'Always a Marine': Homeless vets weather the holidays as national numbers dip
On paper, Bill is one of 6,291 homeless veterans in Los Angeles – the highest number in any metro area – almost double the count in New York City (3,547), nearly five times the population in San Diego (1,486). … empty cans strewn beneath the power …
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Increase in breast cancer gene screening: the Angelina Jolie effect
“We've definitely had more women coming in to discuss their family history and whether genetic testing is appropriate after they heard about Angelina Jolie,” said Dr. Huma Rana, a geneticist at the Center for Cancer Genetics and Prevention at Dana …
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Chris Brown ordered to 90 days of rehab, random drug testing after getting …
Judge James Brandlin ordered Brown to complete another 90 days of residential rehab and submit to periodic drug testing. RELATED: CHRIS BROWN OUT OF REHAB, CONTINUING ANGER TREATMENT. The judge said Brown must stay in Los Angeles …
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Chris Brown returns to rehab, set to fight Washington D.C. assault charge in …
Last Wednesday, the Los Angeles judge on his Rihanna assault case ordered him to immediately begin serving 90 days of residential rehab because he threw a rock through his mom's car window during a rehab meltdown Nov. 10. He'd checked into the …
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Secretary: Paying for drug treatment is worth the investment
A long-time heroin user might need four to six months of inpatient treatment, followed by intensive outpatient services to rebuild their lives, Gary Tennis, Secretary for the Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs, told a gathering of …
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County Considers Expanding Drug Treatment Programs
In September, a Superior Court judge told the county it has to expand residential treatment centers to accommodate defendants released under AB 109, a law that orders counties to free non-violent and non-sexual offenders to ease prison overcrowding. On …
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Sex addiction: An 'excuse' or a legitimate illness?
And that's spawning a massive industry of fancy 28 day inpatient treatment centers like Woods went to and can cost upwards of $ 1,000 a day. Christian retreats are … But self-admitted sex addicts say their addiction, just like alcohol or drugs is real …
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St. Joe's opens 'occu-med' clinic
Madison St. Joseph Health Center recently introduced a new Occupational Medicine Clinic in Madisonville. The clinic focuses on the prevention, evaluation, treatment, and resolution of health conditions caused by the workplace environment. The program …
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At Clinics, Tumultuous Lives and Turbulent Care
Deeply in debt, Dr. Clark was reduced to collecting food stamps until Pennsylvania let him return to medicine as a prison doctor in 2003. That same year, after a positive drug test, Dr. Clark entered his third treatment program and promised himself it …
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Addiction Treatment With a Dark Side
His father heard him gasping and intervened, a reprieve that led Mr. Schneider into rehab, not his first program, but the one where he discovered buprenorphine, a substitute opioid used to treat opioid addiction. In the two years since, by taking his …
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Grand opening of clinic demonstrates problems treating drug addicts
Even though Tuesday was a day of celebration at the new Recovery Ottawa drug treatment centre, there was a lot of anger just under the surface. As the grand opening celebrations took place, a lone addict made a bee-line for the buffet table. Loud and …
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Question by Ashley W: Eating disorder help?
I am 17 and bulimic. I need to find either free/inexpensive eating disorder help in Central New York. as of now our family is in the midst of getting insurance which makes it tough. any help is appreciated.

Best answer:

Answer by Luna Lovegood
i used to be bulimic as well, i was younger though when i started i was 14 :/ and i was BAD! like 4 times a DAY bad, i can tell you first hand, quiting is the hardest thing to do, but once your there, you never even think twice about keeping food down, if you want help first YOU must commit to it, theres no better or cheaper help, its hard cold turkey but try YOU have to want it for yourself,
i personally gained wieght at first, but now its been a year and ive never been healthier or skinnier in my entire life, its all about portion control and shrinking your stomach, since binging stretches it.

but hey if i can do it you can too 🙂

okay “iz” having an eating disorder goes way deeper than getting skinny, dont call her childish WHY
ARE YOU EVEN ANSWERING THIS QUESTION when you have no idea what you are talking about, get a life and dont pick on people who are already at a low okay? shes trying to get help here bitch

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