Spurred by Volunteer's Death, Weymouth Wildlife Center to Hold Addiction Event
Spurred by volunteer's death, Weymouth wildlife center to hold addiction event
Speakers will include Judge Mary Beth Heffernan from Quincy District Court's drug court, Norfolk County District Attorney Michael Morrissey, Norfolk County Sheriff Michael Bellotti and Massachusetts State Bar Association president Robert Harnais of … Read more on Wicked Local Weymouth
CVE: Civilizational rehab programs for Muslims
Notice the lack of such CVE programs directed at various segments of American society, which accounts for 94 percent of terrorist activities as well as those responsible for some 32,000 murders and mass shootings annually. No community should accept … Read more on Daily Sabah
Overdoses Fell With Medical Marijuana Legalization
Overdoses Fell with Medical Marijuana Legalization
Our study should also not be used to tout the use of marijuana to treat opioid addiction, a particularly upsetting misinterpretation, as the limited evidence available points to the opposite being true: Quitting marijuana may strengthen recovery for … Read more on New York Times
Could Marijuana Help Treat Painkiller And Heroin Addiction?
It's a tempting sell in New England, hard hit by the painkiller and heroin crisis, with a problem: There is very little research showing marijuana works as a treatment for the addiction. … Bolstered by stories like Ham's, doctors are experimenting … Read more on CBS Local
Cold Cap Helps Preserve Hair for Breast-Cancer Patients
Cold cap helps preserve hair for breast-cancer patients
Fourteen days later, she received her first chemotherapy treatment and donned the older cold cap. While Krill-Jackson hopes the DigniCap therapy eventually will be covered by medical insurance, patients who use the device now must pay out-of-pocket, at … Read more on Miami Herald
Buzz Words | Hornets Playoff Notebook
“I got here this morning at 10 a.m. and going to be going through treatment until about 3 p.m. I'm doing everything I can to be back as soon as possible on the court. Will it be … There were a few buzzwords that seemed key to the Hornets as they … Read more on Hornets.com
Central Oregon Volunteer Search
Central Oregon Volunteer Search
LA PINE SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER needs Meals on Wheels drivers, medical appointment escorts and dishwashers. Contact: Karen Ward, 541-536-6237. LONG-TERM CARE OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM needs volunteers to visit and be advocates for the … Read more on Bend Bulletin
Family member doing much to help addicts
I just placed our 142nd addict into a long-term drug rehabilitation residential treatment center. These addicts have a disease that does lead to crime many times so again more emphasis needs to be addressed on the positive work being done to help these … Read more on Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel
Turtles Named Thunder & Lightning Rescued Off Oregon Coast
Turtles named Thunder & Lightning rescued off Oregon coast
They were flown aboard a C-130 Hercules cargo plane from Oregon to the U.S. Naval Base Coronado in San Diego, then transported by truck from there to SeaWorld's animal rescue center nearby to undergo further treatment and rehabilitation. Thunder … Read more on The Weather Network
Rescued sea turtles Thunder & Lightning arrive for rehab in San Diego
They were flown aboard a C-130 Hercules cargo plane from Oregon to the U.S. Naval Base Coronado in San Diego, then transported by truck from there to SeaWorld's animal rescue center nearby to undergo further treatment and rehabilitation. Thunder … Read more on Reuters
Bevy of Activities Offered to Seniors at Warrenbrook Center
Bevy of activities offered to seniors at Warrenbrook Center
April 18 – “Affordable Housing” by Kristie Barbolt, executive assistant and counselor, Central Jersey Housing Resource Center, 10:30 a.m. This program will cover affordable housing options, living situations and housing rehabilitation programs and will … Read more on New Jersey Hills
Brooks to start rehab of World War I-era 'Hangar 9'
The hangar is the last of 16 built in the infancy of Brooks Field, which evolved as a flight training hub in both world wars and a center for aerospace medicine. The hangars were built as temporary structures in 1918 to each hold several lightweight … Read more on San Antonio Express-News (subscription)
Baseball: Arm in Sling, Arizona's AJ Pollock Puts Best Face on Busted Elbow
Baseball: Arm in sling, Arizona's AJ Pollock puts best face on busted elbow
Phoenix • A.J. Pollock emerged as one of baseball's best players a year ago. Now the Arizona Diamondbacks All-Star center fielder has to sit, rehab and wait after fracturing his right elbow in a headfirst slide into home. His arm in a sling, Pollock … Read more on Salt Lake Tribune
County accused of letting mentally ill inmates languish
Lawyers pressing a decades-old lawsuit over conditions in metro Phoenix's jail system say inmates with serious mental illnesses are suffering needlessly because authorities aren't bringing them to outside treatment centers, often leaving them to … Read more on Arizona Capitol Times