Real estate notes: NJ company scoops up 2 more area rehab centers
New Jersey-based Care Rite Centers has purchased two nursing/rehabilitation centers in the Pittsburgh region, adding to its purchase of the former 100-bed Forbes Center on Frankstown Road. The latest acquisitions were: — The 178-bed Commons at 2025 …
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Months after rehab, knee and hip patients keep improving
The researchers gathered information on patients' ability to function at three time points: when they were admitted for surgery, when they were discharged from the rehab center and three to six months after discharge. The functional measures covered …
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Ready access, low cost, pill-like high: Heroin's rise and fatal draw
"I've been here over six years and literally this is the first year that I can remember seeing this many people coming in here with an addiction to heroin," says Robert Parkinson, director of the Beachcomber Rehabilitation Center in Delray Beach, Florida.
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Woman Pleads Guilty to Smuggling Drugs into CCJ
She was fined $ 50 plus costs. She must complete drug/alcohol counseling and submit to DNA testing at a cost of $ 250. Prior to sentencing, her mother, Debbie Wallace, addressed the court stating that if Wilkinson had not been arrested, she might be dead …
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A Mom and a Dairyman Plead: Don't Feed Children Raw Milk
While it was a commitment to go to the farm once a week to get the milk, Brown believed it was well worth it, despite the inconvenience and additional cost. “It felt good to know that we were getting 'real, … There is no full recovery from this …
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Deprogramming China's Youth
'Web Junkie' Is a Harrowing Documentary on China's Internet Addiction Rehab Clinics. 'Web Junkie' takes us inside one of China's 400-plus prison-like rehabilitation centers that seek to deprogram teens that live mostly in virtual reality. WAKE UP …
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Camden sets hearing on zoning change that would allow alcohol treatment …
CAMDEN, Maine — The next step in the long and controversial path to allowing a high-end alcohol rehabilitation center to locate in a residential neighborhood of Camden has been set. The Camden Select Board has scheduled a public hearing — to consider …
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Judge orders Texas teen Ethan Couch to rehab for driving drunk, killing 4
(CNN) — A judge on Wednesday ordered that Ethan Couch — who drove drunk and caused a crash, killing four people and injuring two — go to a lock-down residential treatment facility. State District Judge Jean Boyd had already decided the Texas …
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Kentucky lawmakers discuss their proposed solutions for heroin epidemic …
But a more pressing issue is the need for more treatment beds, Specht said: “The lack of residential treatment in Northern Kentucky is truly a problem." At one point … Since 2010, 52 percent of women treated at the center reported they were addicted …
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Iran not doing enough to address drug addiction
In addition to government-run rehabilitation centers, there are also many private centers active in Iran. These centers must be licensed by the State Welfare Organization of Iran. According to studies and surveys conducted by the Drug Control …
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"Affluenza" teen again avoids jail for deadly Texas DWI crash
The teen, who's currently in state custody, is expected to receive alcohol and drug rehab, and could face prison time if he runs away from the facility or violates any other terms of his probation, Alpert said. There is no minimum amount of time the …
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Selena Gomez went to rehab over drugs, alcohol and Justin Bieber, says report
Selena Gomez spent two weeks in rehab in January to treat an addiction to alcohol, pot and the prescription sleep medication Ambien, TMZ reported. Gomez's camp blamed Selena's drug and alcohol addiction on her ex-boyfriend, Justin Bieber, who was …
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Darryl Strawberry is opening a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center in Florida
… planning to open a drug rehabilitation center in Florida. Strawberry, who famously struggled with alcohol and drug addiction during his playing career, will open the center in St. Cloud, Fla., and offer treatment to professional athletes and the …
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The Watershed Opens New Facility in Texas
The Watershed, a leading drug and alcohol treatment center, headquartered in South Florida, officially opened its doors on January 15th to a premier 28-bed facility in Clear Lake serving the Southeast Texas community. The Watershed Addiction Treatment …
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Former Edmond pastor joins Florida treatment center leadership
Charles W. Robinson III, former pastor of recovery at Edmond's Henderson Hills Baptist Church, has joined Elements Behavioral Health and will work to enhance and expand its Christian addiction treatment program at The Recovery Place in Florida.
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