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NY Lawmakers Asked to Help Fund More Drug Treatment Facilities

NY lawmakers asked to help fund more drug treatment facilities
It heard from prosecutors, drug counselors and addicts, who say a crackdown on illegal prescriptions has many drug users turning to heroin and that has led to a dramatic increase in overdoses and deaths. Speakers asked lawmakers to help fund… Continue reading

Staph Infections in the Elderly?

Question by countrymebe: staph infections in the elderly?
84 year old alzeimers victim for 30+years with staph infection.

Best answer:

Answer by curiousgeorgey
If he/she is in a nursing home or hospital he could have got it from there.

Answer by maxfr8
A bacteria that can fend off one of… Continue reading

Back in the Cage: The Miraculous Tale of Jay Mendez

Back in the Cage: The Miraculous Tale of Jay Mendez
He graduated high school with a 3.9 GPA and attended Texas Tech University. … I don't do drugs. My body is very valuable to me,” he said. “I don't even take Tylenol. I take all natural stuff.” Then, right around… Continue reading

Residents Warned of Home-Brewed 'krokodil' Heroin

Residents warned of home-brewed 'krokodil' heroin

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The drug, typically injected, has the street name "krokodil" because of greenish, scaly skin lesions addicts develop, giving them the appearance of having crocodile skin, according to the Drug Enforcement Agency. Physicians with the Pittsburgh Poison …
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Urinary-Tract Infections Send Millions of People to the Doctor Each Year

Urinary-tract infections send millions of people to the doctor each year

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Urinary-tract infections are the most common of all bacterial infections in the United States, accounting for more than 8 million health-care visits a year, according to the Centers for Disease Control… Continue reading

Kentucky in 'Top 3' for Drug Overdose Deaths

Kentucky in 'Top 3' for drug overdose deaths

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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Kentucky ranks in the top three when it comes to states with the most fatal drug overdoses. The number has shot up in the last decade from… Continue reading

Come to Our Addiction Treatment Center | Rehab After Work | Media, PA (610) 548-6006


 

Come to our Addiction Treatment Center | Rehab After Work | Media, PA (610) 548-6006 – Be Honest With Yourself. http://www.rehabafterwork.com/index.html If a person is compulsively seeking and using a drug despite negative consequences, such as…

 

Bacterial 'autopsy' could speed antibiotic discovery

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Prescription for Abuse | KCTS 9 Documentary


 

Prescription for Abuse | KCTS 9 Documentary – http://kcts9.org/prescription-for-abuse KCTS 9 and InvestigateWest report on the alarming increase in prescription-drug abuse in Washington state, looking at…

 

FDA's new labeling guidelines take on prescription drug abuse epidemic

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The Food and Drug Administration, in… Continue reading

Digital Addiction: Is It Real or a Symptom of Other Problems?

Digital addiction: Is it real or a symptom of other problems?

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Internet addiction treatment. Next month, the Internet Addiction Treatment and Recovery Center will open to inpatients at Pennsylvania's Bradford Regional Medical Center. The center's director, psychologist Kimberly S. Young, said the… Continue reading

Food Allergies in Children Are on the Rise — Experts Don't Know Why

Food allergies in children are on the rise — experts don't know why

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According to a report in May from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of U.S. children who have food allergies rose by 50 percent from 1997… Continue reading