September 2009
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"Adoptiong the 'Unadoptable'"
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=652592n
Sep 27th
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Costs of Adopting
The Costs of Adopting Ray Martin Offers Insight On Financial Side Of Emotional Decision By Brian Dakss (CBS) Along with all the expenses associated with a new child, adoptive parents are often faced with additional costs, sometimes quite hefty, for the adoption process itself. The Early Show’s “Exploring Adoption” series turned to resident financial guru Ray Martin for...
Sep 27th
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Embryo Adoption
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4908258n
Sep 27th
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Tips About Adoption From Thomas Atwood, President...
Adoption 101 The Basics, For Anyone Considering Adopting, From The Early Show By: Brian Dakks (CBS) Each year, 127,000 children are adopted in the U.S., according to 661386>the National Adoption Information Clearinghouse. On Thursday, The Early Show kicks off a six-part series called “Exploring Adoption.” Thursday’s segment focuses on the basics that anyone thinking of...
Sep 27th
Sep 26th
Poverty Section
In this section I have posted articles and videos on poverty in America. Included are many articles about the statistics of poverty, within that category there are articles which say poverty is rising, staying the same, and one with a different perspective, mapping out the hidden factors in poverty statistics. Other articles and videos include messages from our president, senators, and directly...
Sep 26th
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The State Where The Country Once Flocked Is Now...
Steinbeck’s Descendants For families that fled to California during the Great Depression, today’s economy is an uneasy déjà vu. By Jessica Ramirez | Newsweek Web Exclusive Aug 4, 2009 Twice a week Sharon Risner pulls out of her driveway on White Lane and heads south on Highway 99. Around the five-mile mark she takes the Pumpkin Center exit. It’s not the quickest route to work, but...
Sep 26th
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John Edward's Stance on Poverty
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Video/playerIndex?id=3380886 A Video From ABC News, Senator John Edwards address poverty in a Town Hall Meeting.
Sep 26th
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Is the Poverty Rate ok Compared to Previous Years?
U.S. poverty rate at 12.7 percent Situation better than in the ’80s and early ’90sThe Associated Pressupdated 10:45 a.m. ET, Tues., Aug 30, 2005 WASHINGTON - The nation’s poverty rate rose to 12.7 percent of the population last year, the fourth consecutive annual increase, the Census Bureau said Tuesday. The percentage of people without health insurance did not change. Overall,...
Sep 26th
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More Information From the Greensboro Housing...
Homeownership, Foreclosures, and the Loss of Dreams Home ownership is the cornerstone of the American Dream. We like to think of our homes as safe havens, small islands of sovereign territory within our complete control. The housing crisis has shattered that illusion. Foreclosure has become an epidemic of sorts, a brick and mortar H1N1, with effects that ripple out beyond the immediate victims. A...
Sep 26th
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Healthy Homes Bus Tour
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JO-PIH4RkM 2009 Healthy Housing Bus Tour (Part 1) (posted 09-22-2009) About 100 participants braved rainy skies and boarded buses for GHC’s 6th Annual Healthy Homes Bus Tour to see examples of how housing and health go hand in hand. Mayor Yvonne Johnson sent us off with words of praise for GHC’s role in improving housing in the city and a strong statement of her...
Sep 26th
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As Homelessness Grows so Does the Need for...
Homeless try to stay hopeful during down economy Posted: Sep. 15, 2009 Raleigh, N.C. — Homeless shelters in Wake County say people in need of a place to sleep are up due to the down economy. Some of those people have worked good jobs in the past, like Kenny Eckert. “It has been really hard,” Eckert said of living on the streets. Eckert, who has been homeless for seven years, spends his...
Sep 26th
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Mapping Poverty
Jun 10, 2008 Crime And Poverty By Kevin Drum (Political Animal) CRIME AND POVERTY….In the Atlantic this month, Hannah Rosin writes about a mysterious increase in crime taking place not in the inner cities of New York or LA, but in the suburbs of medium sized cities across the country. Cities like Memphis: Memphis has always been associated with some amount of violence. But why has...
Sep 18th
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Obama's Address to Congress
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MVtE7C-YVc&feature=related
Sep 17th
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Poverty and Death Walk Hand and Hand
Poverty and Premature Death Still Firmly Linked Reuters NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Poverty is as a strong a predictor of premature death today as it was a century ago, according to findings from a study in England and Wales. “Despite all the medical, public health, social, economic, and political changes over the 20th century, patterns of poverty and mortality and the relations between...
