International dimension of 1971 trauma

Thirty-seven years have passed since the traumatic events of 1971. Much has been written on the subject. Most analyses have been confined to the developments within the subcontinent. The break-up of Pakistan has generally been viewed in relation to a regional upheaval. Little...

An Amusement Park Is Not Always Fun And Games

Bet you didn't know how easily you can be injured at an amusement park.  I am always  getting calls from injured victims hurt at Disneyland who are from out of state.  It is tough to sue them, as they have so much money and that fight tooth and nail to avoid...

Fear grips immigrants after Miss. plant raid

"A day after the largest single-workplace immigration raid in U.S. history, Elizabeth Alegria was too scared to send her son to school and worried about when she'd see her husband again. Nearly 600 immigrants suspected of being in the country illegally were detained, creating...

Orphaned children in care abused, beaten

Sad facts in state orphanages and foster homes...nearly half of the children said they have negative experience in care. " VULNERABLE children in Victorian state institutions were treated "as things, not human beings", a disturbing new report reveals. Children were...

The VA's Claim Dodge

The two signature injuries of the Iran and Afghanistan wars are traumatic brain injury and post traumatic stress disorder. An estimated 26,000 veterans from these wars have had their brains traumatized from nearby explosions. Another 45,000 have initiated post traumatic...

Iraq Vets Cope With Brain Damage

"NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The war in Iraq is not over, but one legacy is already here in this city and others across America: an epidemic of brain-damaged soldiers. Thousands of troops have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injury, or TBI. These blast-caused head injuries...

Federal Archivists Take Control of Nixon Library

"YORBA LINDA, Calif. -- The privately operated Richard M. Nixon Library & Birthplace was officially handed over to federal archivists yesterday, and researchers can pore over documents and tapes detailing "the good, the bad and the ugly" on the 37th president and his...

Minister in flood cash aid pledge

"Local authorities will be given financial aid to assist with the damage caused by heavy flooding, Communities Secretary Hazel Blears has said. She said people had gone through an "incredibly traumatic" experience. Alan Johnson, a Hull MP and the health secretary, is to visit...

Cho's Madness: The Virginia Tech massacre, guns and pop sociology - WSJ Edito...

"The mass murder at Virginia Tech is the kind of traumatic event that unleashes a torrent of pop sociology and national psychoanalysis, so allow us to weigh in with a more fundamental explanation: There are evil and psychotic people in this world willing to do great harm to...

Mild brain injuries linked to sleep disorders

Experiencing a mild traumatic brain injury may increase the risk of developing a sleep disorder, and a good portion of these appear to be based on disturbances in the body's normal circadian rhythm, according to the results of a new study.