On the Sea of Memory: A Journey from Forgetting to Remembering a book by Jonathan Cott Cott describes what it was like to re-invent himself after 36 ECT (Electroconvulsive Therapy) sessions created a fifteen year gap in his memory. “At the end of the 1990s, the esteemed writer Jonathan Cott lost fifteen years of his […]
Monthly Archives: March 2013
Struck by a turtle lately?
No? Then surely you’ve been smacked by a raccoon, chicken … or at the very least, a nonvenomous lizard. Well, regardless, starting in 2014, your doctor will be prepared when animals, lightning, or even unpowered watercraft strike, burn, bite or injure you in just about any other way. The U.S. health care system is ramping […]
Petition to Release Adam Lanza Toxicology Reports
A few weeks ago, AbleChild, a parents’ group (www.ablechild.org) started a petition requesting that the Newtown Selectwoman and Connecticut lawmakers take the necessary steps to ensure that the complete autopsy/toxicology results of alleged Sandy Hook shooter, Adam Lanza, be released to the public. This is important because toxicology tests would determine whether Lanza was yet […]
Too Many Missouri Children Drugged for ADHD
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (www.cdc.gov) analyzes and publishes statistics for various conditions. A January 24, 2013 CDC research survey [“State-Based and Demographic Variation in Parent-Reported Medication Rates for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, 2007–2008”] reports that Missouri had the second-highest number of children in the nation who are prescribed ADHD drugs. The actual statistic […]
More About Presidential Memoranda
In a previous newsletter, we discussed what at the time were being called Presidential Executive Orders regarding gun violence. One of these has now shown up on the Whitehouse web site as a Presidential Memorandum rather than an Executive Order. In any case, we thought you might be interested in more detail about this issue […]
