Less conflict at home when dad quits drinking
… for their addiction, conflict levels in their homes fell close to those of the comparison families. "Alcohol dependence, as well as its treatment, are complicated," said Daniel Rounsaville, lead author of the study and a psychologist at Meadow's …
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Substance Abuse Tx Problematic Despite ACA
Similarly, the vast majority of the substance abuse treatment in Colorado is located in centers with more than 16 beds, said Arthur Schut, chief executive officer of Denver-based Arapahoe House. There are ongoing conversations among treatment providers …
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Alcohol issues can be addressed during treatment
April is National Alcohol Awareness Month, and according to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, roughly 18 million people across the U.S. are addicted to alcohol. In addition to the unhealthy factors that come with addiction …
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Stuart Kloda, MD Uses Baclofen To Treat Alcohol Addiction
NEW YORK, NY, USA, April 10, 2014 /EINPresswire.com/ — Baclofen is a medication that can be used for the treatment of addiction to alcohol. It is a medication that has actually been around for a long time. It is a muscle relaxant that is used to treat …
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Amid crisis, Detroit urged to outsource more
Detroit has made progress in contracting with private firms for certain services, such as garbage collection and electricity, but outsourcing advocates say there are more opportunities yet unexplored. … Privatizing services in Detroit “can go further …
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In the heart of town: Advisory council set to oversee restoration of …
“If we remove these tailings, ARCO won't have to do as much water treatment,” said Elizabeth Erickson, the council's chairwoman and a hydrologist at Water & Environmental Technologies. “Since ARCO saves on how much … The space is called Butte Area …
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The politics of addiction
Thirteen bills — mostly before the state House — propose ways to treat addicts, educate Ohioans about prescription drug and opioid abuse, regulate how painkillers such as Vicodin, OxyContin, and Percocet are dispensed and monitored, and prevent the …
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DR. RONALD DUNLAP: Opiate Abuse: The physician's perspective
The treatment of pain is complex and individualized for each patient, and the addictive potential of any medicine that could be harmful gives any caring physician pause. And while some physicians have been found to prescribe painkillers for financial …
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The Planner: 7 Days, 7 Things, April 13-19
Whether this is better termed a festival or just a two-week series of expanded-lineup shows presented by Austin Civic Wind Ensemble is ultimately immaterial, as it's a nice way to catch a wide variety of performers for free at one of Austin's premier …
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Workers' comp benefits OK'd for wounded manager
The state's high court affirmed a Nebraska Workers' Compensation Court's ruling last year that Matthew Kim is entitled to temporary total disability benefits. It also found that Kim's emergency room visit and inpatient treatment for drug and alcohol …
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Nebraska Supreme Court: Workers' comp includes PTSD, drug treatment after …
About that time, his therapist and Dr. Brian Lubberstedt, the psychiatrist who treated him, began recommending inpatient treatment. Kim was admitted for inpatient drug and alcohol treatment in February 2012. At trial, he said that since the shooting he …
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Heroin addicts face barriers to treatment
NEW YORK – As the ranks of heroin users rise, increasing numbers of addicts are looking for help but are failing to find it — because there are no beds in packed facilities, treatment is hugely expensive and insurance companies won't pay for inpatient …
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Question by xinx78: Does anyone know about Cancer Treatment Centers Of America?
I called and checked their website, they sound too good to be true, also they really don’t want to give out any free advice, esp when they can make money from a visit to their hospital. I found out it is a pvt hosptial and they don’t accept Government aid, funding or help, so that means they only accept the best of the best medical insurance and you need to be rich to even go there, intial deposit is $ 100,000 if you have no Medical coverage. So since this is purely based for the rich, not the poor, or working poor, are these treatment centers any good and are they worth all that money or what? Just curious if they can eradicate any type of oral cancer? If you went there or know of them, on a 10 star rating, what would you rate them as ? 10 being the best and 1 being poor.

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Answer by Mary Boo
The medical is still treat like HMO. It should be something don about that. because cancer is cancer

Answer by quijibored
This is part of my answer to the other CTCA question asked by someone else this AM.

First off, there are no secret cancer treatments that are only available at CTCA so when looking for a cancer treatment facility you want the best hospital for your particular cancer that happens to be located near your home. Traveling long distances repeatedly when you are not feeling good gets old (and very expensive in out of pocket cash) real fast so you need to figure into the equation what degree of difficulty you will have making repeated trips to whatever facility you end up choosing.

Cancer Treatment Centers of America are private for profit hospitals that make certain you have the money to pay for their services. While they have modern facilities they are by no means able to offer all the cutting edge treatments available when compared to some of the other hospitals available for treating cancer like for instance MD Anderson in Houston. CTCA’s big advantage is their willingness to spend tons of money on advertising and not because the treatments available there are different than the treatments available at many other top rate cancer facilities.

The NCI has chosen about 35 cancer centers that they designate as comprehensive cancer centers meaning they are able to deal with complex cases of almost every type cancer. This also means that clinical trials are widely available – something that CTCA does not offer. Here is a link to find the nearest NCI designated comprehensive cancer center located nearest to you.

http://cancercenters.cancer.gov/cancer_c…

BTW- Do not get the self named “comprehensive cancer centers” mixed up with the NCI designated facilities. While they may still be very good hospitals, for whatever reason, the NCI has not yet designated them as an NCI facility.

B2B ID: Saralee Hofrichter, Saralee's Healing & Holistic Skin Care, Amherst
For the past 15 years, I worked at Kripalu Yoga Center as an esthetician. In addition, I helped open and worked at two esthetician rooms in Northampton. I have had my own private practice for 16 years. I hold a bachelor's degree with a concentration in …
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Parents of Texas 'affluenza' teen to pay part of state treatment
The state facility he has been sent to costs $ 715 a day. His parents had offered to pay for private treatment at a private out-of-state facility. The case set off an emotional debate after a psychologist for the teenager testified that his family's …
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Additional details released about plan for Hardin jail
A private corrections company in Louisiana has a tentative deal to turn a long-vacant Hardin jail into a treatment center that would draw federal Bureau of Indian Affairs inmates from across the region, company and local officials said Friday. Inmates …
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