My mom was interviewed about one of her patients for an episode of ABC's medical mysteries. I put that part in Italics.

( Article about the program they aired )

I was actually told about this when I was last in the Czech republic - that many Roma (gypsy - although that is considered to be a deragatory term in this context) children are placed in schools for children with mental disabilities by virtue of simply being Roma.


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NYC Faces Worst Blood Shortage in 5 Years

Yesterday, there were a few articles about the metropolitan area's blood shortage. Today, We got an email from the New York Blood Center explaining how serious a problem this is:

NYC is experiencing one of its worst blood shortages ever. Currently we have less than a 2 day supply of 0- and B- blood and ( Read more... )

Apparently Bush is nominating a Muslim neo-con as US envoy to the UN ( Read more... )

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved over-the-counter sales of the emergency contraceptive pill after three years of controversy. The drug, Plan B, will be sold only to women over the age of 18. Younger people will still need a prescription ( Read more... )

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Warrantless-Surveillance.html?hp&ex=1155873600&en=a4e06f77e4a3c6a0&ei=5094&partner=homepageRead more... )

As a result of my jobless and procrastinatory state, every morning I wake up and watch CNN international for a few hours - often just in the background of whatever else that I'm doing ( Read more... )