Japanese Drug Maker's Blood Thinner Appears Safer Than Standard Treatment
AMSTERDAM—Results from a highly anticipated study of Japanese drug maker Daiichi Sankyo Co.'s experimental medication to reduce blood clots showed that it appeared to work as well as the current standard treatment—though no better—and is safer.
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Gene Breakthroughs Spark a Revolution in Cancer Treatment
The newfound variants have led major cancer centers to revamp their approach to treating cancer and have spurred a rush among drug companies to find medicines that narrowly target each one. The drugs don't cure cancer and face significant hurdles.
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New Diabetes Drugs Don't Raise Heart-Attack Risk
Patients with Type 2 diabetes and a history of, or at risk for, cardiovascular events were randomly given the medicine or a placebo as well as other standard treatment and were followed for two years on average. The other study, called Examine, was a …
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More rehab centers needed to curb drug abuse
The lack of facilities and oversight have prevented the delivery of effective drug rehabilitation programs inside prisons. Instead, the drug users are easily falling back into the bad habit or develop an ability to make drugs. On Aug. 6, Law and Human …
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Society is being destroyed by UK's drink and drug addictions, warns think-tank
The report also attacked a failure to offer heroin addicts effective treatment. A Freedom of Information inquiry found that 55% of councils in England have had funding for residential treatment cut since the Coalition came to power, despite arguments …
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'Diversion' Programs Send More to Treatment, Instead of Prison
After getting caught helping make counterfeit checks, David Ahrens escaped a six-month prison term by entering a yearlong "diversion" program that he said treated his drug-and-alcohol addiction. "Without a doubt, that is one of the best things that has …
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Mountainside Treatment Center Welcomes Maureen O'Neill Biggs to Helm …
Her responsibilities have ranged from development of protocol, curriculum and structure, to implementation and management of programs. Ms. O'Neill Biggs' extensive knowledge in the addiction treatment field is coupled with expertise in working with …
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'Diversion' Programs Send More to Treatment, Instead of Prison
State authorities have used the programs, known informally as drug courts, since the 1980s. Program participants typically must live on their own and be a full-time worker or student, and they must attend rehab or counseling meetings several times a week.
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'Diversion' Programs Send More to Treatment, Instead of Prison
After getting caught helping make counterfeit checks, David Ahrens escaped a six-month prison term by entering a yearlong "diversion" program that he said treated his drug-and-alcohol addiction. "Without a doubt, that is one of the best things that has …
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Post-Prison Treatment Reduces Recidivism Among Women With Substance Use …
The program comprises residential drug abuse treatment for 6 to 15 months, comprehensive case management, vocational assistance, and parenting- and health-related services. Women volunteer to participate at parole, and although the program gives …
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More People Released from OR Prisons Need Substance-Abuse Treatment
Starting next year, substance-abuse treatment will be covered by Medicaid as part of the Affordable Care Act. Blackmer says that should give some financial relief to counties to expand their treatment programs, and the audit says the Corrections …
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Residential treatment aids teenager's addiction recovery
Katt Campbell didn't think she had a problem. Now 17 years old, Campbell began drinking and experimenting with marijuana when she was about 13, but her drug use grew until one day, last June, it threatened her life. “I didn't see any harm in it. I was …
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Palm Partners Treatment Centers Selects TransMedia Group to Educate Public …
Palm Partners has created a new model of care for patients struggling with drug and alcohol addictions. Its treatment center helps patients get from detox all the way through the continuum of care to residential addiction treatment, partial …
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Lindsay Lohan plans to transfer to another rehab facility, possibly to Long Island
A California judge has approved the troubled starlet's bid to leave Cliffside in Malibu and enter Seafield Center in Westhampton Beach, N.Y., which focuses mainly on alcohol and substance-abuse treatment. She will head there in early July. PHOTOS …
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Markets Contemplate Cold Turkey as Fed Outlines Plans for Withdrawal
They now doubt that the U.S. economy will suffer a debilitating relapse if they start to ease off on their $ 85 billion-per-month course of treatment later this year. If they're right, and the patient continues to improve, then the experimental drug we …
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