STEPHENSON: Nova Scotia Doctors Need to Confront Prescription Drug Abuse
STEPHENSON: Nova Scotia doctors need to confront prescription drug abuse
It has a stellar prescription drug monitoring program and the college developed a methadone treatment handbook in 2012 that has become “the gold standard” in assisting physicians to treat patients with addictions. The new pre-screening policy announced …
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Prescription Drug Overdoses: 2 Winnipeg Families Speak Out
Prescription drug overdoses: 2 Winnipeg families speak out
"My mom and I struggle with what people might assume happened [the night he died]," says his sister, Kara. "He was not a drug addict. He didn't live in the drug world. Yet somehow it came into our house." It was then,… Continue reading
HELP ME!! Anxiety – Panic Sufferer… PLEASE I’m So Lost and Sad?
Question by fun11: HELP ME!! Anxiety – Panic sufferer… PLEASE I’m so lost and sad?
Hello,
I am a 30 year old female in good health. No other problems beside anxiety. I do not drink, smoke, do drugs or drink caffeine. I currently do acupuncture.
When I was 17 I… Continue reading
FDA Approves User-Friendly Device to Reverse Opioid Drug Overdoses
FDA approves user-friendly device to reverse opioid drug overdoses
It comes a week after Governor Deval Patrick declared a public health emergency to combat the growing abuse of opiates and recent spike in heroin deaths in the state; his declaration allows police and other emergency personnel to carry Narcan, a… Continue reading
Why Oh Why Most Doctors Continually Over Prescribed Their Patients?
Question by : Why oh why most doctors continually over prescribed their patients?
First of all on December 7, 2010 I lost a very good friend of mine that froze to death. So as you can imagine I was a little bit depressed. Don’t get me wrong I wasn’t suicidal… Continue reading
Heroin Fast Becoming Ulster County's 'Most Prevalent' Drug (VIDEOS)
Heroin fast becoming Ulster County's 'most prevalent' drug (VIDEOS)
Sullivan goes to the clinic five days a week for methadone and also attends The Bridge Back of Kingston Hospital, a treatment center at 10 Barbarosa Lane that provides medically-supervised alcohol and substance abuse treatment. At the center, a team …… Continue reading
Synthetic Drug Overdoses Difficult to Treat-News
Synthetic drug overdoses difficult to treat-News — Part of the appeal of many synthetic drugs is that theyre legal and easy to get. But the substances can be just as dangerous and addictive as their illegal c…
World Tuberculosis Day 2014: Revolutionary medicine — doctor treats MDR-TB …
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Three Dead in Colombia Drug Rehab Center Attack
Three dead in Colombia drug rehab center attack
BOGOTA – Three people died and 12 were wounded Saturday in an explosion at a Colombian drug rehab center in Medellin, which police believe was the work of organized crime. Initial reports said the attack involved “around a kilo of explosives …… Continue reading
Is There Any Research Being Done to Cure Down Syndrome?
Question by Tina: Is there any research being done to cure Down syndrome?
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Answer by Oisin
unless you find out the baby has down syndrome when its still a embryo I don’t think it can be cured
Answer by Robert
Down syndrome (DS) or Down’s syndrome, also known… Continue reading
CBC News Talks RX Drug Abuse in Bridgewater N.S.
CBC News Talks RX Drug Abuse In Bridgewater N.S. — RX Drug Overdose.
Haley creates prescription drug abuse panel
COLUMBIA, SC — South Carolina had at least 225 prescription drug overdose deaths in 2011, but the state hasn't had a coordinated efforts to crack down on the problem. Gov. Nikki… Continue reading