Outpatient procedure helps acid reflux sufferers
AN ENGINEER, HE DID HIS RESEARCH AND FOUND OUT ABOUT A LITTLE KNOWN OUTPATIENT PROCEDURE TO TREAT IT. PATIENTS I'VE TREATED USUALLY ARE BACK ON REGULAR FOOD WITHIN A WEEK. THIS IS A DOCTOR AND SAYS IT …
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At least 1 in 20 outpatients misdiagnosed every year, study shows
“In some ways, in outpatient [care], it's challenging; patients move between different systems of care, specialists, radiologists,” said Singh, who is also an associated professor at Baylor College of Medicine Safety. “We had done studies in integrated …
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Legal Weed States and Laws: Medical Marijuana Ballot Measure And …
In the meantime, there were already 18 medical marijuana companies that have registered in the state of Florida just this year alone. Among those that are at the forefront is The Florida Medical Marijuana Treatment Center Institute, which will offer …
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Medical marijuana companies flood Florida ahead of ballot measure
Medical Marijuana of Brevard LLC, Medical Marijuana Business Lawyers LLC and Medical Marijuana Centers of Florida Inc., are among the first positioning to take advantage of a boom, should Florida voters approve the referendum by a 60 percent margin …
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Scott calls for Senate to fund child welfare reforms
He then chastised the Florida Senate for not including the money in its budget while defending gaps in his own child welfare budget. After praising the work of local investigators, Scott said: “I am asking the Senate to do right … During a news …
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Heroin addicts face barriers to treatment
Of the 23.1 million Americans who needed treatment for drugs or alcohol in 2012, only 2.5 million people received aid at a specialty facility, according to the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Heroin addicts are a …
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Cancer center joins trial network
By Beth Christian Broschart – Staff Writer , The Inter-Mountain … ELKINS – The Cancer Care Center of Davis Medical Center is joining a statewide cancer clinical trials network in order to keep cancer patients closer to home when receiving treatment.
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Saeed Abedini, US pastor held in Iran, denied treatment after prison beating
Abedini, who has served just one year of an eight-year sentence meted out to him for allegedly evangelizing in his homeland, was taken to the hospital a little over a week ago, according to the American Center for Law and Justice, the attorneys …
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Faith vs. civil rights? Sex, gender, and the familiar fight over religious …
So says Professor Katherine Franke, director of the Center for Gender and Sexuality Law at Columbia Law School and one of the driving forces behind the school's Public Rights/Private Conscience Project, a new initiative that seeks to shift the way …
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UA medical dean at center of dispute will move to a newly created job
He'll have a dual role as associate vice president for clinical affairs at the Arizona Health Sciences Center and vice president of physician services for The University of Arizona Health Network. His job change is a lateral move salary-wise, as his …
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Selena Gomez Reveals She Went To Rehab, But Not For Substance Abuse
The Arizona recovery center is billed as a “groundbreaking, intensive, experientially-based, inpatient treatment program for emerging adults ages 18-26 who struggle with emotional trauma, addiction, or dual diagnosis concerns.” Gomez's rehab revelation …
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Drug treatment center eyes Greensburg opening
A Pittsburgh-based drug treatment program that dispenses Suboxone will open a facility in the Greensburg area within a few weeks, according to the company's CEO. Barney Seaton of Allied Addiction Recovery said his Pittsburgh-based operation is not a …
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Waco's low-income drug rehab options improved, but still limited
The opening of Cenikor's 56-bed facility filled a gaping hole left by the closure of the Freeman Center a year before. In the first half of 2011, the Freeman Center gradually shut down its 96-bed residential program, the only state-funded drug and …
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Darryl Strawberry chases new calling by opening latest drug rehab center
ST. CLOUD, Fla. – Darryl Strawberry will always be tied to his former baseball exploits. He's now trying to help others avoid the pitfalls that plagued his career with opening of his second drug rehab facility in two years. Strawberry and his wife …
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