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Medication fears lead to worse side effects
It may not be surprising, but a new study offers some proof that patients who are worried about their medications are more likely to have side effects from them. Read more »
National News
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- Rise in self-diagnosis of bipolar disorder
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What's Being Talked About
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Christopher Martin says ...
This is ridiculous. This is only news because of the upcoming vote for medicinal marijuana in the capitol. The entire anti-pot concept is just due to cigarettes, alcohol, and utility crops being afraid of the ease of hemp and pot's enjoyment.
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the hater says ...
hey atleast its not crack
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marcy says ...
this all goes great with coffee. there are people in higher places that not only serve their comunities, work hard and still condone the use of the bong, that know, there ARE bigger problems that may be psychotic but unrelated to cannabis use.
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Daizy says ...
So smoking weed has a slight possibility of causing psychosis (which is generally non-life-threatening), and smoking tobacco has like a 95% chance of causing lung cancer (which is fatal)... Hmmmm..... Where is the logic here... Lethal = legal?
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Travis M says ...
This is just another bash to say that cannabis is horrible for you and killing our youth, "Whatever". You know i wish that just once you could hear something in the news that wasn't slamming weed. I mean really are there not bigger things
Local News
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Alaska’s Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Rate Fell 32 Percent Between 1996-2002
(Anchorage, AK) — Alaska Native babies were born with fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) half as often around the year 2000 as they were five to seven years earlier, Department of Health and Social Services researchers found in an analysis of Alaska Birth Defects Registry data.
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State Stresses Prevention in Childhood Dental Care
(Anchorage, AK) — A national report on state oral health policies gives Alaska a grade of B for providing services intended to improve children’s access to dental care.
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Cancer Society Invites Community To Fight AK's #1 Killer
Three simple words: celebrate, remember, fight back. That's what the Alaska American Cancer society is inviting the entire community to do: celebrate cancer survivors (anyone who has ever been diagnosed with cancer) and caregivers and remember those heroes who have lost their cancer battle to fight back against Alaska's number one killer.