Even the mentally ill, unless they are institutionalized or you have them declared incompetent and take over (not so easy to do for those who are as functional as Ben), have to take some responsibility for taking their meds, going to therapy, etc.

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"It's not going to stop them from clenching and grinding but it will take away the ill effects so they are not going to wear the teeth, " Puskas explained.

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But patients can take the initiative to find a family with a terminally ill loved one and have them consent to donate that person's organs after he or she has died -- an option the Flood sisters are exploring for Pearce.

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"The financial crisis started with the subprime debacle in the United States where mortgages were being handed out with no background checks carried out on whether consumers could afford them, and ill-informed and often vulnerable consumers were encouraged to take excessive risk, " said EU Internal Market Commissioner Michel Barnier.

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His decision to sanction, support and add his signature to a plan to take half a billion euros worth of assets back from the bank that now owned them was his most ill-judged move to date.

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