Boyd gets funds for teen drug treatment center
ASHLAND — A half million dollars for a residential drug treatment center for teenagers in Boyd County is part of $ 32 million in funding for drug treatment programs across Kentucky announced Monday by Attorney General Jack Conway. The allocation is …
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Sioux City treatment center names CFO
Enockson has 17 years of experience in financial management with her most recent experience in healthcare as the director of finance/controller for Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City. Her previous experience also includes positions at Wells Enterprises …
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Saint Jude Retreats Releases Radio Interview with Gabrielle Glaser
Saint Jude Retreats is a non-profit organization that offers an alternative program to rehab and treatment that helps individuals change and overcome alcohol and drug abuse and other addictions. The Cognitive Behavioral Education based program is …
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Piikani Alcoholics Anonymous chapter sees success after twenty years of …
With on-reserve help for Piikani's addicts nonexistent for the past two decades, it took a Brocket resident, himself coming out of a rehab facility in B.C, to create a welcoming, nurturing and culturally relevant support system to help his fellow …
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Why We Binge-Watch TV
She just gave birth to a baby girl, Harper, and is married to Evan Haines, whom she met while attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. But prior to that, she had been arrested for possession of black tar heroin, and was ordered to spend a year in …
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Addiction treatment center director offers advice for helping addicts
Jim Steinhagen, executive director of addiction treatment center Hazelden in Plymouth, offered advice: “Listen to the voice in your head. Trust your intuition.” Telltale signs of drug abuse include changes in personality, appearance, friends and school …
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Barostim Therapy: A cost-effective treatment for patients with drug resistant …
CVRx, Inc., a privately held medical device company, today announced findings from a health-economic analysis published in the Journal of Hypertension that indicates Barostim Therapy is a cost-effective treatment option for patients with drug resistant …
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Southern California Drug Rehab Offers 30 Day No-Cost Treatment
Aimed at providing high-end substance abuse treatment for those otherwise deterred by the common high costs associated with this level of care, the 60/90 program makes available their well-regarded 90-day inpatient program for the price of 60. Its …
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Alcohol & Drug Rehab Edmonton Launches Program Aimed at Helping High …
Edmonton, Canada (PRWEB) January 06, 2014. An Edmonton alcohol and drug rehab center is launching a program geared toward high school-aged adolescents and reducing their alcohol addiction problems through Alcohol Addiction Treatment Centers.
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Lawmaker to return to Congress after cocaine bust
Republican Rep. Trey Radel says he's looking forward to representing his southwest Florida constituents in Washington again after taking a leave of absence and undergoing treatment in a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center. In November, Radel pleaded …
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Brain-dead California girl arrives at extended care facility
The case has drawn international attention, as well as support from relatives of Terri Schiavo, a Florida woman who died in 2005 after a 15-year battle over whether to keep her body alive in a persistent vegetative state. An extended-care facility on …
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For Young Athletes, Injuries Need Special Care
Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland, in California, last fall opened a Sports Medicine Center for Young Athletes at its Walnut Creek campus. "It's hard for kids to do rehabilitation next to an 85-year-old stroke victim or a 75-year-old cancer …
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