that's right. >> no medical support. >> no medical support. no core basis for that. what the court views as a depressive episode from 2005, 15 years after he took the test in 1989 -- >> well alleged there by viewing your briefs, were that it assumed that things like poverty, poor nutrition, poor performance in school was not attributable to intellectual functioning but to his lack of a good home, essentially. why is that clinically wrong? >> because, your honor, so in terms of the causation requirement, which is what i think your honor is referring to, and there are -- there are three major problems with the way the court dealt with causation. >> i think the courts -- would you say something about the adaptive behavior? i think that may be a stronger leg. >> why don't you deal with justice sotomayor's question first. then justice alito's. >> thank you, your honor. so in terms of the causation, first the court says on page 10-a, intellectual deficits caused it rather than some other cause. like the causes your honor is talking about. there is a

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that's right. >> no medical support. >> no medical support. no core basis for that. what the court views as a depressive episode from 2005, 15 years after he took the test in 1989 -- >> well alleged there by viewing your briefs, were that it assumed that things like poverty, poor nutrition, poor performance in school was not attributable to intellectual functioning but to his lack of a good home, essentially. why is that clinically wrong? >> because, your honor, so in terms of the causation requirement, which is what i think your honor is referring to, and there are -- there are three major problems with the way the court dealt with causation. >> i think the courts -- would you say something about the adaptive behavior? i think that may be a stronger leg. >> why don't you deal with justice sotomayor's question first. then justice alito's. >> thank you, your honor. so in terms of the causation, first the court says on page 10-a, intellectual deficits caused it rather than some other cause. like the causes your honor is talking about. there is a

one is the -- this -- the medical standards that are taken from the medical publications that were skurnts of the time of that decision. then there are these additional considerations and that's what's regarded as the brisano factors. if you -- disregard did latter. the first part are current -- are medical standards that were current at that time, are they not? >> i respectfully disagree, your honor, in this respect, because what the court said in that case was after talking about following the 1992 standard, it said we view the medical standards as exceedingly subjective. that's the word that the court used in the cases. that's why we're going to come up with these case factors on our own that are nonclinical, in fact, they're nonclinical because they're based on lay stereotypes. that's what the court said here for its justification. its justification, 6 a to 7 a of the appendix is the court's long-standing view of the subjectivity surrounding the hmm diagnosis of the intellectual disability which stands in contrast to adkins. in adkins the deaf 234igss were -- as hall said, the inquiry

he administered the medication? package, there is an ongoing investigation and whatever it was, he will have administered it, yes, but i wasn't there. i understand that you weren't there, you say you believe he administered it, gave medical treatment to bradley wiggins after the race. is that because doctor freeman told you he had? yes. did doctor freeman perform an injection on bradley wiggins, did he tell you that? no. he didn't say he had performed any sort of injection on bradley wiggins to me. did he say that to anyone else? you would have to ask the doctor. are you aware that he did? no, i'm not aware. no one has told you that, no one has spoken to about it? no one has mentioned that to me. no one has mentioned that to me. no one has mentioned an injection, apart from the media point of view, et. what do you —— the media point of view, et. what do you — — what the media point of view, et. what do you —— what you do know is there was some form of medical treatment administered to doctor freeman after the race a

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what the medical staff hadn't seen was the medical staff hadn't seen was the instant replays, pictureshich showed the player seemingly concussed. instead, he went off for a head injury assessment. it lasted eight minutes and then he was put back on the pitch. he complained of a neck injury but the doctor didn't see any signs. the club has later said that if they had seen these pictures then northwards been straight of the page and not allowed to come back and stop the club had been exonerated in that part, that there are huge questions over this, because he is one of the most concussed players in rugby at the moment and his future is huge significant —— significance to both wales and southampton. the reporters put forward nine recommendations and they are blaming the system and not northampton here. is there any pressure on the medical teams at clu bs to pressure on the medical teams at clubs to keep them on the field of play. a lot of criticism has come in for the club, with some suggestions that there has to be an independent doctor on duty at such matches? absolutely right. i rememb

middle schoo medical school. rush remembered his time in edinburgh is the happiest period of his life. it was intellectually stimulating and socially rewarding. withvelops relationships young men from all over the british empire. budding british doctors also had similar experiences at this stage in their life of meeting fellow doctors or fellow doctors in training from around the empire. after he received his degree in london,h, rush went to where he trained in the cities tour capitals and one of the hospitals he trained at was a --ll he may well have been familiar with that. he was certainly familiar with other hospitals in the city. rush did not think he would learn much at london's hospitals but he did think his time would enhance his reputation. he appreciated more the connections he forged in london. from theother quaker british west indies. he let someone become a lifelong partner. he was well-connected. yet as a life of benevolence. mencomfortable ambitious that meant among other things joining voluntary a

here's our chief medical correspondent dr. jon lapook. >> reporter: after dinah bazer was treated for ovarian cancer in 2010, the next two years were filled with dread. >> all i thought about was the cancer, that it would come back, and i would die of it. >> reporter: how severe was the anxiety? were you able to go on with your life? >> i felt like it was destroying my life. >> reporter: in 2012, entered a study to treat anxiety and depression in cancer patients using the hallucinogenic drug psyilocybin, the active ingredient in certain mushrooms. dr. stephen ross directs addiction studies at n.y.u. langone and lead the study. >> the idea was drugs, which were known to induce spiritual or these unusual mystical states of consciousness, might help people who were having this domain of distress. >> reporter: bazer took the medication in this treatment support. during the session, she saw her fear inside her body. >> and as soon as i visualized the fear, i became furious. in my mind i screamed, "who the hell do you think you are?

