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Every since he was 9 years old he has suffered from dysthymia, a chronic low grade depression, that flares up every 4-5 years into a major episode. It was during one of those periods that excess self-medication almost killed him when he took 180 sleeping pills coupled with two bottles of wine.
http://globalnews.ca/news/1923533/ontario-bar-association-president-speaks-out-about-depression/
In his riveting tale of how psychiatrists “medicalize” human suffering, Gary Greenberg recounts that, in 1850, a physician called Samuel Cartwright reported a new disease in the highly respected New Orleans Medical and Surgical Journal. Cartwright named it drapetomania, from the ancient Greek drapetes for a runaway slave; in other words, here was a disease that “caused Negroes to run away.” It had one primary diagnostic symptom — “absconding from service” — and a few secondary ones, including “sulkiness and dissatisfaction just prior to flight.”
Far too much of the focus in the study of what the researchers always call “mild” brain injury or subtle brain injury, is trying to predict how serious a brain injury will become, based upon the way in which the patient interacts with medical professionals in the acute stage. This misses the point.
Although users saw a 12% average price decrease on their premiums, critics are voicing concerns over whether the savings justify the loss of privacy needed to determine discounts.
You’re waiting to make a left-hand turn, but a driver stops and waves you through. As you turn in front of him, he rams into you – and later tells the police he did no such thing.
http://www.ilstv.com/a-minor-crash-it-could-be-fraud/#.VSLrXI5qRqE
The Ontario legislature has adopted a committee report on a bill that, if passed into law, would increase the maximum fine for distracted driving to $1,000, introduce licence suspensions for drug impairment and change the branding program for vehicles written off due to a collision for flood