Replacing Prison Terms with Drug Abuse Treatment Could Save Billions in …
Newswise — RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. — Sending drug abusers to community-based treatment programs rather than prison could help reduce crime and save the criminal justice system billions of dollars, according to a new study by researchers at …
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Rapid, On-site HIV Testing: Increases Life Expectancy and Is Cost-effective
Providing rapid HIV testing in drug treatment programs is also a good investment of health care dollars. This study demonstrated that providing onsite rapid HIV testing was cost-effective using the Cost Effectiveness of Preventing AIDS Complications …
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Rapid, On-site HIV Testing: Increases Life Expectancy and Is Cost-effective
Providing rapid HIV testing in drug treatment programs is also a good investment of health care dollars. This study demonstrated that providing onsite rapid HIV testing was cost-effective using the Cost Effectiveness of Preventing AIDS Complications …
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The Clash of the Six-Figure Drugs
“We are on par with” the cost of current treatment for the disorder, said Paula Soteropoulos, a Genzyme official. (That treatment, called apheresis, uses a machine to filter bad cholesterol out of the bloodstream.) Of course, doctors and patients will …
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European Officials Say Drug Makers Paid to Delay Generic Version
While the companies have said the payments were legitimate, the European Union's antitrust chief said Thursday that the money probably changed hands to keep lower-cost versions of a drug called fentanyl off the market in the Netherlands. European …
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Drug Makers See Profit Potential in Rare Diseases
… be priced lower than its rival Juxtapid. But Kynamro still will cost $ 176,000 a year, according to Sanofi's Genzyme unit, which developed the drug with Isis Pharmaceuticals Inc. A year's treatment of Juxtapid costs $ 235,000 to $ 295,000, depending …
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New Target for Rheumatoid Arthritis Drugs
To work, it must be cut loose by signaling scissors called TACE (TNF-alpha converting enzyme)," said Carl Blobel, M.D., Ph.D., program director of the Arthritis and Tissue Degeneration Program at HSS. While blocking TACE could be another way to treat …
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Fear of Gun Control Drives Maryland Firearm Sales
21 years old to purchase; Sales regulated; No permit necessary to purchase; Permit required for concealed carry; No license required to own; Registration required through Maryland State Police; Safety training program required through Maryland State …
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Spare parts: Healthy bone and cartilage
As that is accomplished clinically, and the technology receives official approval from the US Food and Drug Administration and other authorities, cartilage will be produced by the same process for more exciting applications. Bonus Biogroup has already …
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FDA approves three new drug treatments for type 2 diabetes
"Controlling blood sugar levels is very important in the overall treatment and care of diabetes," said Mary Parks, M.D., director of the Division of Metabolism and Endocrinology Products in the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. … The FDA …
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Tuscaloosa drug treatment program in financial straits
TUSCALOOSA COUNTY, AL (WBRC)- FOX6 News has learned that a Tuscaloosa County drug treatment program isn't accepting new clients because of financial problems. This pre-trial diversion program is for first time, non-violent criminal defendants …
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FDA panel backs approval of canagliflozin for type 2 diabetes
SILVER SPRING, MD. – The majority of a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel supported the approval of canagliflozin for the treatment of type 2 diabetes with caveats, including precautions about its use in patients with moderately impaired renal …
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Celgene's Long-Term Plan For Generating Blockbusters
The company is advancing three new blockbuster programs that will help drive revenue to $ 12 billion a year by 2017: Pomalidomide, Apremilast and Abraxane to be approved for extended applications. … Multiple myeloma drug pomalidomide (to be sold as …
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EDITORIAL: Drug treatment program's growth good development
Vanderburgh County's courts, always a leader in providing drug treatment programs that ease the burden on prisons and jails and help many addicts return to productive lives, is about to step up the pace. Courier & Press staff writer … Currently the …
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Minneapolis-based drug treatment program fined
Minnesota regulators have disciplined a Minneapolis chemical dependency treatment provider they say violated policies regarding the use of methadone in treating opiate addiction. Specialized Treatment Services, which applied for a license to operate a …
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Bernalillo County Halts Methadone Drug Treatment Program
The decision to end the methadone program at MDC comes three months after New Mexico's own Medicaid program joined 30 other states that recognize methadone as an effective treatment for heroin addiction and authorized re-payment for outpatient …
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Brazil's Drug Epidemic: Welcome To 'Crackland'
President Dilma Rousseff responded with a $ 2 billion drug prevention and treatment program. In Sao Paulo, addicts are urged to seek help at Psychosocial Attention Centers – 80 clinics where addicts can receive a bed for the night. A man smokes crack …
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Addicts overwhelm Kentucky's drug treatment options
Two-thirds of the 21,474 Kentuckians admitted for treatment of any drug addiction in 2009 entered once-weekly outpatient care, compared with 46 percent nationally. Less than 5 percent entered residential care, compared with 17 … “Despite a historic …
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Newspaper finds Ky. drug treatment options limited
Two-thirds of the 21,474 Kentuckians admitted for treatment of any drug addiction in 2009 entered once-weekly outpatient care, compared with 46 percent nationally. Less than 5 percent entered residential care, compared with 17 … "Despite a historic …
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Lawmaker to re-introduce veterans courts proposal
The program would be like drug courts, that challenge eligible accused persons to complete drug treatment programs or go to jail, but it would utilize veterans treatment programs. Representative Jay Barnes (R-Jefferson City) says many veterans who wind …
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