While I applaud the intent of the National Alliance on Mental Illness’s effort to “grade” the 50 states in the U.S. on their mental health care, the problem with such reports is that they are out-of-date and virtually useless from the moment they are published. The problem with the...

Filed under: Health & safety, Medical conditions My six-year-old had a high fever on Thursday, no other symptoms ... the kind of bug I hate. When it's a cold or a stomach flu, at least I know what we're getting into. Fever with no symptoms is a troubling mystery. Two days after her fever broke, ...

“The event of prayer, certain acts called prayer, the very word ‘prayer’ have gathered such ridiculous associations. That is not only the case with the obscene performances, which pass as public prayer, at inaugurations, in locker rooms, before Rotary luncheons, and in many churchly sanctuarie...

One of the things that cancer has done for me so far is give me a new understanding of weakness.  Over the last few years there has been a "grace revival" in the church through influences such as Tim Keller, Sonship, Scotty Smith, Jerry Bridges, Steve Brown and others. And one of the things that al...

Director : Frank Capra Release Date : 1 September 1937 (USA) Genre : Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery Cast : (Credited cast) , Ronald Colman as Robert ‘Bob’ Conway, Jane Wyatt as Sondra Bizet, Edward Everett Horton as Alexander P. ‘Lovey’ Lovett, John Howard as George Conwa...

I am grumpy. My PHN is flared up to the point of interfering with movement today and I am not happy. This was supposed to be gone. GONE. I stubbornly want to go to classes even though it's a slushy mess out there that's bound to turn to ice soon. (ETA: It happened. It's sleeting now.) I also crankil...

I’ve worked with a mentee of mine for about a year who, while immensely bright, struggles with some sexual compulsivity issues. (Yes, this mentee is also in therapy; I’m not overstepping my role.) “Kelly” read this old post of mine about flirtation, and brought the subject up...

-By Senator Chris Lauzen, Illinois State Legislature Corruption, waste, and now an ill-advised, ill-timed 33% income tax increase during a deep and long recession on already struggling typical families have made Illinois a political laughingstock and butt of humor across the country. I have had enou...

Children Seriously Affected When Parent Suffers From Depression Life is hard for the children of a parent suffering from depression. Children take on an enormous amount of responsibility for the ill parent and for other family members. It is therefore important for the health services to be aware of...

My feline friend Jack is 18 or 19. He has only a short time to live because his kidneys are shutting down. He has become thin but with a swollen middle. The swelling is his kidneys. His fur is 'staring'. The Vet said that elderly cats in renal failure look very un-cared for. I would love Jack to be ...