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It is natural that the epidemic of addiction to fentanyl-derived drugs should occupy our attention. More than 70,000 overdose deaths a year qualify as a public health emergency anywhere in the world. But there is another public health crisis before our eyes: a recent report in the Journal of...
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My daughter Mary suggested that this nation needed to discuss mental health during this month of September which happens to be Mental Health Awareness Month. Closely coupled with mental health is the fact that suicide prevention is the second leading cause of death amongst youthful folks, ages 10 to...
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Don Boudreaux Special to El Observador When President Trump imposed a 25 percent tariff on steel imports America’s largest nail manufacturer had little choice but to raise prices. Mid Continent Nail Corporation lost 50 percent of its orders as customers opted for cheaper suppliers. Within weeks, the firm laid...
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Kevin Patrick Allen Public News Service KANSAS CITY, Mo. – There is hope beyond the headlines, according to a child and adolescent psychiatrist at Children’s Mercy Hospital and Clinics, even as research shows children and teens are taking their lives by suicide in greater numbers. Dr. Shayla Sullivant said...
It is natural that the epidemic of addiction to fentanyl-derived drugs should occupy our attention. More than 70,000 overdose deaths a year qualify as a public health emergency anywhere in the world. But there is another public health crisis before our eyes: a recent report in the Journal of...
My daughter Mary suggested that this nation needed to discuss mental health during this month of September which happens to be Mental Health Awareness Month. Closely coupled with mental health is the fact that suicide prevention is the second leading cause of death amongst youthful folks, ages 10 to...
Don Boudreaux Special to El Observador When President Trump imposed a 25 percent tariff on steel imports America’s largest nail manufacturer had little choice but to raise prices. Mid Continent Nail Corporation lost 50 percent of its orders as customers opted for cheaper suppliers. Within weeks, the firm laid...
Kevin Patrick Allen Public News Service KANSAS CITY, Mo. – There is hope beyond the headlines, according to a child and adolescent psychiatrist at Children’s Mercy Hospital and Clinics, even as research shows children and teens are taking their lives by suicide in greater numbers. Dr. Shayla Sullivant said...
