The suicide rate for people aged 35 to 64 increased 30 percent from 1999 to 2010, the New York Times reports.
Are Americans in the middle of their lives being stretched to the breaking point? The first decade of this century witnessed a dramatic rise in suicides among middle-aged people, The New York Times reports. The increase, about 30 percent among 35- to 64-year olds, has raised the question of whether "a generation of baby boomers who have faced years of economic worry and easy access to prescription painkillers may be particularly vulnerable to self-inflicted harm," according to the Times. The paper cites a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official who says the financial and family situations of baby boomers might be creating unique stresses, such as taking care both of their aging parents and their young adult children. The …
In an update this week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced 1,118 cases nationally through the third week of August. Mosquitoes have been found with the virus in at least two Atlanta-area counties.
The West Nile virus has been spotted in mosquitoes in metro Atlanta, and the CDC says more human cases across the national have been reported this year than ever before. In a statement Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 1,118 human cases, the highest number at this time in 1999, when the disease hit the United States in 1999. The cases caused 41 deaths. To date (Aug. 23) there have been no confirmed West Nile virus cases in humans said Karen Shields, spokeswoman for the Gwinnett, Newton and Rockdale County Health Departments, or GNRHD. However, the Gwinnett County does not test mosquitoes, like other metro-Atlanta counties. For example, in other nearby areas, mosquitoes have tested positive for the virus in …
George Wilson
2:47 pm on Wednesday, May 15, 2013
@Robbi McCaig Eight Good Reasons for Governor Deal and the Republican legislature to Change Mind on expanding Medicaid 1. Cost each Georgia family $1200.00 in higher insurance premiums for the cost of paying for the uninsured by failing to act 2 Creation of about 70,000 jobs will be lost 3. Potential lose of Doctors in Georgia as they move to other states 4. 650,000 poor Georgians may not have … more ›