There’s not much left to punish prisoners with in isolation cells when they misbehave, so the wardens came up with a food loaf made of flour, yeast, shredded potatoes and carrots. About 300 to 400 New York prisoners are fed it (with a side order of raw cabbage) as their only diet. In New York, ...
Clonazepam, the generic drug for “Klonapin,” is also known around my house as “my nerve pill.” I’m not proud to say that I take Clonazepam, but I have taken it for approximately seven years now. Some things my brain and its attending organs were designed to do, don’t do their job right. I take medication ...
The term “agoraphobia,” like most other terms that relate to inexplicable fears, has its roots in Greek; in this case, a combination of the words “agora,” (an open-air marketplace) and “phobos” (fear; and also the name of one of the two hunting dogs of the God of War). However, the common definition of agoraphobia, a ...
Whether you call Danvers a sanitarium, sanatorium, insane asylum or mental health facility one thing is blisteringly clear; it’s now a shell of its former self. Urban explorers, ghost hunters, historians and those with morbid curiosities have long known that Danvers was one of the places to visit. There are no nurses in white dresses ...
Men and women are distinctly different. It takes both the strength and reason of a father, and the nurturing, care and emotional support of a mother to raise a healthy child. Of course this is the ideal, and no family lives up to it, but children that grow up in an overly feminine or masculine ...
An advancing number of drug abusers are addicted to, not illegal drugs, but to medically prescribed drugs. An even more startling fact is that among those abusing prescription medications are the elderly. Incorrectly following the instructions on the medication bottle, mixing medications, forgetting to take medicines, and an inhibition to ask for assistance are all ...
Causes of and Digital Removal of Impactions: This is a condition where the stool or fecal matter cannot pass by normal defecation. This happens as the result of extreme constipation. We all know that we need large amounts of fiber and liquid in our diets to keep our bowels functioning normally. Sometimes, we become constipated ...
Depression is a serious and potentially deadly illness that is one of America’s leading causes of disability. While it requires treatment, many patients have found that they are incompatible with mainstream treatment protocols, and reports of serious side-effects from selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs) like Zoloft and Prozac are exceedingly common. I have personally tried ...