Sep 15th
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What's Hiding Behind Poverty Statistics?: Are We...
Samuelson: We’re Missing the Real Story on Poverty We can’t ignore the facts. Only an act of willful denial can separate immigration and poverty. WEB EXCLUSIVE By Robert J. Samuelson Newsweek updated 11:31 a.m. ET, Wed., Sept . 5, 2007 ]]> Sept. 5, 2007 - The government last week released its annual statistical report on poverty and household income. As usual, we—meaning the public,...
Sep 14th
"Millions Facing Poverty"
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5301702n A Video from CBS News
Sep 14th
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Are Charities Spending Your Money in the Way They...
Making your generosity pay Giving is up, but public confidence in charities is down. How to ensure your money is used wisely? December 30, 2004: 3:36 PM EST By Penelope Wang, MONEY Magazine NEW YORK (MONEY Magazine) - For Michael and Martha Hogan, giving to charity is not just a tradition — it’s a passion. The St. Louis couple, both 51, donate regularly to some two dozen...
Sep 14th
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Poverty Statistics Increasing
The changing face of poverty Millions of Americans live in poverty, more families are suffering and hunger is seen growing. December 30, 2004: 1:14 PM EST By Octavio Blanco, CNN/Money staff writer NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Poverty and hunger are problems that many Americans relegate to the Third World. But the steady growth of poverty has left millions of American families afraid they won’t...
Sep 14th
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Poverty Within the Working Class
Hard at work but can’t buy food While the ranks of the working poor grow in number, should employers step up to stop the trend? December 24, 2004: 8:52 AM EST By Katie Benner, CNN/Money staff writer NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Being poor doesn’t mean being jobless, said a recent Challenger, Gray & Christmas report that found more and more working families are living at or below the...
Sep 14th
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After the Suffering Comes More
Sep 13th
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"Ivan's Story" A video from ABC News →
Sep 8th
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Food Stamps
Number of Americans on food stamps rises Posted: Sep. 3, 2009 WASHINGTON —More Americans than ever before received food stamps in June, the Department of Agriculture said on Thursday, with more than 35 million Americans receiving assistance. The numbers are 22 percent higher than in June 2008. The number of Americans receiving food stamps rose by more than 700,000 people compared to May. The...
Sep 8th
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Poverty Rates
Hidden pockets of elderly said to be in poverty Posted: Sep. 4, 2009 WASHINGTON —The poverty rate among older Americans could be nearly twice as high as the traditional 10 percent level, according to a revision of a half-century-old formula for calculating medical costs and geographic variations in the cost of living. The National Academy of Science’s formula, which is gaining credibility...
Sep 8th
Sep 8th
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Health Care Section
This section includes various articles and videos, from several different news websites. The posts start from most recent (my findings) to older articles. The health care topics range from what seems to be the most pressing matter, the new health care reform, to other topics such as; addictions, healthy living habits, new research on cancer, abortion, and getting personal with your doctor and how...
Sep 8th
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New Research on Marijuana
Smoking pot could curb risk of some cancers Puzzling study shows head and neck tumors less common in users updated 11:47 a.m. ET, Wed., Aug 26, 2009 You’ve heard about using marijuana and drugs derived from it to keep some of the side effects of toxic cancer chemotherapy in check. But what if smoking marijuana for 10 to 20 years could actually protect against certain tumors? In a study,...
Sep 7th
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The Hazards of Habits
Hiding a habit: Alcoholics often cover problem Family of woman who killed 7 others in crash say she wasn’t an alchoholic updated 6:12 p.m. ET, Fri., Aug 7, 2009 ]]> NEW YORK - At one point during her quarter-century as an alcoholic, Carol Colleran would down at least 10 beers each weeknight, more on weekends. Then she would show up the next morning at her job in hospital management,...
Sep 7th
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"Everyone is Hungry" For Health Care
Senate Chair Proposes Fee on Insurance Companies Senate Finance chairman proposes fee on insurance companies in post-recess health care plan By LARRY MARGASAK The Associated Press WASHINGTON Sen. Max Baucus on Monday pushed a new health care plan including an industry fee to help pay for covering the uninsured as President Barack Obama said insurance companies must share accountability for...
