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Should Drunk Drivers Be Forced to Visit Morgues?

...  Drunk Drivers Be Forced to Visit Morgues? Drug and alcohol recovery programs like 12 steps operate on the same principle; the difference is that the emotional experience is administered slowly, through the gradual sharing and discussion of past traumatic experiences. Malinek suspects that … Read more on Slate Magazine Nurses In Wis. Slower To Self-Report Drug Abuse “Patient safety is the lowest in states with the lowest participation in these programs,” said Mike Miller, medical director of the Herrington Recovery Center, which offers drug and alcohol treatment at Oconomowoc's Rogers Memorial Hospital. “You could … Read more on CBS Local Read ...

Scarborough Starts Heroin Treatment Program

Scarborough starts heroin treatment program The initiative is in response to a surge in overdoses, some of them fatal, in Maine from heroin and from heroin laced with fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opiate. The police department has partnered with Liberty Bay Recovery Center in Portland and … Read more on Press Herald Talking heroin in Boothbay Harbor Last week, the Lincoln County Healthcare community committee, which meets monthly at St. Andrews Family Care Center, heard from local and state professionals about Maine's opiate epidemic and efforts to counter it. Holly Stover, a community volunteer … Read more on Boothbay Register Read more... ...

Vitals Ranks America's Best Running Cities

...  nearly 70 percent of runners will suffer a running related injury. The latest Vitals Index ranks America's Best Running Cities based on quality ratings and access to sports … Read more on Business Wire (press release) Frontera to receive GSA's 2015 Excellence in Rehabilitation of Aging Persons Award At the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Frontera is the inaugural chair of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, where he also serves as a professor and medical director of rehabilitation services. His research interest is … Read more on EurekAlert (press release) Read ...

Watertown Native, 34, Promoted to Medical Director of Rehab Facility in

...  native, 34, promoted to medical director of rehab facility in … … age of 34, to medical director of a rehabilitation facility in downtown Philadelphia, Pa. Dr. Anthony J. Roselli, son of Joseph and Rebecca “Becky” Roselli of Watertown, is director of PowerBack Rehabilitation in the Center City area of downtown … Read more on WatertownDailyTimes.com Genesis HealthCare Reports First Quarter 2015 Results Genesis plans to open a second facility, Qinhuangdao Spring of Power Center, an in-patient rehabilitation center with the potential for 300 licensed beds in the ...

Prolific Drug-Addicted Burglar With the Dragon Tattoo Gets Extra Time Behind

...  drug-addicted burglar with the dragon tattoo gets extra time behind … A prolific burglar identified by his distinctive dragon tattoo has been granted an extra two weeks in custody so he can undertake a drugs rehabilitation programme. Dale O'Rourke, of Clay Avenue in Mitcham, admitted four counts of burglary at a hearing … Read more on Your Local Guardian Drug boost in lung cancer fight Jesme Fox, medical director at Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation, said: "There is much optimism that immunotherapy will provide a new treatment paradigm for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer. We welcome new research and the … Read more on Kingston Guardian Read ...

Beyond Diversity: Making Race Real – Part 6

...  Diversity: Making Race Real – Part 6 – Tim Wise discusses issues of race and privilege.   New Canaan's Silver Hill Hospital Opens Outpatient Opioid Addiction Program “Our approach is to combine new drug treatments with time-tested psychiatric practices to provide relief for patients with opioid addiction,” says Dr. Sigurd Ackerman, president and medical director of Silver Hill. Use of pharmacological interventions … Read more on The Daily Voice Read ...

Officials: New York Doctor Has Ebola, 1st in City

...  New York doctor has Ebola, 1st in city Megan Lawrence with Salthaven West Wildlife Rehab said, "We were finding them basically anywhere in the cracks of the stone foundation, under the floor, under some boxes and other things and we just were picking them up in pillow cases and putting them … Read more on WBTW – Myrtle Beach and Florence SC Rehab care worker praised for dedication, teamwork, patient care … from left, Albert DeRubertis, DO, medical director of the RIC-Michigan City; Brooke Nack, therapy manager; Ortmann, Yolanda Davis, rehabilitation department manager; and Debbie Pitchford, director of the RIC-Michigan City outpatient therapy center. Read more on nwitimes.com Read ...