estranged husband whom she was intending to divorce. She agreed to meet him at a local motel to leave the children with him for a ...
Posted Sunday, December 29th 2013 at 9:49PM
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Did you know that the guidelines for giving CPR have changed significantly in the past few years? Or that you can now get CPR training from a video? Since 2008, the Heart and Stroke Foundation has been promoting hands-only CPR, which means you focus ...
Posted Sunday, December 29th 2013 at 8:26PM
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FAIRFIELD, N.C. — A Fairfield Freshman School teacher was suspended without pay by the Fairfield City Schools Board of Education Monday for allegedly making racially insensitive remarks. The board Monday evening suspended Gil Voigt, who has been a teacher at the Freshman School for 13 years, said B ...
Posted Friday, December 27th 2013 at 8:00PM
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If you are among those 6 million Americans whose health insurance policies were cancelled by the government, there is good news. The Obama administration just announced that they will allow hardship exemptions for those affected by cancelled policies ...
Posted Friday, December 27th 2013 at 4:09PM
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(December 25, 2013) All that tens of thousands of people really wanted for Christmas was to have their electricity back after fierce ice storms brought down power lines in a wide swath from Michigan through parts of upstate New York to frigid New Eng ...
Posted Thursday, December 26th 2013 at 6:35PM
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(December 25, 2013 RALEIGH, N.C. — As darkness fell on a Friday evening over downtown Raleigh, N.C., Michael Lyons, a paramedic supervisor for Wake County Emergency Medical Services, slowly approached the tall, lanky man who was swaying back and fo ...
Posted Thursday, December 26th 2013 at 6:20PM
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For anyone in the helping professions, compassion fatigue is a common occurrence and a clear signal to take better care of your own needs. Compassion fatigue is when you find yourself challenged to care about your patients in the way you know is prop ...
Posted Wednesday, December 25th 2013 at 2:09PM
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(Wednesday, December 25, 2013). On this day the Church focuses especially on the newborn Child, God become human, who embodies for us all the hope and peace we seek. We need no other special saint today to lead us to Christ in the manger, although hi ...
Posted Wednesday, December 25th 2013 at 1:48PM
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Question: Which department store created "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"?
A. Sears
B. Bloomingdales
C. Macy's
D. Montgomery Ward
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According to the Guinness world records, the tallest Christmas tree e ...
Posted Wednesday, December 25th 2013 at 1:40PM
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Pope Francis lauded Jesus' humble beginning as a poor and vulnerable baby as he celebrated his first Christmas Eve Mass as pontiff Tuesday in St. Peter's Basilica.
"You are immense, and you made yourself small; you are rich, and you made yourself ...
Posted Wednesday, December 25th 2013 at 1:29PM
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Question: Which U.S. president formally declared Christmas a national legal holiday?
A. George Washington
B. Thomas Jefferson
C. John Adams
D. Ulysses S. Grant
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President Teddy Roosevelt, an environme ...
Posted Tuesday, December 24th 2013 at 11:31AM
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What is the best selling Christmas song of all time?
A. Jingle Bells
B. White Christmas
C. Silent Night
D. Santa Claus is Coming to Town
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The first coin-operated parking meter was installed in 193 ...
Posted Monday, December 23rd 2013 at 2:05PM
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