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Are You Truly There For Your Depressed Loved One? Watch...
This Powerful Video On Depression By Deepika's Foundation Will Leave You Asking: "Am I doing Everything I Can For My Depressed Loved One?" Watching a loved one suffer from depression is heartwrenching, and perhaps, harder than...
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John Oliver Takes On The Opioid Industry - How...
Last Week Tonight Takes on The Pharmaceutical Industry and Opiate Abuse "It won't be cheap, it won't be quick, and it won't be easy. And it is hard not to be angry at the drug companies like Purdue whose promises of...
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Can You See "Miracles" In Addiction?
It's a valid question... can miracles be found in addiction? Addiction is painful for everyone involved (what an understatement!). However, it is possible to find "miracles" in addiction, at least this is what I believe. Real...
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Did You Know That ADHD Has No Choice? You Will Now...
A real definition of ADHD is hard to present unless of course you live with ADHD. Those with ADHD, especially adults, know that they are different from almost everyone else. I certainly did. Basically, at an early age, I knew that I was...
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Late-term Birth Associated with Better Long-term...
The JAMA Network Journals report suggests that late-term infants may have better health and cognitive outcomes in childhood and into adulthood. But the physical outcomes are worse for full-term infants (increase in the rate of abnormal...
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Helping Young Girls Fight For The Right To Be Ordinary
It's a commonly held belief that we should strive for excellence in every endeavor that we undertake. Nowhere is this more glaringly obvious than in the expectations we place on today's young women and girls. It's understandably...
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Should Teenagers Be Allowed to Choose to Die?
In a move that most of the world would find shocking, the government of Belgium has passed a law that will make it possible for children who are terminally ill and in great pain to elect to be euthanized. Though the movement to legalize...
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Drawing the Line Between Friend and Parent With Teenage...
Troubled girls who are raised in strict "helicopter" households quite often do not learn to practice making important decisions for themselves. This leaves them open to future mistreatment, abuse and manipulation by people who...
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10 Thoughts on Getting the Most Out of Life
Everyone struggles in even just the day-to-day trials of life. It's easy to see why. But so many times, we overlook the simplistic ideas that could make our lives a little bit easier: 1. Take the Hand You've Been Dealt Sometimes it...
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