Health
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Color, Mood and Mental health

DavidLLaing
March 18, 2016

     Who is crazy and who is not? Will this discussion ever end? Is it a fine line or a thin filter between who is balanced and who is off kilter? It has been said that mental health is a “non-sexy”—topic. Not true, it just may be the “sexiest of all!” The use of color as non-invasive, holistic therapy dates back thousands of years to the ancient texts from India, China and Egypt.

     In nature, in animals and in plants, color...

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Tech
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Digital Strategy in Medicine and Health

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Dean Landsman
March 17, 2016

 

Digital Strategy in health and medicine comes in many forms.  Pharmaceutical companies use digital strategies to increase sales and marketing.  Big data offer analyses in drug research and development, as well as data sharing and the ability to compare large-scale studies across various environments.  Medical devices using sophisticated software are now the norm in hospitals and medical centers and clinics. 

On the...

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Coalition works locally for health equity

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JoAnne Dyer
March 16, 2016

 

The next time you congratulate yourself for a long run or thank your parents for your hardy genes, be sure to acknowledge your neighborhood’s role in keeping you well.

When it comes to your health, your ZIP code may trump your genes, according to the Harvard School of Public Health. And the disparities among ZIP codes and races are startling: in New Orleans, people in a higher-income neighborhood live, on average, 25...

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News
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Dr. Morris Samson rides for Beit Halochem Canada to Aid to Disabled Veterans of Israel

PR for People Team
March 15, 2016

Dr. Morris Samson, MSc, DVM, recently participated in the Beit Halochem Canada, Aid to Disabled Veterans of Israel "Courage in Motion" bike ride.

According to Lisa Levy, Executive Director of Beit Halochem Canada, Dr. Samson rode with 30 international cyclists in this 5-day, 500km ride celebrating and recognizing the significant contribution made by more than 51,000 men and women who have been wounded while defending the State of...

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Harvard Medical Doctor Offers Straight Talk About Substance Abuse

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Alison Harris
March 07, 2016

Harvard Medical Doctor Offers Straight Talk About Substance Abuse in Almost Addicted

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People
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Shopping Cart

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Patricia Vaccarino
March 04, 2016

 

Homeless people might appear to be funny. Grooming is not high on their list of things to do. They wear bizarre combinations of tattered clothes.  Sometimes they shout into garbage cans at nothing at all.  Pushing grocery carts full of cans and rotten scraps of food -- they hoard to make themselves feel safe and like they have a home.  And while they look funny, smell funny and act funny, most of them are mentally ill, and that...

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People
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DANIEL

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Sally Haver
March 02, 2016

“What the ev, couscous jay is jet lettuce squirk sausages the ev tip cat shave the sundae”

My son Daniel is on the phone.  I’m waiting to hear something intelligible, wondering if he hasn’t taken his meds, had a few beers, or did some crack. He is living in a group home for mentally ill adults, and I’m grateful for having found a decent one that takes Medicaid and Medicare. 

Daniel was bright, talented and popular. His...

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Entertainment
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Accidental World-Class Omaha Costume Shop

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Kindra Foster
March 01, 2016

After 18 years, a burned-out Dwayne Ibsen gave up his post as an Omaha high school drama teacher and took his costumes with him. He had paid for materials used in nearly every period outfit, often sending cloth and drawings home with actors, expecting them to find a seamstress and bring back finished pieces. When his teaching career ended, Ibsen had costumes everywhere. It was the most natural thing in the world to rent them out from a...

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