Ann Coulter, Right On Media Distortion, Censorship; Wrong On Psychiatry

Coulter repeats a misguided conclusion every time she argues that a psychiatric diagnosis is causally connected with crime or violence. She may believe it but that does not make it true. Liberals blame guns. Conservatives blame psychiatric diagnoses. She recognizes psychiatrists are unable to distinguish between sanity and insanity. It is an arbitrary standard. Coulter seldom recognizes that psychiatric drugs may be an influence, have a causal connection to crime or violence. If extremist liberals designated her crazy, as many of them do, and sent a psychiatrist to support their concerns. Are there any psychiatrists who would willingly commit her? This argument needs more study as the academics say.



[From article]
The media act as if they’re performing a public service by refusing to release details about the perpetrator of the recent mass shooting at a community college in Oregon. But we were given plenty of information about Dylan Roof, Adam Lanza, James Holmes and Jared Loughner.
Now, quick: Name the mass shooters at the Chattanooga military recruitment center; the Washington Navy Yard; the high school in Washington state; Fort Hood (the second time) and the Christian college in California. All those shootings also occurred during the last three years.



The answers are: Mohammad Youssuf Abdulazeez, Kuwaiti; Aaron Alexis, black, possibly Barbadian-American; Jaylen Ray Fryberg, Indian; Ivan Antonio Lopez, Hispanic; and One L. Goh, Korean immigrant. (While I’m here: Why are we bringing in immigrants who are mentally unstable?)
There’s a rigid formula in media accounts of mass shootings: If possible, blame it on angry white men; when that won’t work, blame it on guns.
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After the fact, scores of psychiatrists are always lining up to testify that the defendant was legally insane, unable to control his actions. That information would be a lot more helpful before the wanton slaughter.
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Yes, according to the Treatment Advocacy Center, there are a grand total of 17 psychiatric beds even available, not necessarily being used. In 1955, there were 340.
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But I notice that every mass murder is committed by someone who is mentally ill.



http://humanevents.com/2015/10/07/the-problem-isnt-guns-or-white-men/?utm_source=coulterdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl

The Problem Isn’t Guns Or White Men

Ann Coulter

Wednesday Oct 7, 2015 4:32 PM

Dogs Expert At Detecting Cancer in Humans

[From article]

The Italian study backs up tests carried out by the charity Medical Detection Dogs, which is based in Buckinghamshire.
Its co-founder Dr Claire Guest said its own research had found a 93% reliability rate when detecting bladder and prostate cancer, describing the new findings as "spectacular".
The latest research, by the Department of Urology at the Humanitas Clinical and Research Centre in Milan, involved two German shepherds sniffing the urine of 900 men - 360 with prostate cancer and 540 without.
Scientists found that dog one got it right in 98.7% of cases, while for dog two this was 97.6%.
They said the dogs are able to detect prostate cancer specific volatile organic compounds in the urine but said an important question remains of how a dog would find it in daily practice.
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in the UK, with more than 40,000 new cases diagnosed every year.
Dr Guest said: "These results are spectacular. They offer us further proof that dogs have the ability to detect human cancer.
"It is particularly exciting that we have such a high success rate in the detection of prostate cancer, for which the existing tests are woefully inadequate."

http://guernseypress.com/news/uk-news/2015/04/10/dog-cancer-detection-98-reliable/

PUBLISHED: April 11, 2015 12:32 am
Dog cancer detection '98% reliable'
Dogs have been found to have 98% reliability rate in sniffing out prostate cancer in men, according to newly-published research.

