Nearly Half of Identity Thefts in US Are Medical Info
Nearly half of identity thefts in US are medical info
Meanwhile, the law's emphasis on digitizing medical records, touted as a way to boost efficiency and cut costs, comes amid intensifying concerns over the security of computer networks. Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency … A …
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The PTSD Crisis That's Being Ignored: Americans Wounded in Their Own …
What the work showed, Joseph said, is, “This is a much more urgent problem than you think.” Joseph proposed spending about $ 200,000 a year to add staffers to screen all at-risk patients for PTSD and connect them with treatment. The taxpayer-subsidized …
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Once an Addict Always an Addict?
Once an Addict Always an Addict?
… a treatable disease. Discoveries in the science of addiction have led to advances in drug abuse treatment that help people stop abusing drugs and resume their productive lives. …. They have a "plan," though they certainly do not realize it …
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WORLD EXCLUSIVE! CHER's “MEXICAN STAND-OFF” WITH SON ELIJAH BLUE!
However, he soon got hooked on smoking heroin and taking painkillers, and he has been in and out of rehab “several times.” He says he last used heroin in autumn 2008. “My drug addiction was pretty much about an eight-year thing of really heavy using.
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Vt. Health Dept.: More Data, Then More Treatment Centers
Vt. Health Dept.: More data, then more treatment centers
Peter Shumlin directed communities not to block treatment facilities from moving in and urged legislators to act. "Let's start treating drug addiction as the immediate health crisis that it is by dramatically increasing treatment across Vermont …
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New Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center Maryland Addiction Recovery Center …
Maryland Addiction Recovery Center, a new drug and alcohol treatment program based in Towson, Maryland, announced their opening this week based on the extensive need for more drug abuse treatment in the area as well as due to the new parity benefits …
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Can You Get Tuberculosis (TB) Even if Vaccinated?
Question by austin: Can you get Tuberculosis (TB) even if vaccinated?
This morning at school some kid in my class came to school TB positive and and he’s had it since August. He was taken to be treated but in 6th period they called down everybody that had a class with him to the media center and told us we could have been exposed! There was 10 teachers and over 100 students there. I read online that 50% of the people that get it die! Luckily I have my vaccinations but I don’t know if I can still get infected! Please answer fast, I’m freaking out!
Is Decriminalization the Best Approach to Vermont's, and Nation's, Drug Abuse …
Is Decriminalization the Best Approach to Vermont's, and Nation's, Drug Abuse …
Last week, Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin made history as the first governor to devote his entire State of the State address to drug abuse and addiction. This is a great milestone itself, but his proposed increases in funding for treatment programs …
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AG to use settlement funds to expand drug abuse treatment
More than $ 32 million won in settlements with two pharmaceutical companies will be used throughout the state to help expand and increase substance abuse treatment, Attorney General Jack Conway announced Monday with Governor Steve Beshear, and …
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Brown: Would Immigration Reform Stop Drug Trafficking
Brown: Would immigration reform stop drug trafficking
In response to a proposed Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors act, which would provide a path to citizenship for some illegal aliens (notably including undocumented high school valedictorians), King claimed, “For everyone who's a …
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Dateline Iowa: Braley seeks aid for ash borer battle
It includes orders that he participate in a drug abuse treatment program and a vocational training program while incarcerated. A federal indictment says Cole, 47, attempted to make meth in May within 1,000 feet of Fulton Elementary School. Authorities …
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