So Now Conservatives Want To Talk About Mental Health?

The law’s Medicaid expansion will also take away the need for those in poverty to stay in poverty in order to maintain their mental health coverage. Instead of talking about how to improve mental health, Republicans have proposed slashing the slender safety net that exists now. Medicaid is the”single largest payer for mental health services” in the United States. “In 2010,Medicaid financed 28 percent of all mental health services, spending over $31 billion, but accounted for only 17 percent of total health care outlays; these statistics demonstrate the program’s comparatively significant commitment to funding mental health treatments,” according to a recent Yale Law School study that called the program a “model of mental health service delivery.” And what do Republicans want to do to this system that effectively delivers mental health services to those who need them most? Slash it. Not only would Paul Ryan’s budget cut 11 million people from Medicaid by eliminating Obamacare, but he’s proposing $750 billion in cuts to the program that the Congressional Budget Office estimates would”probablyrequire states to reduce payments toproviders, curtail eligibility for Medicaid, provide less extensive coverage to beneficiaries, or pay morethemselves than would be the case under current law.” In other words, fewer people would get mental health care. So, yes!
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Reframing the gun control debate: Is mental health the next focus?

It’s most associated with a violent stereotype. The result has always been fear, prejudice and discrimination toward anyone struggling with a mental health problem. The stereotype endures despite the fact that the U.S. surgeon general has found that the likelihood of violence from people with mental illness is low. In fact, “the overall contribution of mental disorders to the total level of violence in society is exceptionally small.” Despite the impact of the Navy Yard tragedy and those of Newtown, Aurora and Virginia Tech on perceptions, a much greater, different reality exists.
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How shootings stigmatize people living with mental illness

“I think we ought to move,” Schiff said on MSNBC. “The gun issue has been so difficult. I think we ought to try to move forward with whatever pieces we can.” Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, said he still favors legislation for enhanced background checks but believes the mental health initiative should be the “centerpiece” in any new effort to stop gun violence.
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Snoring Husband Divorcing Wife Accused Of Stabbing Him

Dawn Weiser, 44, was jailed Aug. 29 on suspicion of attempted murder after police said she stabbed her husband with a butcher knife while he slept in the couples home. She was released from the Washington County Detention Center two days later on $25,000 bond. She has an Oct. 2 arraignment.
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Help for snorers

“Sleep disorders can increase your risk of high blood pressure and stroke,” Dr Delcahno said. Studies show that many of us lose the equivalent of three weeks’ sleep every year due to snoring partners, but Dr Delcahno says there’s a simple solution to the problem. A medibula advancement splint, a special mouth guard, can help reduce snoring. It gently adjusts and lowers your jaw forward, moving your tongue out of the way to prevent your throat from constricting or collapsing. By opening your upper airway, it allows for unrestricted breathing throughout the night. “If someone is snoring badly, and other people are commenting on it, I would say – as a general rule, that it should be checked out,” Dr Delcahno said.
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SNORING IS CALLED POTENTIALLY SERIOUS HEALTH RISK

Both men participated in the symposium and amplified on their remarks in interviews beforehand. Dr. Fairbanks said that snoring, which is simply obstructive breathing during sleep, becomes more common with age. Among people 30 to 35 years old, 20 percent of the men and 5 percent of the women will snore, he said, but by 60 years of age, 60 percent of the men and 40 percent of the women will snore. Nobody knows why men snore more than women. Snoring is also three times more common in obese people than in thin ones, Dr. Fairbanks added.
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How To Heal Your Digestive System Of Damage From Gmo Foods (video)

A high percentage of what American’s eat is what is the cause of the illnesses we see today. The only way to change this is to quit eating what we eat and change our diets. Pills never healed anything and never will, all they do is mask the problem and usually create more issues. Kefir is more than a food source that stems back to ancient times, it is a super food! Kefir.net explains that, Kefir is easily digested, it cleanses the intestines, provides beneficial bacteria and yeast, vitamins and minerals, and complete proteins. Because kefir is such a balanced and nourishing food, it contributes to a healthy immune system and has been used to help patients suffering from AIDS, chronic fatigue syndrome, herpes, and cancer. Its tranquilizing effect on the nervous system has benefited many who suffer from sleep disorders, depression, and ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder).” There must be something awesome to this super food as it is used to help cancer and AIDS patients; that is some power, and all that is from this one ancient food that you can make at home yourself.
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Your Digestive System

Celiac disease -eliminating gluten is the treatment although regular check ups are crucial as well. Our digestive system has what is called theEnteric nervous system which consists ofmillionsof neurons and neural synapses just like our brain. It produces several neurotransmitters. GI system has been sometimes called the ‘second brain’. Therefore disorders of the GI tract affect us at more than one level and more than we even know. We have recently through many studies been able to understand a little more about the function of this ‘brain’ and a lot of things are coming to light. For example: It has been found that 95% of body’s serotonin is found in the gut.
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