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Prolific Drug-Addicted Burglar With the Dragon Tattoo Gets Extra Time Behind

Prolific drug-addicted burglar with the dragon tattoo gets extra time behind
A prolific burglar identified by his distinctive dragon tattoo has been granted an extra two weeks in custody so he can undertake a drugs rehabilitation programme. Dale O'Rourke, of Clay Avenue in Mitcham, admitted four counts of burglary at a hearing … Read more on Your Local Guardian

Drug boost in lung cancer fight
Jesme Fox, at Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation, said: "There is much optimism that immunotherapy will provide a new treatment paradigm for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer. We welcome new research and the … Read more on Kingston Guardian

Details of Fox Executive's Slaying Revealed in Transcripts

Details of Fox executive's slaying revealed in transcripts
Creech had recently learned that his wife was having an affair with Evan's father, Gavin Smith, after they met in drug rehab two years earlier. Creech, a convicted drug dealer, was indicted last month on a capital murder charge in the killing of Smith … Read more on Miami Herald

Kourtney Betrayed! Scott Disick's Serial Cheating On
Kardashian and Disick had only been dating for a few years — and were expecting son Mason — when she reportedly made him take a lie detector test over rumors he had cheated on her during the summer in the Hamptons. Read more on RadarOnline

Heroin Seizures Drop, but Feds Track Connection to AK Trafficking

Heroin seizures drop, but feds track connection to AK trafficking
"When you don't know what you're injecting you are playing some version of Russian Roulette," said Dr. Daniel Ciccarone, heroin researcher and professor in Family and Community Medicine at University of California, . "Fluctuations in … Read more on KREM.com (subscription)

Family of East Bay foster teen files wrongful death claim against caregivers
In making its claim that the social worker and foster mother failed to get treatment for Steven that could have saved his life, the teen's family is also relying on his medical records, obtained by the Unangst family's attorney, Larry Cook of the … Read more on San Jose Mercury News

Drug & Reference Information

Drug & Reference Information
SAN DIEGO, CA — An antiplatelet agent used in the treatment of patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) appeared to provide clinical protection for stented patients required to stop dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) because of emergency surgery, a … Read more on Medscape

Liquid biopsies transform care
"I'm really excited about all of this," said Dr. Razelle Kurzrock, a University of California, San Diego cancer specialist. "I spent most of my life giving drugs that were useless to people" because there was no good way to tell who would benefit or … Read more on

Private Prisons Undermining United States' Criminal Justice System

Private Prisons undermining united states' criminal justice system
The United States justice system already emphasizes this element less than some other countries, and for-profit prisons actively hinder that objective. One in Texas was investigated for diverting $ 700,000 from a drug-treatment program … Read more on The Slate Online

Letter: Why are states rejecting Medicaid money?
Fifty percent — a very rough guess — of the would-have-been-covered patient care will end up being administered anyway but paid instead through inflated private insurance premiums for state residents or via alternate government channels. … Patients … Read more on The State Journal-Register

VIDEO: Andrew Stephenson Increases Majority as Conservatives Retain Pendle

VIDEO: Andrew Stephenson increases majority as Conservatives retain Pendle
ANDREW Stephenson increased his majority in Pendle as he was elected to serve a second term. Mr Stephenson swept to victory with a 5,453 majority over Labour's Azhar Ali as the picture in Pendle followed the national trend on what has been a great … Read more on Asian Image

Man unintentionally creates evidence
He also promises to do anything Meeks wants. "I'm afraid of you," … After she completed , he told the judge the victim bought a new phone, accessed her Dropbox account and was unexpectedly gifted with Meeks' trophy videos. He suggested that … Read more on The Kingston Whig-Standard

State Senators Approve Key Bills

State senators approve key bills
… equipment in Tennessee's Colleges of Applied Technology to meet job training demands across the state; and, $ 1.9 million for the Department of Mental Health and to fund adolescent residential alcohol and drug treatment … Read more on Columbia Daily Herald

John Kasich's Mysterious Plan to Repeal Obamacare but Save the Medicaid
Kasich launched into a comparison between preventative health care and drug treatment. "Look, if we treat the drug addicted … Only 16 percent of them opposed "Insure Tennessee," his branding for an increased coverage plan. There was a good reason why … Read more on Bloomberg