Sep 7th
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Abortion Pill RU-486
“Abortion Pill” Hasn’t Broadened Abortion Access FDA Approval of RU-486 Did Little to Change Women’s Access to Abortions, Researchers Say Reuters NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Even after the “abortion pill” RU-486 made it possible for all doctors to provide early abortions, access to abortions did not improve as dramatically as women had hoped. When RU-486,...
Sep 7th
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A Community Coming Together to Cut Back on Teen...
Maine Town Dramatically Cuts Drug Use New Study Shows Community Effort Can Keep Kids Off Drugs, Alcohol By YUNJI DE NIES and KAREN TRAVERS Sept. 7, 2009— Nestled along Maine’s coast, the small town of Camden appears simply idyllic — a beautiful harbor, a downtown area that draws in tourists and green space for kids to play. But first impressions can be deceiving. “On the...
Sep 7th
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Cutting Costs at the Pharmacy
Prescriptions are costly, but saving money is possible Posted: Sep. 3, 2009 Through better communication with your doctor and pharmacist, you could likely be saving money on prescription drugs. WATCH VIDEO There are ways to save on prescription medication Raleigh pharmacist Mike James said a lot of his customers don’t know that doctors often prescribe brand name medications when a cheaper,...
Sep 7th
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Healthier Lunch Boxes
Researchers: Keep processed meats out of kids’ lunch boxes Posted: Sep. 4, 2009 Nonprofit researchers are urging parents to stop putting ham and other processed meats into their children’s school lunch boxes due to the risk of cancer. A study by the World Cancer Research Fund found that eating processed meats, such as bacon, ham and salami, increases the risk of bowel cancer later...
Sep 7th
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Your Own Personal Dr.
Should you ‘friend’ your doctor on Facebook? By Elizabeth Cohen Story Highlights Sometimes “friending” your doctor can get you quick answers, quick appointments Survey: 55 percent of consumers want to be able to e-mail their doctors Some doctors may not want to blur line between professional and private Insurance companies are only now reimbursing doctors for...
Sep 3rd
Working Our Way to Reform
House passes expansion of children’s health program Story Highlights Bill expands State Children’s Health Insurance Program by more than $32 billion President-elect Barack Obama expected to sign bill if it reaches his desk SCHIP expansion would be paid for by increase in federal tax on cigarettes Bill will be taken up by the Senate next week WASHINGTON (CNN) —...
Sep 3rd
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Polls on Health Care from CNN.com (video) →
Sep 3rd
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"Myth VS Fact" from the AARP website
Don’t Let the Myths About Health Care Reform Scare You. There are special interest groups trying to block progress on health care reform by using myths and scare tactics. Like the notion that health care reform would ration your care, hurt Medicare or be a government takeover. Actually, these are false statements. All of the health care reform plans currently being debated in Congress...
Sep 2nd
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The Path to Health Care
Amid Doubts of Bipartisan Plan, Obama to Rally Support to Democrats’ Health Care Bills Two senior administration officials confirm to FOX News that President Obama is actively considering a prime-time address from the Oval Office or an address to a joint session of Congress to invigorate the debate, as Congress returns from a rocky recess. And the path forward, as the president sees it, is...
Sep 2nd
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"Strategy Shift: Obama to Lead Health Care Battle" →
Video from Fox News
Sep 2nd
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Pain Killers Literally Killing the Pain
Drug overdoses on the rise in N.C. Posted: Aug. 19, 2009 Until 1997, North Carolina averaged 300 to 400 drug overdose deaths a year. The number started to rise in 2001, when 1,100 overdose deaths were reported. In 2008, the state Medical Examiner’s office reports 1,800 deaths by drug overdose a year. “It’s mainly due to pain killers, heavy use of narcotic type painkillers. This has...
Sep 2nd
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"Our Most Famous Loser" talks about health care.
McCain, Burr talk about health care at Charlotte forum Posted: Sep. 1 5:28 p.m. Updated: Today at 8:46 a.m. Republican senators hit the road early this week, arguing for what they called a more thoughtful and incremental approach to overhauling health care, an issue which is President Barack Obama’s top domestic priority. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, of Kentucky, and 2008...
Sep 2nd