Outpatient treatment needed for the mentally ill [Letter]
Psychiatrists Steven S. Sharfstein and John J. Boronow recently noted that Maryland does not have an assisted outpatient treatment program for people with serious mental illness ("Close the mental health revolving door," Dec. 29). Assisted outpatient …
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Seek treatment faster to stay out of hospital, patients told
The NHS is urging patients to help relieve the growing pressure on hospitals by getting faster treatment for minor ailments and not "soldiering on" with an illness that may then worsen. It is launching a new £3m advertising campaign to persuade …
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New Outpatient Department At Dil Chora Hospital Inaugurated
Patients will be able now to visit the new outpatient department (OPD) with a greater sense of anonymity, thus increasing the number of patients who seek treatment and counseling. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Dire Dawa …
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Miami Stem Cell Treatment Center Upcoming Public Lectures
The Miami Stem Cell Treatment Center is an affiliate of the Irvine Stem Cell Treatment Center (Irvine, California) and the Cell Surgical Network (CSN). We provide care for people suffering from diseases that may be alleviated by access to adult stem …
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California gets F in speedy treatments at ERs from advocacy group
Tracking 136 measures from sources including the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the organization called overcrowding in California emergency wards a "critical problem" and urged the …
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SAC's Martoma Harvard-Expulsion Revealed as Trial Starts
Martoma, 39, is charged with conspiracy and securities fraud for allegedly using inside information from two doctors supervising a clinical trial of a drug intended to treat Alzheimer's disease to make $ 276 million for SAC in 2008. The jury of seven …
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Do You Really Need To Get Rid Of Your 'Thut'? Plus 4 Other 'Body Parts' That …
As the United States moves deeper into its obesity epidemic — 35.7 percent of all adults are now obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — what once sufficed as a muffin top has now descended beneath the waistline. They're …
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Rebuilding Detroit's first and last neighborhood
The lower Cass Corridor, the ragtag neighborhood west of Woodward connecting downtown's central business and entertainment district with Midtown to the north, centers on a square of green that, for some, is known as "Jurassic Park." I'm not really sure …
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Shutdown impact: A few national parks reopen
The Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say they can handle recalls and high-risk foodborne outbreaks, but discovering them will be more difficult because many of the people who investigate outbreaks have been …
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Huffington Magazine This Week: Battle of the Beds
He argues that the "failed" California, which pundits were eulogizing not too long ago, was ushered out when the state elected Jerry Brown as its governor. "We are moving the country's largest economy into a place where we can all be … Finally, as …
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Malibu Horizon's Addiction Treatment Pioneer Dr. A.R. Mohammad Issues Stern …
MALIBU, CA–(Marketwired – Oct 8, 2013) – Dr. Akikur Mohammad, Founder of Malibu Horizon treatment center, recognized by many as one of the top inpatient rehab centers in California, and Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and the Behavioral …
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County to remodel Ceres recovery center
The center currently is used as a rehabilitation center for drug and alcohol dependent persons. "This is not about a building project but a … The county contracts with Doctors Medical Center/Doctors Behavioral Health Center and hospitals throughout …
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Narconon Freedom Center Drug Rehab Students Celebrate Labor Day
Narconon Freedom Center, Albion, Michigan, is a non-profit alcohol and drug rehabilitation facility licensed through the state. The program has been helping those struggling with substance abuse and alcoholism for over 47 years. William Benitez founded …
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Brookfield nonprofit acquires historic Milwaukee breakwater light
Waves pummel the lighthouse on Lake Michigan, shown here in December of 2010. A Brookfield-based nonprofit group has now acquired the property, called … After seeing a story in the Journal Sentinel in August 2011, three groups expressed interest in …
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Combatting the prescription drug epidemic
With so many eye-catching elements built into the new Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino on Michigan Avenue between Perry and South Park, it might take a whi. … The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has declared prescription drug abuse an …
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County tries out cheaper alternative to green lane
Matt Zoll, Pima County's bicycle and pedestrian program manager said the department tried a new green paint treatment at on Magee Road heading toward La Cholla Boulevard. The county created a ladder of green paint and asphalt to highlight a conflict …
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Mental health services remain open for now
As of press time, a federal judge had not yet ruled on a restraining order against the state Human Services Department (HSD), which sent just-in-time payroll funding to keep Southwest Counseling Center (SCC) open until new management can take it over …
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Why you don't need to worry about getting the plague
There are about seven cases of the plague each year in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Most are in the West, where the Yersinia … Antibiotics are a very effective treatment. Today about 90% of plague …
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