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The Foster Care Crisis: The Shortage Of Foster Parents In America
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The Foster Care Crisis: The Shortage Of Foster Parents In America

Children abused. Children neglected. Children abandoned. Children being placed into foster care; a foster care system where there are not enough homes. The media and news continue to report on the shortage of foster parents and foster homes across the nation.  In Georgia and Tennessee, child welfare workers fight to find homes for the increasing…

Why America’s Babies Are Suffering: Opioid Addictions Placing More Babies In Foster Care
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Why America’s Babies Are Suffering: Opioid Addictions Placing More Babies In Foster Care

The baby lay screaming in the hospital crib, its tiny frame racked with pain. Powerless to help, the nurse tried to comfort the baby as best she could. Two more babies in the hospital were suffering with the same condition, yet there was little she could do. The newborn baby was going through withdrawal from…

A Cardiologist Reveals The Ways You’re Wrecking Your Heart ( P.S. It’s not Smoking)
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A Cardiologist Reveals The Ways You’re Wrecking Your Heart ( P.S. It’s not Smoking)

It’s easy to go a day, a week, or even a year and never think about the fact that it’s a friggin’ miracle that a muscle the size of a fist pumps gallons of blood to keep you alive daily. Yes, I’m talking about the heart muscle. After practicing cardiology for nearly 30 years, I…

Understanding Good Carbs Versus Bad Carbs
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Understanding Good Carbs Versus Bad Carbs

So much nutrition information is confusing, even contradictory. It’s a complicated field, and scientists often learn new things that sometimes go against the day’s most widely accepted thinking. Then there are all those fad diets, advertising their special secrets and shortcuts and spreading misinformation.  Few aspects of nutrition are as full of confusion and seeming…

This Game On Social Media Is Driving More Teens To Commit Suicide
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This Game On Social Media Is Driving More Teens To Commit Suicide

A new game has arisen online for today’s teenagers, revolving around a blue whale and suicide. Shockingly in Russia, 130 teenagers in Russia have taken their lives since November of 2015 through this new and deadly online game, known as the “blue whale.”  Inspired by images of blue whales washed up on beaches, teenagers are…