Use of Prescription Painkillers on Rise in Minn.
Use of prescription painkillers on rise in Minn.
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Last year, 24 out of every 10,000 Minnesotans between ages 18 and 24 sought opiate addiction treatment. That's up 179 percent from four years earlier. The newspapers found that Minnesota ranks low compared with the… Continue reading
Oregon's Success in Treating Addicts Is a Lesson for KentuckyPrescription for …
Oregon's success in treating addicts is a lesson for KentuckyPrescription for …
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The Courier-Journal has been investigating the state's prescription drug abuse epidemic for the past two years, publishing stories on the rising toll of drug overdoses, the Florida pain-pill pipeline, rogue pain… Continue reading
Newtown, Connecticut, Gun Control, and President Obama's Words
Newtown, Connecticut, gun control, and President Obama's words
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"In the coming weeks I'll use whatever power this office holds to engage my fellow citizens, from law enforcement to mental health professionals to parents and educators, in an effort aimed at preventing more tragedies like… Continue reading
Wound Statis System
Wound Statis System
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The Department of Defense's medical system aspires to a standard known as the “Golden Hour” that dictates that troops wounded on the battlefield are moved to advanced-level treatment facilities within the first 60 minutes of being wounded. In advance …
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Potential Drug for Fatigue to Get New Review
Potential Drug for Fatigue to Get New Review
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A potential treatment for chronic fatigue syndrome gets a new look this week with a federal advisory panel review of Hemispherx Biopharma Inc.'s experimental drug Ampligen. The drug, in development for chronic fatigue syndrome for about… Continue reading
Sharp Rise in Admissions for Certain Drug Combinations Over 10 Years
Sharp Rise in Admissions for Certain Drug Combinations Over 10 Years
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13, 2012 — Substance abuse treatment admissions for addiction involving combined use of benzodiazepine and narcotic pain relievers rose a total of 569.7 percent, to 33,701, from 2000 to 2010, according to a report… Continue reading
Novartis Drug Wins U.S. Approval for Cushing's Disease
Novartis Drug Wins U.S. Approval for Cushing's Disease
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“Although surgery tends to be first line therapy to treat Cushing's disease, Signifor is a new treatment option for patients when surgery hasn't worked or isn't an option,” Mary Parks, director of the FDA's division of… Continue reading
Treatment for Teen Drug Addicts
Treatment For Teen Drug Addicts
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You will find a lot of substance abuse treatments for teenagers and some of them are even entertaining. Nonetheless, both parents and teens should admit they really have a problem to start the process of successful therapy. Parents need to… Continue reading
Appealing, Comfortable, Dignified Approach to Addiction Treatment in Virginia
Appealing, Comfortable, Dignified approach to Addiction Treatment in Virginia – The Gonzalez Recovery Residences (The GRR) Alexandria, Virginia Suburban Colonial Home drug rehab center provides alcohol rehabilitation services for drug addiction and alcoholism. The many urgent concerns that come with progressed addiction make finding an appropriate drug and alcohol… Continue reading
Malaria Vaccine Trial: An Interview With Professor Sir Brian Greenwood
Malaria vaccine trial: an interview with Professor Sir Brian Greenwood
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This group of drugs has been used in China for about 2000 years for treating people with fever, but more recently Chinese scientists found the active principle in the plant and these pure… Continue reading