Meridian Goes Upscale With Addiction Treatment Center
... There's activity elsewhere, too. "Of the nearly 22.7 million people who needed treatment for substance … Read more on Green Bay Press Gazette Aging Baby Boomers Bring Drug Habits Into Middle Age The sharp increase in overdose deaths among older adults in particular is “very concerning,” said Wilson Compton, deputy director for the federal government's National Institute on Drug Abuse. The rate of death by accidental drug overdose for people … Read more on Wall Street Journal Read ...
Incest, Drug Addiction & Death: 9 Tortured Kids of Troubled, Tragic Celebrities
... man Michael Hutchence), Peaches died 14 years after her mother's accidental drug overdose. In a 2012 interview with U.K. Elle magazine … Read more on RadarOnline Alert on MD Abuse Of Jackson Drug Abuse of the sedative suspected in Michael Jackson's death is a growing problem among medical professionals, increasing pressure on the government to restrict it as a controlled substance. Three days before the pop icon's death on June 25, the American … Read more on Wall Street Journal Read ...
Race Is on to Detect Ebola More Quickly
... Is On to Detect Ebola More Quickly Mr. Ririe, chief executive of Utah-based BioFire Defense, was personally delivering his company's device to Bellevue Hospital Center in New York, which is treating Craig Spencer, the doctor who became infected while working in Africa. While flying over … Read more on Wall Street Journal Ebola Drug Safety Tests Raise Ethical Issues as NY Times Commends Cuba Oct. 20 (GIN) – Can you test a promising new Ebola drug by giving it to one sample infected group and giving a deactivated placebo to another? That's the issue dividing medical experts at a World Health Organization meeting this week in Geneva. Read more on Black Voice News Read ...
Fears Rise of Medication Misuse by the Elderly
... Rise of Medication Misuse by the Elderly The misuse of medications "is a rising problem in seniors as the baby-boom generation ages," says David Oslin, professor of psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine. Exactly how much of a problem is unclear, because … Read more on Wall Street Journal ADMINISTRATIVE LAW | MOTOR VEHICLES The panel reverses, finding that Jane's admission she would test positive for drugs, the damage found in Jane's home, and Carol's father's belief that Jane was under the influence did not demonstrate that Jane's conduct constituted abuse or neglect … Read more on New Jersey Law Journal Read ...
HealthPartners Pitches $79M Expansion
HealthPartners pitches M expansion The nonprofit health care provider and insurer this month announced plans for a four-story medical office building at 295 Phalen Boulevard, next to its rehab facility and near its two specialty centers on the boulevard. The 128,000-square foot building … Read more on TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press Local hospitals' profits rise “The most significant investment is our ongoing commitment to cardiovascular services, where we have added cardiac rehab and earned recognition from the Society of Chest Pain Centers as an Accredited Chest Pain Center with PCI (percutaneous coronary … Read more on The Register-Guard Read more... ...
Gun Bill Tops List of Measures Passed by Legislature on Final Day
Gun bill tops list of measures passed by Legislature on final day BOSTON — The Legislature extended its session into the early morning Friday in a desperate attempt to rush through major bills dealing with substance abuse treatment, economic development, water infrastructure, domestic violence, gun violence, … In … Read more on MetroWest Daily News Liberian President Apologizes to Health Care Workers for Ebola Deaths The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and just about every leading expert on infectious disease that you can find agrees: Ebola is very unlikely to spread in the United States. Even in a country … Maggie Fox has been doing lots of stories … Read more on NBCNews.com Read more... ...