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	<description>Nurses Impacting Society - by Kenneth W. Thomas, RN, BS</description>
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		<title>Medical Scientist Find Link between ADHD and Thyroid Conditions</title>
		<link>http://www.nurses4humanrights.org/2012/01/28/medical-scientist-find-link-between-adhd-and-thyroid-conditions/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Science Daily of March 12, 1997, a press release states medical researchers found a positive link between patients with ADHD and specific Thyroid levels. At the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Dr. Peter Hauser, Psychiatrist, warns “The correlation between thyroid hormone concentrations and symptoms of hyperactivity does not prove causality. What it does [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Four Facts You Need To Know</title>
		<link>http://www.nurses4humanrights.org/2011/12/29/four-facts-you-need-to-know/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:40:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. Mental disorders are diagnosed by a list of behaviors and feelings. No objective medical tests exist that can detect a mental disorder&#8211;no brain scan, no blood test, no chemical imbalance test. 2. Psychiatric disorders are defined in the American Psychiatric Association&#8217;s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Of the 170 panel members who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foster Kids More Likely to Be Placed on Psychotropics</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 16:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New York Times reports that they find that Foster Children are more likely to be placed on psychotropics then the average child in our society. While this may seem reasonable to most nurses, following the belief that all children in foster homes are traumatized by the ordeal and such, I offer this viewpoint instead. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prescription drugs can alter your employment.</title>
		<link>http://www.nurses4humanrights.org/2011/07/01/prescription-drugs-can-alter-your-employment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 18:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2013250395_workdrugs25.html]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Great article form the Seattle Times on prescription drugs causing denials of employment. Even when ligit, employers are becoming aware that some prescriptions can predispose workers to lowered performance. I would include psychiatric drugs under this as well. At least to the point they alter someones view and connection to reality, as reported by many, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More About Medicating Those &#8220;Pesky&#8221; Children&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.nurses4humanrights.org/2011/06/04/more-about-medicating-those-pesky-children/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jun 2011 13:38:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I never have to wonder what would happen if the mental health system we have today was allowed to do whatever it wanted to in the already infiltrated fields of education and juvenile justice systems. We already know what creating disorders like ADHD does to our &#8220;special needs&#8221; kids and the Federal Monies that flow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Take Another Look at Vaccines&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.nurses4humanrights.org/2011/03/19/take-another-look-at-vaccines/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2011 13:21:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Autism: Alternatives for Parents of Autistic Children</title>
		<link>http://www.nurses4humanrights.org/2011/03/17/autism-alternatives-for-parents-of-autistic-children/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nurses4humanrights.org/2011/03/17/autism-alternatives-for-parents-of-autistic-children/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 21:21:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Autism came into public attention in the 1940’s when Dr. Leo Kanner announced he discovered a new childhood disease. The incidence of autism was rare. By the 1960’s and 70’s, 4500 new cases were diagnosed every year. Today it is estimated 1 in 150 children (2009) are diagnosed with Autism Spectrum. A new case is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sometimes Pictures Replace Words More Effectively&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.nurses4humanrights.org/2011/02/28/sometimes-pictures-replace-words-more-effectively/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 22:09:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Anatomy of a Suicidal Society?</title>
		<link>http://www.nurses4humanrights.org/2010/12/03/anatomy-of-a-suicidal-society/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nurses4humanrights.org/2010/12/03/anatomy-of-a-suicidal-society/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 15:21:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had a family member who was an alcoholic (has sinced passed on). Alcohol made him feel &#8220;better&#8221; during the time he drank. He was very uncomfortable physically and emotionally when he wasn&#8217;t drinking. This prompted more drinking. Despite the evidence of liver damage, digestive damage, etc with alcohol consumption, he continued. Evidence came out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Again &#8211; Your Drug Is Your Problem &#8211; or Soon To Be&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.nurses4humanrights.org/2010/11/21/again-your-drug-is-your-problem-or-soon-to-be/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nurses4humanrights.org/2010/11/21/again-your-drug-is-your-problem-or-soon-to-be/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Nov 2010 15:44:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While nurses continue to serve billions of pharmaceutical chemicals to our patients to thwart heart disease, high blood pressure, osteoporosis and mental illness author Martha Rosenberg points out this one flaw in the money industry of Big Pharma &#8211; the drugs are a problem unto themselves. On the website AlterNet, 15 Dangerous Drugs Big Pharma Shoves [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s Making You Mad? or BiPolar? or&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.nurses4humanrights.org/2010/08/19/whats-making-you-mad-or-bipolar-or/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nurses4humanrights.org/2010/08/19/whats-making-you-mad-or-bipolar-or/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:11:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my friends has a great blog devoted to scientific facts that relate to psychosis and mania induced by environmental elements. Now if the psychiatrist really want to be experts and exert their erroneous chemical imbalance of the brain theory, here&#8217;s is where they can make some headway. (no pun intended)  Investigational mental illness.blogspot.com [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UN Investigating Psych Behavioral Facility-JRC</title>
		<link>http://www.nurses4humanrights.org/2010/08/14/un-investigating-psych-behavioral-facility-jrc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2010 16:16:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UN has been contacted about the methods used by the Judge Rotenberg Center for their &#8220;treatment methods&#8221; to unresponsive children to regular therapy. The US Dept of Justice is also looking into their methods. What are those methods? Imagine putting an electrical stimulus device on your 5 year old. Whenever the 5 year old [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medicating Those Pesky Children</title>
		<link>http://www.nurses4humanrights.org/2010/07/31/medicating-those-pesky-children/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:10:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has become apparent that the handling of kids who are unruly or annoying with drugs is the new standard in our society. Parents are reaching for the medicine cabinet and dosing little Annie with cough syrup, antihistamines, adult prescriptions, and street drugs to quell the menacing activity a 3 year old can imbue into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Environmental Causes of ADHD vs &#8220;Chemical Imbalance&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.nurses4humanrights.org/2010/06/10/environmental-causes-of-adhd-vs-chemical-imbalance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nurses4humanrights.org/2010/06/10/environmental-causes-of-adhd-vs-chemical-imbalance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 20:20:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As more evidence comes forth, the mounting existence of environmental causes of ADHD symptoms should give us better ideas on treating our kids than with the harmful stimulants we offer them now. Researchers at the University of Montreal in Quebec have evidence that fruits and vegetables tainted with pesticides can undoubtedly cause symptoms attributable to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do Doctors Promote Mental Illness?</title>
		<link>http://www.nurses4humanrights.org/2009/09/27/do-doctors-promote-mental-illness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 13:04:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you comfortable knowing that the medications your doctors prescribe for you may be influenced by what they hear at a lecture or seminar weekend from a pharmaceutical company paid speaker instead of your doctor&#8217;s own research and critical reading of the testing results of that drug? Well, apparently, that is what is happening in [...]]]></description>
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