Posts Tagged ‘health care’
Gerald and Betty Ford's Daughter Continues Their Projects
Gerald and Betty Ford's daughter continues their projects
Susan Ford Bales, daughter of former President Gerald Ford and Betty Ford, with Tennessean reporter Shelley DuBois about how health care reform could affect substance abuse treatment and why bringing an addiction out in the open was one of the best things that happened to her family. Drug Addiction – Yahoo News Search Results
Burma's opium problem
Drug trade – and addiction – is running wild along Burma's jagged frontier Drug Addiction – Yahoo News Search Results
Fewer number of drug addicts last year — AADK
KUCHING: The number of new and repeat drug addicts in the country has shown a decline of 1,390 […] Drug Addiction – Yahoo News Search Results
Drug Addiction – Triggers and Craving – Drug addiction develops over time from prolonged substance use which typically occurs in various places and with different people. When a person decides to c…
Colts Owner Jim Irsay Likely Won't Face Jail Time if Found Guilty, Legal …
Colts owner Jim Irsay likely won't face jail time if found guilty, legal …
… but they were not associated with any prescription bottles found in the vehicle. Schedule IV drugs, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration website, have low potential for abuse and low risk of dependence. Examples include Xanax, Soma …
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Nearly half of identity thefts involve medical data
If an impostor uses your insurance to gain access to health care, it can also affect your own ability to access care: many insurance plans have yearly caps on certain types of care — and no insurance company is going to pay for “one person” to have an …
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Stop Drug Use – the Virginian-Pilot
Stop drug use – The Virginian-Pilot
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Stop drug use
The Virginian-Pilot I thank God for our dedicated police officers and Coast Guard members who work to stop drugs from coming into our country. Health care providers should spend their efforts on trying to stop people from doing drugs, which do far more damage to the body … |
When addiction is born: Local mothers battle drug habits – Chillicothe Gazette
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When addiction is born: Local mothers battle drug habits
Chillicothe Gazette Samantha Cantrell talks on Tuesday about her struggles with drug addiction while holding her son, Braydon, at their Lucasville home. / Frank Robertson/Gazette. CGO 0316 ADENA DRUG PROGRAM-secondary. Purchase Image Zoom … |
World Renowned Addiction Expert Johnny The Healer Offers A New Powerful … – PR Web (press release)
Film Looks at Drug Abuse as Public Health
Film looks at drug abuse as public health
This film recognizes drug abuse as an issue of public health as it costs lives, destroys families and inflicts damage on future generations. It investigates how law enforcement, politics and financial corruption have contributed to the war on drugs …
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Bad Idea of the Day: Drug Testing Welfare Applicants
I interviewed Harold Pollack (via e-mail), a health policy scholar at the University of Chicago who has studied substance abuse in the TANF population, and says the overlap is low: contrary to stereotypes, "young men of college age are more likely to …
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Drug Diversion in Health Care Facilities: Should Testing Be Required?
Drug Diversion The Uniform Controlled Substances Act defines drug diversion as the “transfer of a controlled substance from a lawful to an unlawful channel of distribution or use.” Reports of diversion of prescription drugs by health care workers is …
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What’s the Difference Between an Eating Disorder Hospital And?
Question by aspiring: what’s the difference between an eating disorder hospital and?
an eating disorder treatment center?
Best answer:
Answer by Judy & Charlie
Usually a hospital program is part of an inpatient process.
An eating disorder “treatment center” could be an inpatient program or an outpatient program.
Answer by Frank Thomas
It probably depends on what healthcare accreditation they have. Somebody could set up an “alcohol treatment center,” but if they don’t want to take insurance or give out medication, they don’t need to be accredited or inspected and can run whatever crazy program they want.
ProHEALTH Care Associates Opens Cancer Treatment Center in Riverhead
Join ProHEALTH Radiation Oncology for a grand opening event, Thursday, March 27, 2014 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Facility tours of the cutting-edge radiation therapy center and refreshments will be provided. ProHEALTH Care Associates is a multi-specialty …
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LePage Wants to Add 22 State Jobs to Fight Drug Trafficking
LePage wants to add 22 state jobs to fight drug trafficking
Bennett pointed to DHHS' ongoing efforts to address the problem, including the formation in 2012 of a task force that now includes more than 70 health care professionals, substance abuse prevention, treatment and recovery providers, DHHS staff and others.
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Our View: New opiate will add fuel to the fire
One need only look to the rate of drug abuse and recent overdoses to know that medicinal opiates pose a real threat to the well-being of any community. The FDA's own advisory committee apparently recognized the dangers before it overwhelmingly …
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Bill could add up to 10 years to prison sentence for drug dealers
Claire Cronin, D-Easton, filed legislation on Monday that could add 10 years onto the prison sentence for people convicted of selling drugs within 300 feet of substance abuse and addiction treatment centers. "Realistically, I don't want drug dealers in …
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