Heroin a Drain on Children Services
Heroin a drain on Children Services
Officials have said in most cases heroin users are best treated on an in-patient basis and that treatment usually takes three months. Scott Gehring, president and CEO of Sojourner, said he has 70 beds for residential drug treatment, 40 beds for women …
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Mr. Schneiderman, indicting Father Young's work would miss the mark
A Catholic priest, he is the chief executive officer of Peter Young Housing, Industries and Treatment, a $ 20 million organization that had 90 residential sites in the state, in-patient treatment centers, half-way houses, and contracts with various …
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Lyme-Old Lyme Drug, Alcohol, Tobacco Survey Among Teens Raises Familiar …
Lyme-Old Lyme drug, alcohol, tobacco survey among teens raises familiar …
The presentation focused on several factors, including peer and parent disapproval of drugs and alcohol use, that the survey found was correlated to lower alcohol and drug use. Speakers also addressed the need to make it harder and less acceptable for …
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Bill would force doctors to run prescription drug history checks
Prescription drug monitoring programs, or PDMPs, aim to help doctors, pharmacists and law enforcement identify patients who are doctor-shopping or going to multiple pharmacies to stock up on highly addictive drugs, either for personal abuse or illegal …
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California Drug Addiction Treatment Center
California Drug Addiction Treatment Center – http://www.californiaaddictionnetwork.com – Our staff will emphasize on the need to keep yourself away from alcohol intake whenever possible, make alteration…
Research Roundup: Mental Health Parity; Nurses' Workload; Can Restaurants …
Congress passed the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) in 2008. … the MHPAEA applied to large group health plans, both fully and self-insured, and included a cost exemption. The MHPAEA prohibited differences in treatment limits …
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ProPublica Goes After the Wrong Man in Its 'Dollars for Docs' Crusade
ProPublica Goes After The Wrong Man In Its 'Dollars For Docs' Crusade
One of Golan's more influential studies, published in the top-shelf journal Annals of Internal Medicine, recommended a drug transitioning to generic, fluconazole, instead of a newer more expensive agent, caspofungin, when ICU patients are thought to be …
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Federal Gov't Proposes Risk-Based Health IT Regulatory Framework
Instead, the draft report recommends relying on ONC and private-sector efforts to highlight quality management, industry standards and best practices. The draft report also proposes incorporating testing, certification and accreditation processes for …
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Medical Pot Dispensary Coming to Bridgeport
Medical pot dispensary coming to Bridgeport
… city proposed by two Trumbull women. These fledgling dispensaries will be able to offer patients suffering from debilitating illnesses a smorgasbord of ways to imbibe the drug, from the raw vegetative form to oils, extracts, capsules, and …
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UPDATE 2-US OKs portable antidote for painkiller overdoses
WASHINGTON, April 3 (Reuters) – U.S. regulators on Thursday approved a portable device to treat painkiller overdoses that people without medical training can use in emergency situations, a move to combat the rise of deaths from the abuse of opioids …
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Frank Shamrock Talks Stark Realities Facing Former Fighters Like Chris Leben
Frank Shamrock Talks Stark Realities Facing Former Fighters Like Chris Leben
When he retired, Leben told the public he was working as a coach at Victory MMA in San Diego, California. While Leben could have used his own earnings to … Spring for rehab when stars need it like the WWE does? Is Leben entitled to financial …
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West Health Investment Fund announces acquisition of Sense4Baby, Inc assets …
SAN DIEGO, March 27, 2014 /PRNewswire/ –The Gary and Mary West Health Investment Fund announced that the assets of Sense4Baby, Inc., developer of a smartphone-based maternal/fetal monitoring system, have been acquired by AirStrip to further improve …
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