Reckless Doctors Go Unchecked
Reckless doctors go unchecked
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The Medical Board of California, which licenses and oversees physicians, has appealed to the public to report instances of excessive prescribing, a step it took in response to recent Times articles on overdose deaths. But the board does not use CURES …
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End in sight to pointless hockey fight
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Everything else is the same: poverty and dependence, unemployment, drug and alcohol abuse, substandard education and health care, inadequate housing and questionable governance. It is a long list, agrees Jackie Shisheesh. “It does sound tough to …
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Synthetic drugs cause concern in Livingston in 2012
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“I am extremely excited to have the governor sign this new bill,” Karen Bergbower, a licensed substance-abuse-prevention expert who heads the Pinckney Coalition to Reduce Underage Drinking & Drug Use, said in June. “However, it is not the end-all.
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Interventions for Substance Abuse; Mental Health — Abstract Session 3 – Moderators’ introduction by Drs. David Vlahov and Elise Riley “Consumer Perspectives on Alcohol Use among HIV-positive African Americans” by Dr. E. Maxwell Davis “Creating a Model Prevention and Education Program for Young Adult Injection Drug Users (IDU)” by Pamela DeCarlo “Differences in Substance-related Risk Behavior between Dual and Triple Diagnosed Severely Mentally Ill Adults” by Dr. Michelle Hampton “Seeking Safety Group Therapy for Co-occurring PTSD and Substance Use Disorder in HIV-positive Transgender Women: A Feasibility Study” by Susannah Empsom “Addressing Disparities and Social Stigma: Health Promotion with Crack Smokers” by Allison Kraus and Paul Harkin “Does Expressive Writing in Group Therapy Settings Decrease Symptoms of Depression in HIV-positive Minority Cohorts?” by Peter Marcus www.hivforum.org