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Mortality

Health Care Reform, Climate Change, and the Evasion of Our Mortality

Robert D. Stolorow | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Trauma, Right-Wing Rhetoric, Climate Change, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, 9/11, Globa-Warming, Mortality, Heidegger, Keith Olbermann, Idle Talk, Death, Politics News
Robert D. Stolorow

Much of the right-wing rhetoric about health care reform -- focusing on such non-issues as socialism, government control, and higher taxes -- has been obscuring what health care reform is really about: our mortality!

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Where is Mental Health in Health Care Reform?

Lloyd I. Sederer, MD | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Depression, Mental Health Homes, Mental Health, Morbidity, Screening, Health Care Reform, National Institute of Mental Health, Mortality, Binge Drinking, Substance Abuse, Diabetes, Heart Disease, Cancer, Health Care, Care Paths, Politics News
Lloyd I. Sederer, MD

Have you heard a word about mental health in the deluge of discussions that populate health reform communications on TV, radio and newspapers? Have you seen any mention in Federal legislative offerings?

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Get Married, Live Longer? It's a Myth

Bella DePaulo | Posted 03.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Singled Out, Single Men, Longevity, Divorce, Bogus Claims, Marriage, Mortality, Cheater Method, Widow, Media, Myths, Happiness, Impossible Experiment, Singlism, Health, Single, Washington Post, Valentine's Day, Rand, Single Women, Living News
Bella DePaulo

When the authors of The Case claimed that getting married saved men's lives, they did so by acting as if the men who got divorced or widowed did not actually get married.

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Is the Octuplets' Mother Crazy, Addicted, or Anti-social?

Stanton Peele | Posted 03.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Nadya Suleman, Disability, Nadya Suleman Today Show, Kaiser Permanente, Ann Curry, Health Care Costs, Mortality, Health Care, Living News
Stanton Peele

While doctors, hospital resources, and social services are and will be devoted to the Suleman clan, others will be forced to do without. This is our modern American reality.

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Death Makes Life Clear

Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 03.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Artistic Endeavors, Memorial Service, Spiritual Practice, Life, Death, Mental Health, Grief, Mourning, Mortality, Grieving, Living News
Dr. Susan Corso

Death, whether we like it or not, makes life exceedingly clear. I just returned to Boston from New York City where I officiated a memorial service for a precious woman who died too young.

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Interview with Omega Institute Co-Founder Elizabeth Lesser

Marianne Schnall | Posted 11.14.2008 | Living

Read More: Feminism, Oprah Winfrey, Women, Meditation, Spirituality, Omega Institute, Eckhart Tolle, Elizabeth Lesser, Feministi Throught, Aging, Social Consciousness, Mortality, Healthy Spritual Living, Social Revolution, Sprituality, Collective Consciousness, Technology, Living News
Marianne Schnall

Everything about life is mysterious and beautiful and touching and tragic and lovely and mystical. And we waste so much time -- almost every minute -- on swimming against the river.

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