GUEST COMMENTARY: Hoosiers Help Preserve Medicare Part D
GUEST COMMENTARY: Hoosiers help preserve Medicare Part D
[rewrite]Despite the well-documented success of the Medicare Part D prescription drug plan, a rule proposed earlier this year by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services would have negatively impacted Part D – jeopardizing access to needed medicines and …[/rewrite]
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Irsay's arrest is the latest glimpse at his battle with addiction
[rewrite]Retired detective Irene Conder told The Star in a June 2003 interview the league offered to help Irsay get the proper treatment for his possible addiction in the mid-1990s, but he refused. “I went to the Colts training complex with a physician who is …[/rewrite]
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Impulse Control or Drug Addiction?
Question by Robert Jackson: Impulse control or drug addiction?
[rewrite]Okay, so this is a question to the general community–especially anyone versed in mental health.
Here’s my story, I’m a male teen (17 years old) and I recently went into the ER for a drug overdose. My mental history is this: I was depressed when I was 15, so much so that I ended up in a psychiatric hospital for attempted suicide. I went to therapy for about 6 months and have been feeling happy ever since.
Hand-Held Treatment for Overdoses Is Approved
Hand-Held Treatment for Overdoses Is Approved
[rewrite]“This is a big deal, and I hope gets wide attention,” said Dr. Carl R. Sullivan III, director of the addictions program at West Virginia University. “It's pretty simple: Having these things in the hands of people around drug addicts just makes sense …[/rewrite]
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R.I. Senate panel considers bills to aid treatment of drug addiction
[rewrite]The bill also requires hospitals, clinics and urgent-care facilities to provide follow-up for people who come for treatment in a substance-abuse crisis, instead of simply discharging them when they are no longer physically in danger. The health-care …[/rewrite]
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Fighting Drug Addiction With 'Flash Jobs' and High Fashion
Fighting Drug Addiction With 'Flash Jobs' and High Fashion
[rewrite]The trial—based on a similar effort in Norway—sought to help hard-core heroin addicts who had failed out of other treatment programs, based on the thinking that the chronically addicted might use fewer drugs if they had a job to go to in the morning …[/rewrite]
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FDA Approves Portable Drug Overdose Treatment
[rewrite]Federal regulators said that the treatment, an injector filled with a medication that reverses the effects of an overdose, can fit in a pocket or medicine cabinet, and could help stem the rising number of drug overdoses. The device, called … “Making …[/rewrite]
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'2 to 3 Million People Are Infected in India'
'2 to 3 million people are infected in India'
[rewrite]It continues to be the leading health problem in India. Rising Kashmir in an effort to … The theory that tuberculosis is an infectious disease was conceived by Aristotle more than 2,000 years ago before the discovery of TB bacteria. This observation …[/rewrite]
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In taking on its heroin crisis, Vermont shoots itself in the foot
[rewrite]Jones said she became addicted to heroin by watching her mom, who used drugs as an escape. America Tonight. In the heart of New … The number of Vermonters seeking treatment for heroin addiction has soared more than 770 percent since 2000. In 2013 …[/rewrite]
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Autism: Early Intervention Works Better——Nwokolo
Autism: Early Intervention Works Better——Nwokolo
[rewrite]Early intervention is currently the best hope of treatment for persons affected. Unfortunately, the level of … I was interested in supporting victims of examination malpractice, drug addiction, stress, depression and related mental health issues. But …[/rewrite]
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Raising babies in prison
[rewrite]The majority of incarcerated women are charged with nonviolent, drug-related offenses. While three out of every five women in state prisons have a history of drug dependence, only one in five of these women receives substance abuse treatment. Because …[/rewrite]
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