New Teen Substance Abuse Helpline Provides Recovery Help for Young Addicts
A new helpline in Celina, OH was established to assist adolescent seeking drug and alcohol addiction help. LIGHTNING RELEASES (3/10/2014) – Living with substance abuse is unfortunately a way of life for many young adults in Celina, OH. Many teenagers …
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Vermont man shares his struggle with drug addiction
He recounted his experiences with drugs, the problems they caused, and his work in recovery for the Banner on Thursday. Addiction has been widely talked about in Bennington since a feature story about the town and heroin addiction here ran in the New …
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Heroin epidemic exposes deficiencies in care system
A surge in heroin overdoses in Massachusetts has exposed a complicated and overburdened substance abuse treatment system with demand for recovery beds chronically outpacing supply, insurance covering only a few services, and families increasingly …
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De Blasio's daughter tells of substance abuse
She thought she could escape the problem by leaving for college in California, but her ''physical insecurity” grew worse. ''My mom was trying … De Blasio eventually found success in group therapy at a treatment center in New York. ''Removing …
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Judge to Chief Keef: 'It's getting ridiculous'
Chief Keef's lawyers told a Cook County judge today that the Chicago rapper is making good progress at a pricey drug rehabilitation center in California. Still, the judge was clearly losing patience with the multiple court dates and allegedly positive …
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Soaring valley fever drug costs create crisis in Arizona
The Phoenix center is also collaborating with Arizona State University to develop case-management programs and with Northern Arizona University to improve rehabilitation by incorporating novel physical-therapy approaches. The center opened a year ago …
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A medical collision with a child in the middle
A team of respected doctors at Tufts Medical Center in Boston had been treating her for mitochondrial disease, a group of rare genetic disorders that affect how cells produce energy, often causing problems with the gut, brain, muscles and heart …
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Finding drug-free techniques to treat chronic pain
Last month, the US Food and Drug Administration put new warnings on extended-release opiates, such as OxyContin and Opana ER, to make clear that they should be used only as a last-resort treatment for those in severe continuous pain; that's because of …
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Potential New Drug for Some Patients With Treatment-Resistant Lung Cancer
Oct. 20, 2013 — The investigational drug AZD9291, a third-generation EGFR inhibitor, showed promise in preclinical studies and provides hope for patients with advanced lung cancers that have become resistant to existing EGFR inhibitors, according to …
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Shutdown delays experimental treatment for Cape patient
His Dana-Farber oncologist recommended that he try cabozantinib, a drug approved for thyroid cancer but still experimental to treat other cancers. But before he could get the drug, the hospital had to launch a clinical trial, because no other patients …
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Well of support for Martin Walsh among those in recovery
Walsh was by then a state legislator, a recovering alcoholic who knew a thing or two about addiction. Barbuto thought of him only as a friend. “The guy, he's gold,” said Barbuto. “Marty was my friend when nobody else wanted to be.” Continue reading …
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5 Tips for Managing Triggers during Addiction Recovery
5 Tips for Managing Triggers during Addiction Recovery Completing treatment for substance abuse or alcohol addiction is a major accomplishment. But the real work starts when you walk out the door. You are now making a commitment to abstinence from …
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Addiction Recovery and the Power of Service
As the seasons change, you may clean out your closet, a good way to assist is to donate those old clothes to a drug and alcohol treatment center. Many recovering addicts show up only with the clothes on their backs or a garbage bag half full. And …
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Union battling nursing homes places Globe ad highlighting HealthBridge's …
In bold, bright red lettering, a full-page advertisement in Tuesday's Boston Globe warns readers that elderly nursing homes residents in three HealthBridge Management-owned Massachusetts facilities are given antipsychotic drugs at rates much higher …
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Transcript: Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse answers reader questions on casinos …
We have shifted our efforts to making sure that Holyoke will benefit from a revenue-sharing agreement and workforce commitments from other operators in Western Massachusetts. …. We are close to transforming the Holyoke Catholic High School campus …
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Medbox, Inc. Hires Director of Mergers and Acquisitions
… service of automated, biometrically controlled dispensing and storage systems for medicine and merchandise. Medbox has offices throughout the world, including New York, Arizona, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Tokyo, London and Toronto, and has their …
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