According to local activist Dimitris Lambrou, the islanders have suffered psychological and moral rape” from what he calls the “seizure” of the islands name by gay groups. They argue the use of the term lesbian to mean more than of the island of Lesbos?, has caused great mental distress.
Lesbos Files Suit to Ban Homosexual Use of the Word Lesbian
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Rising rates of the bacterial infection Clostridium difficile, known as C. diff, are sparking worries about a virulent form of the bug that can cause severe diarrhea ? and death.
C. diff spores cling to patient skin, and not only in expected areas, such as the groin, according to a small-but-telling study published by Donskey and colleagues in the February issue of the journal Clinical Infectious Disease. Nearly 40…
The urge to commit suicide used to be regarded as a simple process. It was thought that mental illness (or physical illness, especially in the elderly) could lead to suicidal thoughts, then suicide attempts, followed by actual suicide. In recent years, however, researchers have found that this tragic phenomenon is much more complicated.
“This is too simplistic,” according to child and youth psychologist Dr. Alan Apter, head of the psychological medicine department at Schneider Children's Medical Center in Petah Tikva. Dr. Apter was co-chairman and main speaker…
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Normal drives wont know what these plates mean, but other nerds will ? as if they needed a secret language on the road…
I used to recruit physicians and I am thinking about getting back into it. I always wanted, and might soon get one that says, “DR PIMP” But really that’s what I do…pimp doctors. My alltime favorite was in…
Life expectancy for the nation as a whole has increased, but the affluent have made greater gains, researchers said.
Robert E. Moffit, director of the Center for Health Policy Studies at the conservative Heritage Foundation, said one reason for the growing disparities might be “a very significant gap in health literacy” — what people…
Medical blogs have drawn back the curtain on the inner workings of the health care profession. Online readers can learn about the latest medical gadgets, read physicians’ views on health care issues, even get a peek at the inner thoughts of surgeons. But despite their attraction, these blogs have raised concerns about privacy issues on the Web.
But not all physician blogs are geared toward marketing. In fact, just the opposite seems to be the case in some extremely candid blogs, like “White Coat Rants,” “Cancer Doc” and “M.D.O.D.,” which bills itself as…
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Unbelievable as it may seem, the Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act of 2005 contained a provision giving insurance companies the right to help devise a plan for extending US health care to Mexico (BINATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE AND HEALTH INSURANCE).
(Bill: http://opensourceactivist.org/content/legislation/S1033/text.php#sec1004)
Oh, and, by the way, all you Barack Obama supporters—before you start feeling all superior: while no one can deny how exceedingly important it is to elect a president who supports change—especially one that has the ability to…
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