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Over 1.2 Million Reasons To Vote For Obama
(Cross-posted at Clintonistas for Obama and MyDD)This diary is not a guilt trip, though some will perceive it as such. This is just a quick reminder, and it serves to demonstrate why this former...
View ArticleWhen I Think Of New Politics...
(Cross-posted at Clintonistas for Obama and MyDD)As a Clinton supporter, I think I had it wrong for a long time. I heard Obama supporters talking about a new kind of politics - a kind which...
View ArticleThey've Got the Fear
(cross-posted at Motley Moose, Clintonistas for Obama, & MyDD)That's right, the GOP is terrified. They're skittish, they're nervous, they're running scared. Not from Obama, of course.No.They're...
View ArticleFocus Mental Health: Intermittent Explosive Disorder
This was originally posted on Motley Moose, but I thought I'd try it here to see if it gained wider readership or interest. Mental health issues are extremely important to me because I am in the field,...
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Focus Mental Health: Pediatric Bipolar Disorder
This diary is basically a republishing of a paper I wrote awhile back. The original paper -- written when I was 20 taking a graduate class in my undergraduate program -- was over twice the length of...
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Kids Care About Health...Until We Dupe Them
Kids care more about being healthy than some might give them credit for. A lot of kids might beg mom for sugary cereals, but it turns out that they aren’t necessarily after the sugar itself. According...
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On GOP Morality
Bits and pieces of this diary clipped from a piece originally posted on Motley Moose.This is really just a rant, but I’m sick and tired of reading about Republicans and morality, as if they have some...
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The Oppression of Women as a Party Platform
To start with, let me be clear: The oppression and general subjugation of women is not an exclusively Republican issue. Measures proposed, adopted, or supported by some Democrats, such as the...
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Turning Anxiety Off?
We all experience anxiety from time to time. In “normal” amounts, it is a healthy feeling which warns us of potential dangers or motivates us to get things done. A moderate level of anxiety may in fact...
View ArticleHoney
This diary was originally posted at MyDD on July 16, 2008, at which time I was just barely 23 years old. The diary has not been changed in the last 2 and a half years, but it is not something “time...
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Shark Population Unexpectedly Low Off the CA Coast
Carcharodon carcharias, more commonly known as the great white shark, is the largest predatory fish in the oceans. It is typically found in coastal waters between about 54 and 75 degrees Fahrenheit....
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New Evidence for Link Between Depression and Kidney Disease
A study featured in the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN) this month indicates that depression is associated with an elevated risk of decline in renal function in patients...
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Focus Mental Health: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
We have all heard poignant stories about the many people across the country and around the world suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder. It can be a crippling condition, which can lead to a...
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New Research / Drug in the Fight Against Lupus
Lupus is a chronic autoimmune disease which can affect various systems in the body. Autoimmune diseases cause the body to attack its own cells as if they were foreign pathogens. This can result in a...
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Hunting Galileo: The Right's War on Science
While Waxman may have accused Republicans of presiding over the "most anti-science" Congress in history, Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) tells Mother Jones that his colleague's characterization doesn't even...
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Record Ozone Thinning in Arctic
Polar stratospheric clouds (shown) have formed over large areas of the Arctic, which could signal coming losses of protective ozone, new research suggests.Credit: Ross J. Salawitch/University of...
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Poetry on My Mind
Some of you may know that I am an avid poetry reader. It is a passion my mother instilled in me at an early age by reading me her favorites, like Blake and Shakespeare and Keats, when I was a kid. But...
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Illegal HIV/AIDS Discrimination in Trade Schools
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)hypothetically protects people with HIV/AIDS from being publicly discriminated against by guaranteeing them federal civil rights protections in a variety of...
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Growing Up Liberal in a GOP Household: Lies, Indoctrination, and Breaking Free
This is not an especially brave tale. It’s just the story of my political upbringing in the Deep South. Pretty simple, all in all – just maybe a bit unusual.I think my first political memory is of the...
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HIV / AIDS and Mental Health: An Overview
I’d like to discuss HIV/AIDS as it pertains to mental health, since I think it’s a topic that deserves more emphasis. I think it’s fairly intuitive that living with a disease like HIV/AIDS would be...
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