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Swine flu quarantine is lifted for 20 UCD students visiting Japan

Published: 12:00 am

A Japanese quarantine has been lifted for 20 California students taking a UC Davis class on daily life in Japan, a UC Davis spokeswoman said Thursday.

Cash squeeze forces Shriners hospitals to begin billing insurance carriers

By Cynthia Hubert - Published: 12:00 am

The gleaming Shriners children's hospital on Stockton Boulevard in Sacramento stands as a powerful symbol of the fraternal group's history of offering free care to needy children around the globe.

West Sac puts moratorium on opening of medical pot outlets

By Gina Kim - Published: 12:00 am

West Sacramento joined dozens of other cities in California late Wednesday, temporarily halting the opening of medicinal pot distributors until it can decide whether to inhale.

Swine flu quarantine nears end for UCD students in Japan

By Carrie Peyton Dahlberg - Published: Thursday, July 9 2009 - 12:00 am

A class on daily life in Japan has become a lesson in life under quarantine for 20 students from UC Davis and other California colleges who are confined to a Japanese dorm because of swine flu.

Attitudes change; pot dispensaries multiply

By Gina Kim - Published: Thursday, July 9 2009 - 12:00 am

With a hard-line stance against marijuana crumbling at almost every level of government, advocates of the drug are pushing beyond legality for societal acceptance.

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Dr. Michael Wilkes, director of global health and professor of medicine at UC Davis school of medicine, answers your questions about health care.

Q: I have lived for the past 30+ years with the results of a traumatic brain injury and "Attention Deficit Disorder, Inattentive Type". Although the doctors still debate (at my expense) which of these disorders is primary, I have still to find anyone--at least inside the Kaiser system--who will refer me, or apparently anyone with adult ADD, to an appropriate therapist, coach, or cognitive-behavioral "expert". After many attempts, and appeals, I still get a stone wall whenever I ask for this. The stimulant medication no longer works well for me. I do find meditation, exercize, and acceptance of my condition helpful emotionally. But how can one live successfully and productively, not simply adequately, with such a mental health condition? I fear my own lack of results may be very similar to others with a long-term mental health condition, not easily treatable by medication alone. Any hopeful, or helpful suggestions? Thanks.
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