Posts Tagged ‘Health’

Outpatient Rehab in the News

Long Beach health calendar
Filed under: outpatient rehab

Long Beach Memorial Outpatient Pulmonary Rehab Clinic, 2840 Long Beach Blvd., Suite 210. 562-933-5864. TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly). Weight-loss support group. 9:15 am every Thursday. Belmont Shore Mobile Estates clubhouse, 6230 Marina View Drive, …
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Henry Ford converting hospital to rehab center
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By Ashok Selvam Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, plans in March to close a 105-bed hospital in Warren, Mich., and reopen the facility later as an advanced inpatient and outpatient rehab center. Officials announced intentions to close Henry Ford …
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Alcohol Treatment Centers in the News

Doings Health Calendar for Jan. 12
Filed under: alcohol treatment centers

This class is appropriate for both those in treatment and out of treatment and their families. Registration Required. Lunch and Learns (Cancer Care Center Lobby) takes place from noon-1 pm on the third Tuesday of each Month. Drop ins welcome. …
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Substance-abuse prevention money skipped
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Last year, efforts to raise the state's cigarette tax by a dollar per pack to fund drug treatment centers were unsuccessful. Similar efforts to raise the beer tax also have failed, Foster. Besides considering a tax on alcohol, tobacco and lottery …
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Christmas in recovery
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By Susan Shelly David Rotenberg, vice president of treatment at Caron Treatment Centers, South Heidelberg Township, says the holidays can be a particularly difficult time for those in recovery. While for most people the holidays are a time of …
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Families ACT! Addressing Mental Health Stigma through Street Theater (part 2of 3)

Join Ms. Corine Fairbanks as she interviews Pablo Romero, Community Organizer for Families Act, Dr Barbara Lotito, Board Member for Pueblo, and Mr. Ben Shalant with the Consumer Advocate Coalition about their role in an exciting new street theater project that will be coming soon to the streets of Santa Barbara! “….educational, civic engagement and grassroots organizing- This theater project speaks to all three of those”- Dr. Barbara Lotito Families ACT! sprang out of a cluster of tragic deaths among young dually diagnosed adults in Santa Barbara in the winter of 2005-06. Families ACT! was founded in 2007 to address the whole range of injustices inherent in current policies that have led to the neglect as well as the criminalization of a significant portion of our society and the erosion of constitutional rights under the guise of “public safety.” For more information about Families Act familiesact.org For more information about Santa Barbara Pueblo www.sbpueblo.org For more information on AIMsb www.aimsb.org

Drug Rehab Treatment Program in the News

Addictions plague health workers
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The numbers of health professionals joining industry-specific addiction treatment groups, meanwhile, is rising significantly. Dr. Michael Kaufman, director of the Ontario Medical Association's Physician Health Program that started in 1995 to help …
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Laser Therapy in Rehabilitation
Filed under: drug rehab treatment program

Let's take an in-depth look at the physiological benefits of laser therapy and how it can be integrated into rehabilitation programs. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first low-level class III laser (LLLT) in 2002 and the first …
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Drug Counseling Degree in the News

As Mental Health Clinics Face Cuts, the Affected Speak Out
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Within months, she said, she attempted suicide with a pill overdose. Rushed to the hospital, she spent 10 days in a psychiatric ward. Counseling and drug therapy have gradually seemed to help. Her mother went with her for monthly family counseling. …
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Massena Police Chief's prescription drug abuse task force spurred in part by …
Filed under: drug counseling degree

Many of the agencies responsible for providing programs and treatment lack the resources to adequately manage case loads and provide effective case management. • The path prescription drugs take to hitting are streets is not only from our medicine …
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Dual Diagnosis Adolescents in the News

Interview: Mental health, a delicate sector
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Another project in the pipeline, is the construction of a dual diagnosis unit for female patients. Mr Galea explained that the necessary application had already been submitted to MEPA and is currently being processed. This new unit is set to cost …
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Science, Politics, and Over-the-Counter Emergency Contraception
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3,4 The facts are that adolescents who have had sexual intercourse typically have intercourse for the first time at about age 17 years. About 28% of never-married females aged 15 to 17 years and 60% of those aged 18 to 19 years have ever had …
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