Amid fraud allegations, rehab doctor OKs treatment without seeing patients
Dr. Howard Oliver acknowledged that he never saw most of the rehab patients he approved for counseling — the law doesn't require it. But his signature on their paperwork triggered the taxpayer funding that kept the private clinics in business. Oliver …
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Substance abuse treatment before, after liver transplantation have lower …
Findings indicate that alcohol relapse was 16% among liver transplant recipients who had substance abuse treatment before and after transplantation. In patients who received pre-transplant or no substance abuse treatment the relapse rates were 45% and …
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Aldon Smith admitted to rehab
… 49ers are in after their loss to the Colts.Tags: 49ers, First Take, Stephen A. Smith, Skip Bayless · San Francisco 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith has been admitted on an in-patient basis to a facility to be treated for alcohol abuse, a league source …
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