Hot Topics
Written by admin2 on December 12th, 2008Filed under: Uncategorized
“Hot Topics” after the jump…
Chantal Petitclerc named Canada’s Top Athlete!
Angie Johnson: from wheelchair user to belly dancer. Grand Rapids man builds snow wheelchair. Week in wheelchair opens author’s eyes. On the boardwalk, wheels are her wings. The waltz of a fearless flower. Introducing Kim Yeoman, Ms. Wheelchair Utah. Wheelchair-bound pilgrims attend the Haj.
Crystal Culmer and her four children, all under the age of 8, are homeless. Larry and Clara Hunter have been living in their car for the past nine months. Former homeless man uses his restaurant business to help others. An eco-friendly homeless shelter. Afghans take Homeless World Cup. How much are all of your life possessions worth? Research suggests children’s brain function affected by poverty. Theatre troupe recruits actors among homeless. A sharp increase in the number of homeless students. Man’s dying wish to help homeless teenagers caught in red tape. Max Wallack may have a solution.
Remembering Odetta: Queen of American folk music.
A nice word: Handicapable.
A not-nice word: Orthorexia.
Anxiety underlies “White Coat” Hypertension.
No link found between abortions and later mental-health problems, say researchers. Untrue and misleading, cackles the God Squad. In a faintly naïve article, Dr. Michael Warren tells us all that our fear of mental illness is irrational. Tell that to Chinese gadflies, whisteblowers and muckrakers. Tell that to prisoners. Tell that to small-towners. Tell that to the Emperor of Japan.
Plenty of guidelines and national standards for doctors, but where’s the evidence?
Surgeon saves boy’s life by text message.
More female doctors, more female AIDS patients.
A young woman partially lost her hearing after her boyfriend ruptured her eardrum during an excessively passionate kiss.
Courtney DeKorp has won the first annual Ruth Walsh Smith Scholarship for blind women pursuing higher education or career training.
There’s no mammogram or Pap smear for Alzheimer’s disease. And memory screenings—five-minute mini-tests, doable at a health fair—are hugely controversial. Kirby vacuum cleaner salesman breezes past “no soliciting” sign, gets woman with dementia to sign contract. He should repent by sponsoring a grandparent.
Misery loves company, but happiness is contagious.
In Brookfield, Wis., no restaurant has triggered more calls to the police department than…Chuck E. Cheese’s.
OCD Camp, Oprah style.
I’m sure you’ve seen this already, but…wow.
Ellen Moose was a social worker at Denver’s first YWCA for African-Americans.
H. M., an unforgettable amnesiac, dies at 82.
A practical guide to rabbinical counseling.
First Augusten Burroughs wrote Running With Scissors (now a major motion picture). Then brother John wrote about growing up with Asperger’s. Now mother Margaret is speaking out too.
Follow-up: Girl Scouts find room for autistic girl! Study shows families’ financial strain from autism. The sky is falling. And it’s raining autism.
A vaccine that could help wipe out Malaria.
Dozens of academics send President-elect Barak Obama a “joint” letter regarding potential candidates to become the next drug czar. French cardiologist claims cure for alcoholism in a pill. Can amphetamines help cure cocaine and meth addiction?
Bollywood tackles bipolar disorder.
Computer-assisted psychotherapy: human therapists still needed.
Working mothers: a focus on post post-partum depression. Mum of three braves TV to tell anorexia story. The Faces of Domestic Abuse: Children see, children do.
Teacher’s work with disabled students wins her national honor.
Using PlayStation as therapy for children with ADD.
‘Wired’ Americans wrestle with sleepless nights. Sleep terrors may have genetic roots.
Therapy offers new hope for social anxiety sufferers.
Chilling, tragic statistic: Twice as many police officers commit suicide than die in the line of duty.
An art exhibition displaying work by ex-servicemen, many of whom suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder.
Researchers discover a new illness called Mednik syndrome, a rare and debilitating genetic disorder…unique to French Canadians?
Compassion-phobic Ray Anderson gets to the heart of the matter by speaking out of his bum.
Clean people are less judgmental.
A holiday appeal from http://postsecret.blogspot.com/2008/12/holiday-appeal.html.
Red pen can be seen as aggressive and teachers should use a different colour ink instead. Concordia University’s Scot Gardiner could’ve told you that decades ago!
Controversy ends! Carleton students reinstate cystic fibrosis fundraiser.
Deborah Gray writes about Growing Up on Antidepressants (Or Not).
I hope broadcasters remember they have a wider duty.
Friendly Faces
Jane Goetzee and Irked Magazine get blogged about . . . twice!
Straight out of Donna Williams‘ mouth: Irked Magazine gets the scoop. And the crowds go wild.
David Roche interviews himself delightfully. Please leave him lots of comments—here and here and here. David also brought his warmth to beautiful Saskatchewan.
Philip Patston wins an Attitude Award, gets press coverage.
And speaking of Philip Patston…early bird registration is now available for Momentum’09—an International Disability Arts Symposium due to take place in Auckland, New Zealand.
Laurie Toby Edison remembers Odetta too.
Glenda Watson Hyatt publishes a new collection.
Heidi Adams blogs about the lovely Leela, whose YouTube video shows exactly what it’s like to, well, be a radioactive thyroid cancer patient with I-131 radiation in your system. Geiger counter and all.
Hetty van Gurp touches the life of yet another perfect stranger.
Kent Nason and Teresa MacInnes’ documentary Norm debuted on CBC Newsworld.
Craig Grimes is a Changemaker.
Mark E. Smith’s new blue jeans are too hot for sitting.
Karen Putz tackles dust bunnies and fake cleanliness.
Michele Glaser of MSG Personalized Creative Services is now married and goes by the name Michele S Techman. She recently attended the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Conference back in October of this year. Michele wants people to know that she’s still in business, and has new products to offer as of mid-December. Please feel free to email her at mglaser4260056@yahoo.com.
