@ISSUE: Why are death rates soaring from prescription drug abuse by women?
Health care providers and women can take steps to protect against prescription painkiller overdoses. It is important that health care providers follow guidelines for responsible opioid prescribing (including screening and monitoring for substance abuse …
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Addiction Expert Weighs In On Dramatic Increase in Women Dying from Opioid …
"This escalation in female deaths is staggering," said Kim Dennis MD, CEO and medical director of Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center. "The statistics show the shocking ignorance with regards to mental health and addiction training …
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Lindsay Lohan Reveals Truth Behind Drug Use On 'Oprah's Next Chapter'
Oprah Winfrey sat down with a clear-headed Lindsay, where she asked about all six trips to rehab, her time in jail, and even her scary drug use. “My intention is to just, you know, be me — be open and honest,” Lindsay started the interview with. She …
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Doctor: Prescription drug abuse poses a widespread problem
Addiction comes in many forms including alcohol, gambling, and drugs, but not everyone may immediately consider the widespread abuse of prescription medication. Prescription pain medications are prescribed for a number of reasons for women and men …
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@ISSUE: Why are death rates soaring from prescription drug abuse by women?
They should also discuss all pain treatment options with their patients (including ones that do not involve prescription drugs). Women should only use prescription drugs as directed by a health care provider and should dispose of medications properly …
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NWT MLA critical of treatment centre closure
A Northwest Territories MLA is calling the decision to close the territory's only addictions treatment centre irresponsible. The Government of the Northwest Territories announced last week it plans to close the Nats'ejee K'eh Treatment Centre in Hay River.
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How will health-care reform affect addiction treatment?
Traditionally, addiction has been treated in a silo, it has not been part of regular health care, and people battling addiction have been treated by specialty clinics, rehabs. They were not treated until their addiction had spiraled out of control …
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Treatment centre to shut down
The Nats'ejee Keh Treatment Centre's contract with the GNWT will not be renewed come Sept. 30. Instead, clients of the territory's only residential addictions treatment facility will be sent to community counselling services, as well as potentially …
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Youths, violence and gun ownership
The Pediatrics journal study was funded by the National Institute of Drug Abuse, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the findings are based on enrollment information for a longer-term study. "The more we understand the …
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ALICE IN CHAINS Guitarist Interviewed On Winnipeg's POWER 97 (Audio) – July …
1 on that year's November 25 chart, according to Billboard.com. It would be their final studio release with … DuVall began touring with the group in 2006, four years after the death of Layne Staley from a drug overdose. ALICE IN CHAINS began working …
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CDC director: We can reduce prescription drug overdoses
Providers can also screen patients for risk and history of substance abuse before prescribing opioid painkillers. Drug addiction is a disease of the brain that can be treated. But health care providers aren't the whole answer. Insurers and health care …
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Please stop dancing with Molly
According to a 2011 study by the Drug Abuse Warning Network, MDMA-related ER visits climbed 124 percent from 2004 to 2009, coinciding with the time that dance music ham-fisted its way onto the mainstream pop charts via acts like Ke$ ha and the Black …
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Stark alcohol and drug treatment program expands to Massillon
INDEPENDENT KEVIN WHITLOCK n Gina McCoy , a counselor with the Alcohol and Other Drugs (A.O.D.) treatment program at the Stark County Jail works with inmates from left, Mark Billiter, Julie Knetzer, and Douglas Cundiff in a small session.
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Ministry Saint Joseph's Hospital substance abuse program to close
Ministry Health Care announced Wednesday it will close the Saint Joseph's Hospital Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation services program by the end of June. The decision to end both inpatient and outpatient substance abuse services at Saint Joseph's …
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Program addresses substance abuse, kids
A local five-year pilot program aimed at reducing substance abuse by kids and making sure their futures stay bright has begun. Recovering Youth Futures, a project of Midland Kids First, is looking to get the word out about the program, the idea of …
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What is bipolar II disorder?
(CNN) — Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones has "pro-actively" checked into a health care facility, her publicist said Tuesday. Zeta-Jones, 43, entered a mental health facility in 2011 to be treated for bipolar II disorder, she has acknowledged. Publicist …
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Catherine Zeta-Jones enters treatment: What's the difference between bipolar I …
Catherine Zeta-Jones announced today that she entered a mental health facility to seek treatment for her bipolar disorder. Publicist Sarah Fuller told the Associated Press that the Academy Award-winning actress "is committed to periodic care in order …
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