Suicide: Taser Death of Mental Patient Leads NY Police Officer to Choose Death

The NYPD officer who gave the command to Taser psychiatric patient, Inman Morales, is dead.  Shortly before 6:00 a.m. on Thursday, police Lt. Michael Pigott shot himself with a 9-millimeter Glock.  Fellow...

Aussie 'free hugs guy' to donate kidney to stranger

In this self centred world at the time when we are witnessing so much of violence, hatred and being carpet-bombed daily with messages of fear and disconnection.Everyone is running for their own life but Juan Mann is...

Ex-NYPD detective charged in 'Bling Bandit' bank robberies

"NEW YORK (AP) -- He was a respected former NYPD detective and a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War who struggled in recent months with inoperable liver cancer. But now Athelson Kelson is charged with bank robbery, identified by authorities as New York's so-called Bling...

"Greyhound Bus Beheader" Vince Li Moved to Locked Psychiatric Unit as Defence...

Alleged Greyhound Bus Beheader Vince Li has agreed to representation by a defence lawyer on a day in which it has been further revealed that the 41-year old Chinese immigrant has been moved into a locked-up...

Should detox clinics have to be smoke-free?

Canadian drug treatment centres and mental health facilities have typically held the view that patients trying to wean themselves off hard drugs shouldn't try to quit smoking at the same time. The cultural shift...

Maniac Li "Spent Time in Mental Ward" - Victim's Ear, Nose & Lip in Sandwich Bag

The common law wife of Bus Beheader Vince Li, believed to be "Anna" has revealed that Vince Li spent four days in a psychiatric hospital in Alberta.   Police found parts of the victim, Tim McLean, in a plastic...

Too Little Sleep Can Make Us Go Violent

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Brain region found to be linked to OCD-health

"LONDON: Scientists have located an area in the brain that fails to "kick-in" for people with obsessive compulsive disorder and those at risk of developing the condition. The discovery could allow experts to diagnose the disorder much earlier and better track how...

Woman locked up by family for 18 years

Seems like there are more and more stories like this everyday. People being locked in the basement for some odd reason, and they are living in ridiculous conditions and often abused. When they are finally found, 20years has gone by already. Can you imagine being locked up in...

Policy Shift Protects Trans-gender Youth In NYS Detention Centers

" The policy shift comes after a 2006 lawsuit that received little attention outside the gay media, but that created big waves inside the OCFS.Alyssa—formerly Andrew—Rodriguez was born male, but identified and...

Chantix Side Effects Cause F.A.A. to Ban Use by Pilots

Yes that is right, the FAA not the FDA although the FDA has it's own advisory as well."The Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday it would no longer permit pilots or air traffic controllers to use the smoking cessation drug Chantix, citing potential side effects that...

Jury in New York City convicts fan of stalking Uma Thurman

A man has been convicted in New York of stalking Uma Thurman, but he won't face much time behind bars."A former mental patient obsessed with Uma Thurman faces up to a year in jail after a jury convicted him Tuesday...

U.S. Post-War Suicides Could Exceed Combat Deaths

In thinking ahead a few years, this becomes a very powerful and troubling assertion. Could post-war suicides really surpass the number of U.S. soldiers killed during the war in Iraq? "At the American Psychiatric...

Top court case of dead flies in water bottle

I know two Canadian guys in the Photo here, Hosers actually, who found a live mouse in their beer bottle eh !, Okay, granted, they didn't vomit like this other guy who found flies in  his water, the Hosers just...

Stressed parents lead to sick kids, study says

A new study suggests the negative effects of stress may be, in effect, contagious.  Depressed and anxious parents have an effect on the health of their kids, according to the research.Seems to make intuitive...

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