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A survey was done using more than 20,000 teenagers, which resulted in a disturbing outcome. Almost 15% of these teens had the belief that they would die at a young age. A commonly held belief about why teens engage in risky behavior is that they feel they are immortal, invincible and somehow impervious to harm. It has also been assumed …
Last week we lost two American Icons: Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson on the same day. My condolences go out to the both families. It was a tragic day that as an aside shed light on grief and the differences and similarities of a loss that was expected and one that was not.
Some people assume that the …
1) Demerol: I'll never forget a lecture I attended as a resident by a well known toxicologist who said Demerol should be pulled from the market...that it doesn't work any better than any other pain medication and patients love the high it gives them. The American Pain Society said in 2003 that Demerol has no role in acute pain management …
