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US report: Foster kids get high rate of psych meds
Federal health officials are failing to monitor how state agencies are doling out powerful psychotropic drugs to foster children, according to a comprehensive investigation released Thursday showing foster kids are being prescribed the drugs at rates 2....Tags: Medicaid, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Psychiatry, Bipolar Disorder, Behavioral Conditions
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Calif. prison psychologist accused of faking rape
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California state prison psychologist has been charged with faking her own rape in an unsuccessful bid to persuade her husband to move to a safer neighborhood, authorities said Friday. Laurie Ann Martinez conspired with a...Tags: Health, Prisons, Justice System, Xbox, Theft
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Midwest Orthotics believes keeping focus is behind its growth
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterSince the foundation of Midwest Orthotic & Technology Center in South Bend in 2000, it has grown from three employees to around 95. And Bernie Veldman, Midwest's chief executive officer and a certified orthotist, said it's looking for another dozen. It'...Tags: Feet, Health, Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations
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Obesity drops among NYC K-8 students overall
NEW YORK (AP) — Obesity rates have declined among New York City's public schoolchildren in kindergarten through eighth grade over the past five years, said a government study published Thursday. The study published by the federal Centers for...Tags: Health, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Weight, Milk, Medical Specialization
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Idaho teen loses cancer fight after delivering son
POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Jenni Lake gave birth to a baby boy the month before her 18th birthday, though she was not destined to become just another teenage mother. That much, she knew. While being admitted to the hospital, she pulled her nurse down...Tags: Health, Human Body, MRI (imaging), Abdominal Pain, Health Treatments
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Psychologist: S. Ind. man incompetent for trial
MADISON, Ind. (AP) — A psychologist says an 80-year-old southern Indiana man is incompetent to stand trial in the fatal shooting of his daughter's boyfriend. Psychologist Stephanie Callaway's report to a Jefferson County judge says Boyd Wright Jr.'...Tags: Health, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Trials
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Jackson's family calls for stiff sentence for doc
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A lawyer for Michael Jackson's family has told a judge sentencing the doctor who caused the singer's death that the family is not seeking revenge but wants a stiff sentence that serves as a warning to opportunistic doctors....Tags: Katherine Jackson, Health, Michael Jackson, Punishment, Conrad Murray
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Michael Jackson's doctor sentenced to 4 years
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The doctor convicted of killing Michael Jackson has been sentenced to the maximum term of four years behind bars. Dr. Conrad Murray was sentenced Tuesday, three weeks after a jury convicted the cardiologist of involuntary...Tags: Health, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Michael Jackson
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Elkhart paramedic and nurse counted among heroes in stage collapse tragedy
Two of the people who jumped in to help when the main stage at the Indiana State Fair collapsed this weekend were a paramedic from Elkhart and his wife, who is a nurse. They were in the grandstands just feet away when it happened.
In the course of his...Tags: Health, Injuries and Wounds
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Police: NH man, 23, used diaper scam to lure woman
HOOKSETT, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire police say a man faked a brain injury to get a nurse to change his adult diaper. Hooksett police said Thursday that Eric Carrier is facing charges of indecent exposure and lewdness. The 23-year-old is accused of...Tags: Health, Nursing, New Hampshire, Craigslist, Inc.
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Mom on trial for punishing child with hot sauce
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Prosecutors say an Alaska woman committed child abuse by squirting hot sauce in the mouth of her adopted Russian son in a case that was came under international scrutiny after a "Dr. Phil" episode. Cynthia Franklin told a...Tags: Health, Social Issues, Crime, Law and Justice, Phil McGraw, Alaska
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Chinese surgery patient dies as doctors flee fire
SHANGHAI (AP) — A man in China has died on the operating table while his doctors and nurses tried to cope with a fire that broke out in the next room. The official Xinhua News Agency and other reports said the 50-year-old man suffocated after being...Tags: Health, Surgery, Nursing
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