rule to that. >> that's right. >> no medical support. >> no medical support. no clinical basis for that. and the court points to what it views as a depressive episode from 2005 which was 16 years after he took the exam in 1989. >> well, i thought the most significant part allege there had by you in your briefs were that it assumed that things like poverty, poor nutrition, poor performance in school would not attributable to intellectual functioning but to his lack of a good home, essentially. why is that clinically wrong? >> because, your honor -- in terms of the causation requirement, which is i think what your honor is referring to. and there are -- there are three major problems with the way the court dealt with causation. >> well, i think the court's -- would you say something about the adaptive behavior? because i think that may be a stronger leg. >> why don't you deal with justice sotomayor's question first and then justice alito's. >> thank you, your honor. so in terms of the causation, first the court says at page 10a of the petition appendix they have

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every year we review our medical policies and the medical group get—together and the medical group get—togetherss of painkillers, and how we administer and in what condition we use them in. and the discussion which i have delineated. they are very reassuring to read, i must say. you have chosen not tojoin the to read, i must say. you have chosen not to join the mpc see in the movement for clean cycling. why is that? ella macro at the time it was nothing to do with this, quite frankly. when we set out with a clea n frankly. when we set out with a clean sheet of paper, a fantastic opportunity to create a new team, and we decided to take a zero tolerance approach to employing people who had any doping violations in their past. so issue had with the m pcc was that their first stance was employing anyone who had a six months ban, up to a six—month ban, which i didn't agree with. i have a letter a copy of a letter which i'm happy to share with you where i wrote to the mpcc that they moved to opposition coming third of the other way round. they did not want to do that and i did not think it was someth

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medical experience.e want to hear your thoughts on the affordable care act, how it has impacted you, your job, your patience. doctors (202) 748-8000. nurses (202) 748-8001. all other medical professionals (202) 748-8002. chicago, a first this morning on "washington journal". guest: -- caller: i was licensed in 1981. i have seen a lot of changes. i have been a registered nurse, and i have been a patient. i look at it both ways. the patient, i don't think care is getting better. i think it is getting worse. pushed.f is just being as a practitioner, i left nursing as an administrator. i think that more and more the emphasis continues to be even with the affordable care act to create profits. i don't think that health care .hould be a profit sector i think we should look at it as something that society has to provide for people to maintain health and wellness. host: when you say the staff is being pushed to the limit, are they being pushed because of new mandates and rules placed on them because of the affor

uh...it was a medical problem. what kind? do you remember? uh...it was a medical difficulty. they didn't give you medication, or it turned out you didn't take it? uh, th-the second. how long since you didn't take your medication, dana? say, uh, 4 months. so, that's about it. what do you mean? that's about it, so i'm ready to go. well, we gotta complete our interview, dana, complete our information. well, what you don't want is me losing my temper. ete our interview. uh...don't get under my skin. you have problems with your temper, dana? i didn't hurt anybody. did you hurt erik volper this morning? dana, if that's your bloody fingerprint on the bathroom wall, once those lab reports get back, i don't know if i can help you. i can't help you, either. someone pulled out the towel too hard, broke that whole thing again. this happened in front of you? right in front of me. i explained how to correctly remove the towel, he called me an idiot and a moron and a toilet jockey. that is no one heard nothing, and this is 8:14 when there was several people already to work. i broke his head

medication time. about to get the medication right now.p me nice, you know what i'm saying. right now i'm on five medications. i'm on five psych pills. this morning i took three. tonight i'll take six, you know what i'm saying? >> this is your trilipta and your -- >> corey represents the type of inmate that provides a daunting challenge for jails and prisons nationwide. they show certain symptoms of mental illness, yet are incarcerated by the courts rather than hospitalized. >> mr. allen is in the general population unit. should someone be deemed incompetent, that would be through a psychiatrist and the court would deem them incompetent and you wouldn't be housed in the house of correction. you would be at bridgewater which is where our state facility is. >> though he's been ruled competent, corey has posed problems. >> he's got a very poor impulse control. when he gets ramped up, he's uncontrollable to bring down. so there are issues. sometimes he's in much more need of mental health to be seen with them and get back down to a calming sta

a powerful pain medication that can be highly addictive.or the prescription saying it was for alex. he says she ended up taking the pills herself. alex says he confronted emily. >> i said, you're going to have to choose between your family and this medicine. i said, i'm not going to stay married to you if you continue down this road. >> and she said? >> she said okay. >> she said it and she may have meant it. but alex says in the months before she died, emily would seem okay one day, but not the next. >> i could see in her eyes they -- like a glaze. and then she would be fine for a period. >> finally, in december 2011, two months before her death, emily reached out to her mom for help. >> did she say she had become addicted to this painkiller? >> i don't know if she used the word addiction, but she had felt like she was abusing it. and alex was upset about it. >> emily's doctors had recommended inpatient rehab. instead, she decided to detox at her mother's house. and to hide it from alex and the kids by saying she had mono. >> the reason is

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‘s they say that the saints‘ medical team hadn't intentionally ignored the player's best interests but nine reccomendations to improve the current pitchside protocols. the rugby players association have given their response this evening. 0ur reporterjames burridge has spent time with saints medical team and was at franklins gardens today when it was announced that they wouldn't be punished. a year or $0 a year or so ago, we spent some time filming behind the scenes with the club's medical team and they, like the other teams, top—flight premiership rugby teams around the world, it is a bad player welfare and concussion is the hot topic.” cannot believe they would have put george north's future and welfare in question. the big question mark is how this system works. these clubs are supposed to have tablet technology pitch side so they can review these incidents and look back at them. i still think looking at this incident, why they didn't see the immediate replays that came for eve ryo ne the immediate replays that came for everyone else watching, it appeared that george north was concus