Interview With Christopher Kennedy Lawford – Success North Dallas

Interview with Christopher Kennedy Lawford – Success North Dallas – Christopher Kennedy Lawford has spent much of his life in Hollywood and Washington, navigating these two worlds as an actor, writer, lawyer, activist and public speaker. However, before his successes, Lawford battled a drug and alcohol addiction for much of his early life. In recovery for more than 24 years, he shares his experience, strength and hope to make a difference in people’s lives. As a result of his drug addiction, Mr. Lawford was diagnosed with hepatitis C in 2000. He was successfully treated and is now virus free. For the past five years he has worked with a number of partners in private industry, the non-profit sector, state and federal governments and patient advocacy groups to effect change and raise awareness about these two pressing public health issues. Presently Mr. Lawford is working with the United Nations, the Canadian Center on Substance Abuse, and the World Health Organization in efforts to raise awareness globally about addiction and hepatitis.

CDC chief: Flu hospitalizations spike in the elderly, season is shaping up to …

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The U.S. is about halfway through this flu season, and “it's shaping up to be a worse-than-average season” and a bad one for the elderly, said Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. … Flu activity is high in …
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One woman's bloody struggle with domestic violence

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King-Ellis was rushed to Trident Medical Center for treatment. Her husband did not have a drug or alcohol problem. He was not mentally ill, she said. “I really didn't expect this,” she said. “I just never thought he would go that far.” She heard … In …
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