Saturday, August 12, 2006

Mental health - Jose Costellano Gets A Break From The Heat


Jose Costellano Gets A Break From The Heat
WPVI - When action news first introduced you to 64-year-old Luz and her 34 year old son, Jose, earlier this week his tremors from Parkinsons Disease combined with the heat posed a real health threat. Then, a volunteer organization donated a fan. Yesterday

Muhammad Ali’s daughter to visit Wellington
Scoop - Rasheda will be in New Zealand working with Parkinsons New Zealand to help promote Parkinson’s Awareness Week which runs and her newly published book I’ll hold your hand so you won’t fall – a child’s guide to Parkinson’s Disease.

Friday, August 11, 2006

Mental health - FedStats: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


FedStats: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
provides easy access to statistics and information produced by more ... Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration provides statistics on: ...

WHO | Mental health
... Mental health home. Evidence and research. Policy and services. Advocacy ... 1st International Forum on community mental health services - Communiqu de presse ...

Thursday, August 10, 2006

Mental health - ScienceDaily -- Browse Topics: Health - Parkinson's Disease ...


ScienceDaily -- Browse Topics: Health - Parkinson's Disease ...
Information on Parkinson�s disease. Learn about Parkinson's disease treatments, symptoms, new research and medication.

Home - Parkinson Disease - Welcome to The National Parkinson ...
The NPF have created an extensive web-site which includes information about Parkinson's disease, articles from their newsletters, on-lines tests for tremor ...

FAQs
Parkinson's is the most common form of parkinsonism and is often referred to as "idiopathic Parkinson's disease" (this means of unknown cause). ...

Wednesday, August 09, 2006

Mental health - CommInsure rolls out sweeping upgrades – free of charge


CommInsure rolls out sweeping upgrades – free of charge
Financial Standard - For severe degenerative illnesses, such as muscular dystrophy, Parkinsons and motor neuron disease, CommInsure will pay out the full lump sum immediately upon an unequivocal diagnosis, as opposed to waiting for diagnonsis of a 25 per cent total body

Bush stem-cell veto was right thing to do
Pantagraph - Fox be an advocate regarding Parkinson's disease had he not been inflicted? Would Nancy Reagan be outspoken on Alzheimer's I have heard studies say the using embryos anywat will not yield the results people want for alzheimers, parkinsons etc

Tuesday, August 08, 2006

Mental health - Government Failures, Human Rights Abuses


Government Failures, Human Rights Abuses
SW Radio Africa - No Bright Future Government Failures, Human Rights Abuses and Squandered Progress in the Fight against AIDS in Zimbabwe Glossary of Acronyms 1 I. Summary . 3 II. Recommendations 6 To the government of Zimbabwe . 6 On access to health care and

Group Teaches Immigrants About AIDS, Hoping to Head Off a Crisis
New York Times - Now, according to statistics issued by the Mexican Health Secretary, the states of Guerrero and Puebla have some of the highest rates of times more likely to die of AIDS than white women, according to the New York City Department of Health and Mental

Monday, August 07, 2006

Mental health - Mental health panel weighs independent investigative team (Jefferson City News Tribune)


Mental health panel weighs independent investigative team (Jefferson City News Tribune)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A task force charged with overhauling Missouri's mental health system may recommend the creation of an independent unit to investigate abuse allegations, Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder said Friday.

Mental health lifeline may close (BBC News)
A Nottingham helpline which gets 14,000 calls a year from people with mental health problems faces closure.

Bigsbee Honeywill, an Ordinary Bumblebee with an Extraordinary Dream to Fly, Brings His BootCamp to
... who committed suicide at age 36 due to mental health disorders. www.lifepilot.org For more information ...

Sunday, August 06, 2006

Mental health - Public discovers we all pay for the drinks 


Public discovers we all pay for the drinks 
HA NOI Alcohol abuse is costing Viet Nam dearly. The unfettered consumption of beer, wine and spirits is adversely affecting productivity, causing traffic accidents and premature death in addition to costing billions of dong , reports the Health Policy and Strategy Institute.

Activists Call for Real Remedies to Prisoner Rape 
Lying on his bed, Keith DeBlasio felt his assailant climbing on top of him again, about to continue the nightmare that had dragged on for weeks. This time, he finally mustered his strength and...

Irrational Decisions Driven By Emotions 
Irrational behavior arises as a consequence of emotional reactions evoked when faced with difficult decisions, according to new research at UCL (University College London), funded by the Wellcome Trust. The UCL study suggests that rational behaviour may stem from an ability to override automatic emotional responses, rather than an absence of emotion per se.