food and drug administration

Final Regulations on the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008

Final Regulations On The Mental Health Parity And Addiction Equity Act Of 2008

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The Departments did however clarify that a plan or issuer is not required to perform the parity analysis each plan year unless there is a change in plan benefit design, cost-sharing structure or utilization that would affect a financial requirement or …
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What Obamacare's Pay-For-Performance Programs Mean for Health Care Quality

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Is All Drug Addiction Bad? What Is Wrong With Being Addicted to Sleeping Pills?

Question by thetigersnameistony: Is all drug addiction bad? What is wrong with being addicted to sleeping pills?
I have been addicted to sleeping pills for a while (probably years.) They are over the counter. I take them only at night to sleep…it’s not like they are disturbing my life in any way.

I actually don’t know if I am addicted because I have not tried to fall asleep without them and once recently I actually fell asleep without them and slept through the night. I just love the sleep I get using them and hate “trying” to fall asleep. I could sit up all night easily without them. With them I just fall into sleep and I love that.

Less Crime Would Fix Jail Problem

Less crime would fix jail problem

Filed under: free drug treatment programs

Following suit to this act, we could strengthen probation supervision for released offenders, and work to develop programs that offer drug rehabilitation for first-time drug offenders. Not only would this help in our overcrowding, but would also help …
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Life science innovations: How are computers and robots helping pharma R&D?

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Are We Supposed to Feel Sorry for These People?

Question by JayBee: Are we supposed to feel sorry for these people?
Who is the spin-meister behind this story?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070613/lf_nm/usa_immigration_raids_dc

If you were a parent who REALLY cared for your children, why would you EVER put them in a situation where they could be separated from you?

This situation is NO DIFFERENT than a parent selling drugs risking they could be busted and sent to prison, thus being separated from their children.

The law is the law – you break the law, you must be prepared to pay the consequence.

New Hampshire's Addiction to Prescription Drugs Higher Than National Average

New Hampshire's addiction to prescription drugs higher than national average

Filed under: prescription drug addiction help

Prescription pain reliever abuse among ages 18-25 in New Hampshire is still well above the national average and the average in other Northeast states, according to the report, “Prescription Pain Medication Misuse.” About 12.3 percent of people ages 18 …
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Options limited for getting clean

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Rise in Pets as Therapy for Mental Conditions

Rise in Pets as Therapy for Mental Conditions

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Some owners of emotional-support animals say having the pets allows them to reduce how much medication they take. But ESAs also have spurred controversy, in part because some airlines and … Still, the pool of studies that have been done increasingly …
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Breakthrough by Temple researchers could lead to new treatment for heart attack

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