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Deported in Coma, Saved Back in U.S.
Posted by Shemuses from New York Times
Soon after Antonio Torres, a husky 19-year-old farmworker, suffered catastrophic injuries in a car accident last June, a Phoenix hospital began making plans for his repatriation to Mexico. Mr. Torres was comatose and connected to a ventilator. He was also a legal immigrant whose family lives and works in the purple alfalfa fields of this southwestern town. But he was uninsured. So the hospital disregarded the strenuous objections of his grief-stricken parents and sent Mr. Torres on a four-hour journey over the California border into Mexicali.
Several lanes closed on Aurora bridge due to possible suicide attempt
Posted by Jeff from Seattle Post-Intelligencer
There's a potential suicide jumper on Seattle's Aurora Bridge today. Traffic has been backed up a couple of miles for hours. Power is out at a nearby coffeehouse I'm working at (no coffee for anyone). Pretty amazing to watch the number of cars and people "backed up" by one person's tragic mental health breakdown. Perhaps the economic costs of this many people missing a half day of work justifies greater coverage for mental illnesses in Washington state. Preventions savings are hard to measure in the jumps, school shootings and other things that never happen.
Red Cross: Millions of Iraqis at Risk from Contaminated Water
Posted by Shemuses from Alternet
Ten liters of bottled water costs 50 cents, but many Iraqis cannot afford it, drinking water from polluted rivers instead. Improved security has failed to prevent Iraq becoming the scene of one of the world's most critical humanitarian disasters with water supplies and sewage systems putting millions at risk of disease, the Red Cross said today.
South Dakota Abortion Ban in Dead Heat
Posted by Shemuses from Alternet
If the ban passes, it will present a challenge to Roe at the Supreme Court. In 2006, South Dakotans voted 56 to 44 percent against a law passed by the state legislature which would have outlawed all abortion in the state. But polling done by a South Dakota newspaper after the ban was defeated found that an abortion ban with exceptions would likely pass in the state.
Survey: Half of US doctors use placebo treatments
Posted by Jeff from Ap.google
About half of American doctors in a new survey say they regularly give patients placebo treatments - usually drugs or vitamins that won't really help their condition. And many of these doctors are not honest with their patients about what they are doing, the survey found. That contradicts advice from the American Medical Association, which recommends doctors use treatments with the full knowledge of their patients.
Spirituality Protects Against Depression Better Than Church Attendance
Posted by okami from Science Daily
Those who worship a higher power often do so in different ways. Whether they are active in their religious community, or prefer to simply pray or meditate, new research out of Temple University suggests that a person's religiousness - also called religiosity - can offer insight into their risk for depression.
As Text Messages Fly, Danger Lurks
Posted by Shemuses from New York Times
Senator Barack Obama used one to announce to the world his choice of a running mate. Thousands of Americans have used them to vote for their favorite "American Idol" contestants. Many teenagers prefer them to actually talking. Almost overnight, text messages have become the preferred form of communication for millions. But even as industry calculations show that Americans are now using mobile phones to send or receive more text messages than phone calls, those messages are coming under increasing fire because of the danger they can pose by distracting users.
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