Mr. Corey Craig Crutchfield LMSW

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• The Positive Connection Between Birth Control and Rheumatoid Arthritis

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• Misuse of Antipsychotic Drugs in Nursing Homes Makes Dementia Patients Zombie-Like

  When nursing home residents recalled not being able to think properly, staying awake, and speaking incoherently, their children knew there was a problem. Recently, a CNN investigation has found that nursing homes often give dementia patients antipsychotic drugs without any proper diagnosis of a...

• Overweight? Don't Blame the Fructose

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• How Art Can Be Used by Dementia Patients to Make Connections

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• Arthritis: What is Arthrocentesis?

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