Health & Fitness > Health Care Health care is increasingly expensive in the United States, is it time to adopt European style "universal health care"?

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The United States absolutely needs to implement universal health care. It is a sad fact that the wealthiest country in the world is one of very few that does not make health care available to all of it's citizens. A vast majority of the uninsured persons in the United States are employed, but do not have benefits available to... More..

Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: Living with Fibromyalgia

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As a young child, I struggled with a practically non-existent immune system. At the age of two, I had been hospitalized with severe pneumonia and almost died. Thankfully I am still here, however for the next several years my white blood cell count was almost zero and I was constantly sick and out of school. This all started t... More..

Parenting & Pregnancy > Fertility Issues Should the "morning after pill" be used to prevent pregnancy?

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While I think that the "morning after pill" can be useful in certain circumstances, such as in the case of rape, or for women in whom a pregnancy would endanger her life, I feel that using it as pregnancy prevention creates more risk than is necessary. Almost everyone who has considered hormonal birth control methods has hear... More..

Society & Lifestyle > Social Values & Norms Are we creating a complacent generation?

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Complacency is on the rise, and has been for the last several decades. While we have made huge strides in technology, it seems that with each advance we lose more of our sense of community. Our world is in a state of overload. We have the ability to see and read what is happening all around the world, which in itself is wonde... More..

Religion & Spirituality > Islam Living as a Muslim in America

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The negative portrayal of Muslims in the media has created a lot of fear and distrust of Muslims. This is an unfortunate situation to say the least. Personally I used to feel the same fear as a lot of other people in our society due to the fact that I come from a very small town where the only exposure to anything Islamic wer... More..

Religion & Spirituality > New Age (Other) A need for spiritual and political renewal

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The world that we live in today is in dire need of renewal. What humanity lacks is the ability to see each piece as being a part of whole picture. The institutions of politics and religion, while they may make us feel as though we are a part of a group, serve to divide the world into categories of us and them. Since the be... More..

Religion & Spirituality > New Age Therapies The healing powers of crystals

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Crystals have many practical uses, healing being only one of many. It is vital to remember that everything in the universe is made of and transmits energy. All energy contains vibration, therefore making the principle of crystal healing feasible. It has been scientifically proven that energy can be transformed by other energy... More..

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