Hospital Restores Its Detox Program

Hospital restores its detox program

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Tucked behind secured doors on UHC's third floor are 12 beds and a staff of nurses and physicians who provide 24-hour treatment to patients 18 and older in their most volatile days of addiction withdrawals. “Process is four to seven days, maybe eight …
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Miracle drug: The 50 question

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Doctors choose the more expensive drug more than half a million times every year, a choice that costs the Medicare program an extra $ 1 billion or more annually. Spending that much may make little sense for a country burdened by ever-rising health bills …
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Study: Tobacco control has saved millions of lives

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-Electronic cigarettes may help some smokers quit but conclusive research is needed and their long-term safety is unknown. Users inhale nicotine vapor from the battery-operated devices and they could lead to nicotine addiction among nonsmokers, …
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Teens and pot use

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The perceptions many teens – and often, their parents – have about pot are not only wrong, they can be dangerous, say medical and treatment professionals. An ongoing study of the behaviors and attitudes of teens and young adults … Riggs, who has …
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