March 03, 2009
[Photo: stock.xchng.com] Recently, a friend sent me the link to an article about some absolutely wacky sounding illnesses. At first when I started to read down through the list, I thought it might be a humorous article. But then I came upon Pica. We all know that one as an uncontrollable urge to eat...
House is Right
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Lynn
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February 27, 2009
Terrorists from Pakistan attacked institutions, innocent people, in Mumbai last November; a group of about sixty armed Muslims, ready to die to make a statement, responsible for at least eighty deaths, more than 250 injured. Not that I want to dwell on suicide and death, it is not the winter upper y...
Everyone Needs Therapy
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TherapyDoc
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February 18, 2009
Anyone who’s had depression even once has to be aware of it creeping into their lives once more. Will it hit like a ton of bricks? Will it slide in from the back door? Everyone’s experiences are probably different, and particular to their patterns and diagnosis. One thing’s for sur...
World of Psychology
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Erika Krull
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February 04, 2009
I like this remark by V.S. Naipaul: "It’s the thing about the work. If you are travelling for material or to write a book, it isn’t that you are self-centered, it is that you are with the work. You are obsessed with what you are doing. And when you start writing, it is such a delica...
Your Moral Leader
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Luke Ford
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January 13, 2009
Last night, I spent some time on the phone with my husband's friend's sister (aka my former pastor's sister). We'll call her Natalie.Natalie was very sweet and kind, really encouraging and strengthening me by sharing her testimony of faith in......
depression introspection
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marissa_miller
at 2:41 PM
January 10, 2009
Several SHSers have sent me the story of the birth of the baby girl, who was selected "in" as an embryo, as her "defective" siblings were destroyed, and permitted to be implanted and born because she did not carry a gene that gives rise to breast cancer. Yuval Levin has already discussed this matter...
Secondhand Smoke: Your 24/7 Seminar on Bioethics and the Importance of Being Human
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Wesley J. Smith
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December 30, 2008
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Modesto Famous - See Hear Speak
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December 09, 2008
Have you ever had a long term partner who received a diagnosis and then completely changed? Have they become so obsessed with their condition that they seem to forget you exist at all? Is there light at the end of the tunnel? - (This is pretty long, thanks very much to anybody who takes the time to ...
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anonymous
at 10:57 AM
December 03, 2008
There’s a new study by Molly Helt et al. out about recovery from autism in the December Neuropsychology Review. Kev at Left Brain/Right Brain has an overview; here’s the abstract: Although Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) are generally assumed to be lifelong, we review evidence that betwe...
Autism Vox
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Kristina Chew, PhD
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November 30, 2008
My mom sent me an email this evening and said that she looked up her CT scan results on her online patient account. She said it was all highly medical terms, but from what she read, she was pretty sure it said that the cancer had metastasized to her liver and abdominal wall. Then she said she'd wait...
Ha'azina Tefilati
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Rivka
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