http://www.choosehelp.com http://cache.choosehelp.com/img6/logo.png http://www.choosehelp.com urn:syndication:ee5e7add2d3dba56a33ea9614bb40e37 http://www.choosehelp.com/news/society/americans-won2019t-pay-as-much-to-prevent-mental-illness-as-physical-illness Even though people say mental illness would have a greater impact on quality of life, they’re not nearly as willing to pay to prevent it as they are to prevent physical illnesses. ]]> Mental Illness Health Care Health Mental Health Wed, 11 Apr 2012 13:09:35 -0400 urn:syndication:355d12cfc43d00aa9d681dfa931ec625 http://www.choosehelp.com/news/society/hiv-rates-down-among-injection-drug-users The CDC says the HIV infection rate among injection drug users has been reduced by half over the last 20 years. Health experts credit an increase in needle exchange programs for the reduction. ]]> HIV/ AIDS needle exchange Sun, 04 Mar 2012 23:56:02 -0500 urn:syndication:fd530064b08117acd76a744e815d0d7f http://www.choosehelp.com/news/society/nebraskan-sioux-tribe-sues-beer-makers-for-aiding-in-the-smuggling-of-alcohol-into-a-dry-community Community elders say beer makers selling 4.9 million cans of beer to a town of 11 people right next to their reservation are complicit in an illegal smuggling operation into their dry community. ]]> Sioux beer Lawsuit Alcoholism Native American Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:38:06 -0500 urn:syndication:2c998ad59454a0e353b97c44424ce03e http://www.choosehelp.com/news/society/for-women-lower-legal-minimum-drinking-ages-linked-to-increased-suicide-and-homicide-risk Need more evidence for the sensibility of a mature minimum drinking age (21)? Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis say that women who grew up in states with lower legal minimum drinking ages were significantly more lik... ]]> Homicide Drinking Age Suicide Thu, 24 Nov 2011 06:44:17 -0500 urn:syndication:19b0f8381e3a27549deafaaa16b8e4d3 http://www.choosehelp.com/news/society/low-omega-3-levels-a-greater-predictor-of-military-suicide-than-combat-trauma US military study shows that low Omega 3 levels are linked to an increased risk of suicide. ]]> nutrition Suicide Combat Omega 3 Military Fri, 26 Aug 2011 08:37:21 -0400 urn:syndication:7c4bdd260dac9d6031100db5251afc0a http://www.choosehelp.com/news/society/religion-linked-to-happiness-in-poorer-societies-less-benefit-seen-in-richer-societies Researchers say that in societies of scarcity, religious people are happier than non religious people, but that in societies of abundance, religious and non religious people are about equally happy. ]]> Christian recovery Religion Happiness Fri, 19 Aug 2011 17:26:13 -0400 urn:syndication:dad8a9c6f95540345edc659627b94c98 http://www.choosehelp.com/news/society/watch-6-hours-of-tv-per-day-expect-to-die-5-years-earlier OK, so we all know that spending a lot of time each day staring at a TV set is hardly conducive to excellent health, but just how bad is that couch potato lifestyle when it comes to affecting life expectancy? ]]> TV Death Life Expectancy Wed, 17 Aug 2011 02:51:45 -0400 urn:syndication:579fd0ef85f6f4613ed402107d30c0e4 http://www.choosehelp.com/news/society/incarcerated-black-men-have-a-longer-life-expectancy-than-free-black-men Due to better health care in prison, reduced violent crime and less access to drugs and alcohol, a Black man in America is about half as likely to die while incarcerated as he is while free. This disturbing truth that was unearthed by researchers fr... ]]> jail Health Incarceration Mon, 18 Jul 2011 07:08:34 -0400 urn:syndication:f772948adb9ae0bb78f16b02100fd7a3 http://www.choosehelp.com/news/society/researchers-say-america-is-getting-dangerously-fat Some disturbing facts from a report from Trust for America’s Health, entitled ‘F as in Fat’ include that two thirds of American adults are now overweight and that 20 years ago, not a single state had an obesity rate above 15% - now every state ... ]]> Obesity Overweight Americans Sat, 09 Jul 2011 08:34:02 -0400 urn:syndication:7905fc57de60fec111fbbf0a8e8e811f http://www.choosehelp.com/news/society/youth-exposed-to-a-lot-of-alcohol-marketing-online.html Researchers at American University in Washington D.C. say that underage consumers now receive a bombardment of alcohol advertising through diverse digital media platforms; and that by using social networking or sites like YouTube, marketers avoid lim... ]]> alcohol & society Alcohol internet Sun, 26 Jun 2011 20:06:32 -0500 urn:syndication:931c66441f6866824e9e5edc6fc32662 http://www.choosehelp.com/news/society/backcountry-marijuana-grow-operation-uses-black-bears-to-guard-crops.html Police say they found 10 black bears patrolling the fields of a marijuana plantation in B.C. Canada. The bears, they say, were paid in dog food for their security efforts. ]]> Marijuana Mon, 09 May 2011 03:39:06 +0000 urn:syndication:6ed78fe04e8385ed82feab1a938d9290 http://www.choosehelp.com/news/society/study-says-safe-injection-facilities-reduce-overdose-deaths.html Researchers say that North America’s only safe injection facility, Vancouver’s Insite safe injection clinic, is responsible for reducing overdose deaths by 35% in one of Canada’s most addiction plagued neighborhoods. ]]> Insite Mon, 18 Apr 2011 03:52:10 +0000 urn:syndication:4b5e0ca1c5b5dffd674d6711b015d4d4 http://www.choosehelp.com/news/society/jail-smugglers-paint-dissolved-drugs-onto-coloring-books.html New Jersey prison authorities arrest 5 after uncovering a drug smuggling operation wherein Suboxone was mailed to prisoners - dissolved and painted onto the pages of children’s coloring books. ]]> Suboxone Mon, 04 Apr 2011 07:15:35 +0000 urn:syndication:03b91016dbed43842b68e52e09d513bd http://www.choosehelp.com/news/society/silicon-valley-workers-get-used-to-free-beer-at-work-as-a-necessary-perk.html To compensate for the long hours demanded by Silicon Valley start ups, many employers now offer free beer and wine on the job as a standard perk of employment. ]]> alcohol & society drinking culture Workaholism Drinking on the job Silicon Valley Drinking Wed, 30 Mar 2011 10:39:10 +0000 urn:syndication:14700407e61c2813d8f3b657f1ca89e1 http://www.choosehelp.com/news/society/glaxosmithkline-gets-sued-for-medication-that-caused-french-man2019s-addiction-to-gay-sex.html Didier Jambart, a 51 year old French man, is suing a pharmaceutical company and his neurologist for failing to warn him of the possible side effects of a Parkinson’s medication he was prescribed. ]]> medicine Requip GlaxoSmithKline Parkinson's Disease Gay Mon, 21 Mar 2011 03:49:16 +0000