Trouble in Paradise: Hawaiians vs. Big Agriculture
Trouble in paradise: Hawaiians vs. Big Agriculture
Marghee Maupin, a primary care provider at the Kauai Community Health Center in Waimea who treats both fieldworkers and local residents, says she's never seen so many patients come in with rashes, skin blisters, and respiratory ailments. “I hear of …
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Cory Booker Insists That Helping Young Men of Color Helps the Whole Country
Cory Booker Insists That Helping Young Men of Color Helps the Whole Country
Observers wondered whether Booker would focus on issues related to low-income communities in the Senate, or tack towards the ideological center in preparation for a potential national race. Booker appears to have … "I'm intending to work… Continue reading
Local View: Reform Prisons for Safety, Savings
Local View: Reform prisons for safety, savings
One potential reform to consider is a graduated sanctions model of probation. Modeled after Hawaii's Opportunity Probation with Enforcement court, participants must call in every morning to determine if they must report for a randomized drug screening.
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Is Substance Abuse Coverage as Equal as Required?
Is substance abuse coverage as equal as required?
Insurance plans that cover substance abuse treatment must provide the same level of care and cost sharing as they do for other medical issues, but treatment centers say disagreement over what this means leaves many alcoholics and drug addicts without …
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Guilty Plead Entered Over Meth Stuffed in Heads
Guilty plead entered over meth stuffed in heads
… Honolulu on Monday to a charge of attempted possession with intent to distribute. Through a Spanish-speaking interpreter, Sanchez said he intended to sell the drugs to pay for his father's cancer treatment. … After the drugs were discovered, the …
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How to Deal With the Shock News of Cancer?
Question by Ammmz: how to deal with the shock news of cancer?
I recently recieved some shocking news that my partner has a tumor and im not dealing with it well. I cannot focus on studies or anything else in life.
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Can Someone Tell Me About Rapamycin and Treatment of Cancer?
Question by Kevin7: can someone tell me about rapamycin and treatment of cancer?
Best answer:
Answer by Ted H
MANTLE CELL LYMPHOMA
Sirolimus (INN/USAN), also known as rapamycin, is an immunosuppressant drug used to prevent rejection in organ transplantation. Recently, sirolimus was shown to inhibit the progression of… Continue reading
Heroin Recovery: Can You Go It Alone?
Heroin recovery: Can you go it alone?
He's done inpatient detox once, which was covered under his dad's insurance. … Dr. Carmel Shaw runs the program and she requires addicts to commit to at least a year of supervised treatment that includes Suboxone, drug testing and counseling. "It …
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Doctors Without Borders Expelled From Myanmar
Doctors Without Borders expelled from Myanmar
Doctors Without Borders says HIV and tuberculosis clinics in Rakhine, Shan and Kachin states, as well as the main city of Yangon, were closed Friday, denying patients life-saving medicines. The group is Myanmar's main provider of HIV drugs, treating 30 …
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