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Interesting Information : Compulsive Hoarding

Interesting Information : Compulsive Hoarding

Even though Elizabeth Nelson was raised in an upper-middle class suburb, she felt a deep sense of shame about her living conditions growing up. The spacious basement where she rode her Big Wheel at age 3 was filled to the brim by the time she was 8. As years went by, the homeâ’s empty spaces disappeared, replaced with clutter. She was so used to piles, it took Nelson years to realize her momâ’s compulsion to collect and save was a psychiatric condition. She recounts a visit to her parentsâ’ home as an adult. â’My dad was using portable urinals...

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President Obama’s First Address

Following are excerpts of President Obama’s address to the joint session of Congress: “While our economy may be weakened and our confidence shaken; though we are living through difficult and uncertain times, tonight I want every American to know this: We will rebuild, we will recover, and the United States of America will emerge stronger than before. “The weight of this crisis will not determine the destiny of this nation. The answers to our problems don’t lie beyond our reach. They exist in our laboratories and universities; in our fields and our factories; in the imaginations of our entrepreneurs...

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The Stimulus Plan :: Basic Overview

Here is a basic overview of the stimulus plan. You will notice some are not going to affect or stimulate the economy at all, just a bunch of pork. First-time homebuyers purchasing a home before Dec. 1 will receive a US$8,000 tax credit. While this would in theory support the housing industry now, the tax benefit will not be realized until 2010, making it likely that potential homebuyers will wait until the last minute before making a purchasing decision. The US$1,000 child tax credit will be extended to more taxpayers who typically do not earn enough to pay taxes,...

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10 Steps to Stay Healthy in Hard Economic Times

10 Steps to Stay Healthy in Hard Economic Times

“An apple a day keeps the doctor away.”  was first found as a Welsh folk proverb (1866) ‘Eat an apple on going to bed,/ And you’ll keep the doctor from earning his bread.’ First attested in the United States in 1913 After many months of wondering, we finally have confirmation that weâ’re in a recession. Unfortunately, that means spending less on necessities and eliminating what we now consider to be luxuries. But during these tough economic times, the Institute for Good Medicine and the physician members of the Pennsylvania Medical Society urge you to protect your greatest asset â’“...

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President Bush Kills Hippocratic Oath

President Bush Kills Hippocratic Oath

Here is the new Bush Hippocratic Oath I swear to fulfill, to the best of my ability and judgment, this covenant:  I will respect the hard-won scientific gains of those physicians in whose steps I walk, and gladly share such knowledge as is mine with those who are to follow. I will apply, for the benefit of the sick, all measures are required, avoiding those twin traps of overtreatment and therapeutic nihilism. I will remember that there is art to medicine as well as science, and that warmth, sympathy, and understanding may outweigh the surgeon’s knife or the...

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