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Blog Entries by Dr. Jon LaPook from 04/2010

How to Prevent Young Suicides

| Posted 04.05.2010 | Healthy Living

In recent years, the role of the Internet in teen suicide has come under scrutiny. But there's also a bright side to the Internet: A Facebook wall can be worth a thousand words of therapy.

Advice for the Sleep Deprived

| Posted 04.08.2010 | Healthy Living

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All Text and No Action

| Posted 04.22.2010 | Healthy Living

Meditation is one way to help slow down. I know that it works. Research suggests that meditation can alter brain function in positive ways and help patients with chronic illness.

Life and Death Decisions in Haiti

| Posted 04.29.2010 | Healthy Living

I watched a nurse in northern Haiti remove a clinic's only oxygen machine from a premature baby in order to give it to a woman suffering in labor. As a physician, I've felt helpless many, many times. This was different.

The Desperate State Of Haitian Health Care

| Posted 04.29.2010 | Impact

During my recent trip to Haiti, I stood by with my heart in my throat as I watched a nurse take away oxygen from a premature baby in order to give it to a mother in labor whose unborn child had a faltering heartbeat.