Link Me Up, Scotty - Your Health and Mine Edition

Wednesday, December 21, 2016

For we suicide loss survivors, the holidays can be an especially tough time. The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention asked survivors for their best advice to help manage the grief, then published the results, including my own thoughts on the topic.
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According to a Harvard study, it turns out that older patients treated by female doctors have better objective outcomes than those treated by male doctors. I firmly believe that there is a wide range of efficacy in every profession, without regard to gender. I find these results fascinating, however, and would be very interested in the root cause of the disparity.

(NPR: Mainstream Media source with minimal partisan bias)
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Nobel Laureate in economics Dr. Paul Krugman on just how serious America's political situation has become. This isn't the first time I've heard informed writers compare the United States of the last 100 years to the Roman Empire. Trump isn't the cause of this mess - he's the result of it. Normalizing the behavior of the Republican Party will lead to our ruin. 

(NYT: Mainstream Media source with minimal partisan bias)
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Turns out the FAA is helping police suppress reporting from the Dakota Pipeline protests. Tell me again how the current U.S. Government is "for the people, by the people." Money talks, democracy walks.


(ACLU: Non-profit, non-partisan organization working to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the United States.)
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President Obama has added an historic 153 individuals to the list of people granted clemency by his administration. And why the hell not? It's not like the Republicans are going to hate him any more if he changes these people's lives for the better and gives them another chance. And it means everything to these non-violent offenders and their families.

WaPo: Mainstream media source with minimal partisan bias)
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The amazing Misty Copeland was sent by President Obama and the State Department to Havana, Cuba, as part of a sports exchange program aimed at Cuba's youth. The other athlete was Shaquille O'Neal, who taught basketball clinics. She's an amazing person. 
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Video of my Heart: The Secret Life of Muslims tells us what it's like to be a Muslim on the Internet. Hint: NEVER READ THE COMMENTS...especially on this video.


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