Ohio State

Vogue Magazine

In 2006, I started taking Xanax and continued, more rather than less, for the next 17 years. The drug was first prescribed to me after I experienced a panic attack. I had thought that I was dying. My children were two and six years old. We were at home—my husband had gone for the day and the babysitter was late. I started sweating and had this urge to run, to get outside. I didn’t know what was wrong, but my heart felt weird and I didn’t want to die in front of my kids. So I stuffed them in a stroller and went down to the street—West 106th in Manhattan—hoping to intercept the sitter. There she was in the lobby. She took the children. I didn’t explain. On the street, the noises were loud, the light galactic. I think it was summer. I was walking but had no idea where I was going. Fear crawled over me like ants.

Quitting Xanax: One Writer's Story

Los Angeles, CA

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Herbie J Pilato

Former child starJohnny Crawford was born on March 26, 1946, in Los Angeles, California, where he died tragically on April 29, 2021, from Alzheimer's disease and after contracting COVID-19. The talented actor was best known for his work on the classic TV family-geared Western, The Rifleman, starring Chuck Conners.

The Tragic Death of Former Child Star Johnny Crawford ('The Rifleman'): Three Years Later

Columbus, OH

Snopes

A social media user posited that the vice-presidential candidate was "a COVID fascist."

Fact Check: JD Vance Once Said Nurses Should Be Fired If They Didn't Get COVID-19 Vaccine?

It's been eight years since former TV child star Sawyer Sweeten, best known from Everybody Loves Raymond, died tragically by suicide at only 19 years old. Sawyer Sweeten, his twin brother Sullivan Sweeten, and their older sister Madylin, played Ray Romano's TV children on Everybody Loves Raymond, the Emmy-winning sitcom that originally aired on CBS 1996 to 2005.

The Tragic Suicide of Former TV Child Star Sawyer Sweeten ('Everybody Loves Raymond'): 9 Years Later

Polk County, FL

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Fort Meade, FL

Uncovering Florida

The Polk County Sheriff's Office has made an arrest after conducting an investigation into a case of credit card fraud involving 28-year-old Burger King employee, Kellyn Miley. The incident was discussed in detail during this morning's briefing with Sheriff Grady Judd.

Burger King Employee Caught Using Customer's Credit Card for Food at Former Job

Georgia State

Douglas, GA

Daily Coffee Press

Last week, a 32-year-old was arrested on trafficking charges after allegedly fleeing from a traffic stop and abandoning the vehicle with a child in the passenger seat. The chase resulted in the discovery of 230 grams of methamphetamine, which the suspect allegedly threw out while fleeing on foot. According to local detectives, the vehicle the suspect was driving was registered to NFL football player Tyreek Hill.

Man Driving Vehicle Registered to Tyreek Hill Arrested on Drug Trafficking Charges in Douglas

If a family member of a palliative care patient asks that they are concerned with opoid addiction for the patient, how do you respond?. Specializes in Public Health, TB. You listen to their concerns, and clarify what they believe the consequences are. Then, you can educate about why the patient is prescribed opioids, what are the alternatives, and what the actual adverse effects and risks are.

How to respond to opoid addiction?

Being ugly could literally make you more likely to die — even decades down the road. That's the takeaway from a new study in the journal Social Science & Medicine and flagged by PsyPost, revealing that people rated as most unattractive in their high school photos tend to have shorter lifespans and higher mortality rates than more attractive people.

If You Were Ugly in High School, Doctors Have Terrible News

Massachusetts State

Retirement Daily

Understand Medicaid's impact on your parents' assets.

Medicaid & Nursing Homes: Will Your Parents Lose Their House?

Factors such as isolation, grief, age discrimination and expense can all play a part. "I found out she was putting water on her cereal," Mary Kunz says of her former next-door neighbor. Kunz, the 88-year-old mother of four daughters who lives with her husband in upstate New York, says that even though she'd prepare hot meals for her former neighbor, and friends from church would drop off food from time to time, "often, her cupboard was bare."

Often Alone, Not Eating: Older Adults Struggle With Malnutrition

Virginia State

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Ronkonkoma, NY

Cheryl E Preston

The New York Post reveals that two men who died in a plane crash at MacArthur Airport were from Virginia. The men had been visiting friends in Long Island and were returning home when the tragedy occurred.

Life partners from Virginia have been identified as the victims of a New York plane crash

Chicago, IL

Foodie in Chicago

Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

South Carolina State

Colleton County, SC

Explore Beaufort SC

Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

Kentucky State

Northern Kentucky Tribune

Kentucky’s Community Actions Partnerships have announced the starts date for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Summer Subsidy, aimed at helping Kentucky households offset summer cooling costs.

LIHEAP Summer Subsidy program to help with summer cooling costs to begin enrollment July 16

Denver, CO

David Heitz

In addition to collecting more than 8,000 used needles in the past year from Denver drug users, the Harm Reduction Action Center passed out 10,000 meth pipes and “snort kits,” according to a newsletter sent to its supporters Thursday. They also connected about 1,700 people to medical, mental health and substance abuse treatment.

Denver group hands out 10K meth pipes, ‘snort kits,’ connects 1,700 to treatment annually

Colorado State

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

Inpatient mental health treatment is offered when a person needs a higher level of care. Most stays in psychiatric units are short, between three to seven days. Gaining the most from inpatient care often means keeping an open mind. I remember running my fingers through my blonde, 13-year-old hair as...

5 Things Everyone Should Know About Psychiatric Hospitalization

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Fact checked by Nick BlackmerFact checked by Nick BlackmerUlcerative colitis (UC) is a very challenging condition to live with. My wife, Molly, has been living with UC for all eight years I've known her and then some. There are a few things I wish I had known during the onset of our relationship that I have learned over the years. Molly was very upfront about her condition when we first started hanging out. However, I didn’t know much about how to support her and care for her whenever she wasn’t feeling the best, and that’s largely due to my lack of...

What I Wish I Knew About Living With Someone With Ulcerative Colitis

Pompano Beach, FL

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In a shocking revelation, Kings Mart, a grocery store in Pompano Beach, has been slapped with a series of severe health violations by the Florida Department of Agriculture. The inspection, carried out by Francis Odio, uncovered a disturbing range of problems that have led to the immediate closure of several sections of the store.

An inspection found bugs in the food and rodent poop on the shelves at a Florida grocery store

COLUMBUS, OH – In 2019, a group of Appalachian writers and scholars decided they had had enough. “Hillbilly Elegy,” J.D. Vance’s memoir, painted a picture of their region they hardly recognized. So they responded with their own book: “Appalachian Reckoning: A Region Responds to Hillbilly Elegy.”

Appalachia Fights Back: J.D. Vance’s ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ Gets Torn Apart in Scathing New Book!

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More working-age Ohioans are dying. Why?

More working-age Ohioans between the ages of 15 and 64 are dying now than just 15 years ago, according to an analysis by the Health Policy...

More working-age Ohioans are dying. Why?

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