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NCAA committee approves expanded meal allowance
The committee also approved a measure that would reduce the penalty for a first positive drug test — if the banned substance is determined to be something other than a performance-enhancing drug. Currently, players who fail the test during NCAA … Read more on San Francisco Chronicle
Drug-Addicted Health Professionals Put Patients at Risk
Drug-addicted health professionals put patients at risk
More than 100,000 doctors, nurses, technicians and other health professionals across the country struggle with drug abuse or addiction, according to a USA Today examination of government data. Often falling victim to narcotics these practitioners … Read more on Great Falls Tribune
Augusta VA details process for eliminating gastrointestinal delays
The Augusta VA medical center said in a statement that nearly half of the veterans whose screening and surveillance endoscopies were delayed (2,059) either did not require a procedure; declined treatment; relocated and were advised to contact their … Read more on McDuffie Mirror
Heroin Overdose Deaths on Rise in New Britain
Heroin overdose deaths on rise in New Britain
Moutinho likened the current epidemic to the one that occurred in the 1960s which sparked an increase in treatment centers like the New Britain clinic. The difference is today's heroin is “purer and cheaper.” “The overdoses we're now seeing are … Read more on Newbritainherald
Cleveland Clinic physician-scientist recognized by AACR for prostate cancer …
Following graduation from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Sharifi completed his residency at Yale-New Haven Hospital in Connecticut and a fellowship at the National Cancer Institute. The NCI fellowship was where Sharifi homed … The … Read more on The Plain Dealer
NCAA Committee Approves Expanded Meal Allowance
NCAA committee approves expanded meal allowance
The committee also approved a measure that would reduce the penalty for a first positive drug test — if the banned substance is determined to be something other than a performance-enhancing drug. Currently, players who fail the … Committee members … Read more on U-T San Diego
Crimea side-effect: Addicts deprived of methadone
In this photo taken Tuesday, April 1, 2014, Viktor Levchenko, 36, a patient of treatment for drug addiction, poses at a bus stop with an advert reading "Rehabilitation of drug and alcohol addicts" in Sevastopol, Crimea. Across the Black Sea peninsula … Read more on U-T San Diego
Zohydro Ban Unlikely in NH, as Doctors and Pharmacists Voluntarily Postpone …
Zohydro ban unlikely in NH, as doctors and pharmacists voluntarily postpone …
Pain treatment specialists have long wondered when a pharmaceutical manufacturer would give them access to hydrocodone without acetaminophen, said Seddon Savage, director of the Dartmouth Center on Addiction, Recovery and Education, and an expert in … Read more on Concord Monitor
Families flee Kansas and Missouri so sick kids can get medical marijuana
The big “no” comes from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which continues to say that marijuana “has a lack of accepted safety for use under medical supervision” and that “no sound scientific studies supported medical use of marijuana.” But the … Read more on Kansas City Star
Texas Institute for Robotic Surgery at St. David's North Austin Medical Center …
Texas Institute for Robotic Surgery at St. David's North Austin Medical Center …
The Texas Institute for Robotic Surgery is an international treatment training and research center that combines excellence in robotic-assisted surgery and outcomes with education and training. … at the adjacent St. David's Women's Center of Texas as … Read more on PharmiWeb.com (press release)
Fast facts about some obstacles to heroin sobriety
INSURANCE BATTLES: While most insurance policies state that they allow coverage of up to 30 days in a residential drug treatment center, nobody actually gets those 30 days, said Tom McLellan, CEO of the Treatment Research Institute. The average … Read more on mySanAntonio.com