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[From article]
'Over the years, millions of pounds of NHS funding has been poured into the traditional test methods, and yet there has been little improvement in their reliability,' Dr Guest added.
'This has caused a huge waste of resources, not to mention the distress to the impacted individuals.
'Moreover, the detection dogs provide alternative solution that yields consistently accurate results. If our detection dogs were a machine, there would be huge demand for them.'
Medical Detection Dogs, which is based in Milton Keynes, trains specialist canines to detect the odour of human disease.
They also train Medical Alert Assistance dogs to help people with life-threatening health conditions go about their daily lives.
The research is published in the Journal Of Urology.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3033906/How-DOGS-help-diagnose-prostate-cancer-Canines-SNIFF-disease-98-accuracy.html

How DOGS can help diagnose prostate cancer: Canines SNIFF out disease with 98% accuracy
Study in Milan found two dogs identified 98% of prostate cancer cases
They examined urine samples of 900 men - 360 who had cancer
Medical Detection Dogs charity hailed the study as 'spectacular'
By LIZZIE PARRY FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 18:10 EST, 10 April 2015 | UPDATED: 18:17 EST, 10 April 2015

Scottish Health Worker Returned From Sierra Leone Diagnosed With Ebola

Photo: GETTY 
A patient is being tested for Ebola at the Royal Cornwall Hospital

[From article]
A patient, believed to have recently returned from Ebola-affected Africa, was admitted to the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Treliske, neat Truro, last night and was placed in isolation in the Wheal Prosper ward.
A health worker was also being tested for the killer virus at an Abdereen hospital today, after the first confirmed case north of the border was confirmed yesterday.
A statement from Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust (RCHT) said: "A patient has been admitted to Royal Cornwall Hospital and is currently undergoing a series of tests - one of which is for Ebola.
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A Scottish NHS worker, Pauline Cafferkey, 39, who was yesterday diagnosed with Ebola after returning to Glasgow from working in Sierra Leone and was this morning moved to a London hospital.
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has reported a total of 19,980 suspected cases and 7,793 deaths but it believes these figures understate the true scale of the deadly outbreak.

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/549349/Ebola-test-second-patient-Cornwall-hospital

Two more patients being tested for Ebola at UK hospitals
TWO patients are being tested for Ebola at UK hospitals — a day after a Scottish aid worker was found to have the deadly virus.
Published: 07:38, Tue, December 30, 2014
By MAX EVANS

Breath Test For Cancer

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2243360/The-new-revolutionary-breath-test-diagnose-bowel-cancer.html

The revolutionary new breath test to diagnose bowel cancer
test to diagnose bowel cancer
Based on theory that tumours emit specific compounds which are
unlikely to be found in healthy people
Said to be 76 per cent accurate at identifying tumours
Could represent a ‘new frontier’ in cancer screening
By ANNA HODGEKISS
Daily Mail (UK)
PUBLISHED: 08:23 EST, 5 December 2012 | UPDATED: 08:36 EST, 5 December 2012

Man Attacks Psychiatrist, Whose Sister Makes Diagnosis

Sisters of psychiatrists make diagnoses which journalists obediently report. Who needs psychiatrists if anyone can make diagnoses and have the media broadcast the diagnosis. It is cheaper this way. So what if the psychiatrist fathered an out of wedlock child and maybe was not
paying support. Who cares. Just lock up the accused ones. They are always guilty.

[From article]
Police say Nolan is not one of Dr Weiss' patients -- the connection is personal.
Dr Weiss, 38, reportedly dated Nolan's cousin and fathered a child with her.
Nolan was upset after a dispute about Dr Weiss paying for the child's school tuition, the Post reports.
Dr Weiss' sister told officers that Nolan has a history of mental illness.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2232616/Dr-Michael-Weiss-New-York-psychiatrist-attacked-sledgehammer.html

'Mentally ill' man attacks psychiatrist in his office with
sledgehammer and knife
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
PUBLISHED: 21:34 EST, 13 November 2012 | UPDATED: 21:38 EST, 13 November 2012

Woman Released From Hospital Jumps to Death

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2067817/Student-father-begged-doctors-daughter-hospital-jumped-death-hours-let-go.html

Student whose father begged doctors to keep his daughter in hospital jumped to her death hours after they let her go
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 9:26 PM on 29th November 2011