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Obsessive-compulsive Disorder Defined

A mental disorder in which a person is obsessed with certain thoughts, leading them to repeatedly perform specific acts; for example, constantly washing the hands out of fear of germs and dirt

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Series targets family of the mentally ill

Published August 29, 2008, 2:32 am, Fond du Lac Reporter

The Fond du Lac Chapter of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill will sponsor the NAMI Family-to-Family Education Program for families of persons diagnosed with a serious mental illness.

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How anorexia becomes a family disorder

Published August 29, 2008, 2:08 am, The Monterey County Herald

ST. LOUIS — Twenty years ago, when Dr. Cheryl Bergin was a teenager and in the throes of anorexia nervosa, she weighed 54 pounds. Tiny as she was, Bergin made big demands. Whatever food she ate, her mother, Carol, had to eat twice as much.

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Health Digest: Menopause moments

Published August 28, 2008, 9:09 pm, The Longview News-Journal

The August session of Red Hot Mamas, sponsored by Longview Regional Medical Center, will feature a presentation by Dr. Lynn Brazell of Diagnostic Clinic of Longview talking on "Sex and Menopause: What's Age Got to Do With It?"

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More Youths Expressing Grief Through Body Art

Published August 28, 2008, 8:26 am, The Tampa Tribune

Nick Barnett was devastated when he heard about the traffic deaths of two close friends this month. He left work to spend a few hours with their families. Then he went to the tattoo parlor. Barnett, an 18-year-old Bloomingdale High graduate, became part of a growing number of young people who are memorializing lost friends and family in permanent body ink. Teens and young adults mostly are the ...

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Consider a Career as a Guardian of Public Safety: Veterinary Pathology

Published August 28, 2008, 4:28 am, Palatka Daily News

(ARA) - With about three-quarters of the nation's population taking at least one prescribed medication, it's no secret that our bodies need help to be healthy. Heart disease, insomnia, depression and other diseases have reached epidemic levels.

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The doctor is in, but very busy

Published August 28, 2008, 12:43 am, Napa Valley Register

In December of 2007, the Napa County Department of Health and Human Services was in crisis.

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Transfer worsened teacher's health issues, suit claims

Published August 27, 2008, 9:31 pm, The Patriot-News

English teacher Jeanne Walter claims her problems with diabetes and obsessive compulsive disorder worsened after Cumberland Valley School District officials transferred her from the high school to the middle school in 2005.

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08/27/08 Around the Valley

Published August 26, 2008, 11:27 pm, Yakima Herald-Republic

SNOQUALMIE PASS -- Traffic will be slowed today and Thursday on Interstate 90 while crews remove trees along Lake Keechelus.

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Paedophilia: UK scientists recommend chemical castration

Published August 26, 2008, 10:30 pm, New Kerala

By Venkata Vemuri, London, Aug 27 : Using drugs to simulate effects of castration is the British government's latest initiative to check paedophilia.

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Chemical castration for child abusers

Published August 26, 2008, 12:46 am, The Journal

A ‘CURE’ for paedophiles is being offered by North East doctors using drugs to chemically castrate sex offenders, The Journal can reveal.

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  • NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness: The National Alliance on Mental Illness is a nonprofit, grassroots, self-help, support and advocacy organization of consumers, families, and friends of people with severe mental illnesses, such as other mental illnesses that affect the brain.

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