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Special Report

SPECIAL REPORT: Should We Ban Fast Food

February 19, 2009

Should we ban fast food or at least place restrictions on it, such as where it is sold and who it is sold to? It’s an intriguing and clearly controversial idea but it’s one that seems to be gaining increasing traction as a possible approach to tackling the obesity epidemic.

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The untold story of Magnesium!

January 25, 2008

Who would have thunk it! With all the vitamin supplements to keep your body healthy, there seems to be a nutrient that is hardworking and simply overlooked and that’s why I’m here to tell you the truth about magnesium. Check out the label on your “High Potency Multiple Vitamin and Mineral” bottle, now look [...]

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Take a tour of a mental health hospital

October 31, 2007

For most people the phrase “mental health hospital” conjures up images of an ancient and crumbling Dickensian building, with dank walls and dirty floors, a cruel and abusive staff who keep patients heavily sedated to make it easier to control them.
Fortunately the reality today is usually very different. But the very nature of these [...]

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Special Report: Forcibly Treating the Mentally Ill: Civil Rights or Medical Wrongs?

October 21, 2007

Matthew’s story For Patti Mar’s son Matthew, the first outward sign he was sliding into mental illness began one Thanksgiving when he came home from college. “He seemed depressed,” says Mar. “He took some time off and then went back to college”. But by March things had taken a much more serious turn. “He [...]

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