Army Tests Confidential Alcohol Abuse Program
Research shows that many soldiers are reluctant to seek help for problem drinking because it involves notifying unit command. Confidentiality is at the heart of a pilot program designed to get soldiers into treatment before they have an alcohol-related incident.
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Drinking water gets separate ministry
New Delhi, July 12 : Drinking water, the precious vanishing resource, for the first time merits an independent portfolio. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday created a new ministry of drinking water and sanitation that will be looked after by Mumbai leader Gurudas Kamat.
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Is Drinking Too Much Water Bad for You?
(CNN) — So much for drinking eight glasses of water to lose weight, prevent kidney damage and cure ailments. A recent study says the practice could actually be harmful. The article published in the British Medical Journal says there’s no evidence drinking water will help your health. The study also says that drinking water when you’re not thirsty can impair concentration. The author of the …
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Fallon woman must attend long-term drug diversion program or go to NSP
A Fallon woman received on Tuesday probation from District Court Judge David Huff only if she completes a long-term drug treatment program approved by the state Parole and Probation De partment.
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Blood Cancer Advances May Improve Survival
SATURDAY, Dec. 4 (HealthDay News) — Advances in the treatment of blood cancers offer new hope for increased survival, according to two studies scheduled to be presented at the American Society of Hematology meeting Saturday in Orlando, Fla.
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Police: Budget cuts could imperil DUI checkpoint program
The U.S. Department of Transportation cut its funding of Pennsylvania drunken-driving enforcement programs by a third this year. State officials, in turn, cut the number of DUI checkpoints and patrols — raising concerns about what might come next.
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UofL Player Facing DUI Charges For 2nd Time In 7 Months
A University of Louisville football player has been arrested on drunken driving charges for the second time in seven months.
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Wells Fargo Insurance Services and ImPACT Applications, Inc. Develop Innovative Concussion Care Program
Wells Fargo Companys (NYSE: WFC) Student Insurance Division and ImPACT Applications have joined forces to launch Play It Safe Concussion Care SM – …
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Erwin’s Good Hope Hospital to reopen mental health unit
ERWIN – Five years after they closed, the doors of Good Hope Hospital look set to open again next summer; not all the way, but enough to let in 21 jobs and breathe some life into a steadily decaying campus.
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Winston Salem Wellness Center Selected as Community Impact Champion with the Maya Angelou Center
6th Sense Health and Wellness Center was recently recognized by the Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity as the Community Impact Winston Salem, North Carolina (PRWEB) June 17, 2011 6th Sense Health and Wellness Center was recently recognized by the Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity as the Community Impact Champion and as such becomes an affiliate of the center. The Center which is …
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Genentech to present positive data from vismodegib Phase II trial on advanced BCC at EADO 2011
Curis, Inc., a drug development company seeking to develop next generation targeted small molecule drug candidates for cancer treatment, today announced that positive data are being presented by its collaborator Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, from a pivotal Phase II clinical trial conducted by Roche and Genentech of vismodegib in patients with advanced basal cell carcinoma, an often …
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Sex offender program is running out of room
When it began in 2003, the Virginia Center for Behavioral Rehabilitation was not projected to reach 100 residents until 2013. Instead, this fall there will be 300 at $ 91,000 a year each — almost four times the cost of a prison inmate.
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Amy Winehouse checks out of London treatment center, looking forward to European gigs
LONDON – A representative for Amy Winehouse says the singer has checked out of a treatment program in London following a week there. Spokesman Chris Goodman said Thursday that the 27-year-old is now looking forward to touring Europe this summer and is “raring to go.”
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Doctors learn a chilling treatment for heart attacks
BAR HARBOR, Maine (NEWS CENTER)–A team from Pennsylvania is working with emergency responders in Eastern Maine on a treatment for heart attacks that might sound more like science fiction than modern medicine.
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Cancer Center Expands To Bellaire Facility
BELLAIRE – Wheeling Hospital’s Schiffler Cancer Center has expanded to Belmont County, an addition hospital and county officials said will make cancer treatments more accessible and convenient for East Ohio residents.
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Program aids area health care groups
Several residents of Nash County and the surrounding areas participated in a Ladder to Leadership program designed to help local nonprofit health organizations come together to tackle specific health care challenges facing Eastern North Carolina.
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Volunteers give Advocacy Center ‘RED’ treatment
Ronnie Baker / Staff Photo — As part of the third annual RED Day, Keller Williams Realty employees “Renew, Energize and Donate” at the Children’s Advocacy Center of Collin County.
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New breast cancer care facility to provide full range of services
Discovering a lump in your breast is life- changing enough.
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Substance-abuse treatment center proposed for former Ashby school site
ASHBY — Three recovery experts have proposed bringing a comprehensive substance-abuse treatment facility to the campus of a former private school on Spring Hill Road.
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First-time DUI offenders to get break under new Miami-Dade program
Some first-time drunk drivers will get their charges reduced if they complete alcohol education classes, seek treatment and pay fines under a new program being offered by the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s office.
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Titan Pharmaceuticals presents data on Probuphine Phase 3 clinical program for opioid addiction at Neuroscience Meeting
Titan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that data from its Phase 3 clinical development program for Probuphine were presented at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, being held Nov. 13-17 in San Diego.

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Fellowship program helps faith communities mobilize for environmental leadership
“Then God said, ‘Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.’”

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Church program helps those struggling with addiction
Addiction comes in many forms – good and bad. For those with unhealthy addictions, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has a recovery program open to the general public.

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Macon Street Outreach Program Helps People with Addictions
Amanda Smith says she got help with her addiction from Lizzie Chapel Baptist Church. The support from clergy and members she says inspired her to get clean and help others.

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Omeros Announces Additional Support from the National Institute on Drug Abuse for Clinical Studies in Addiction Program
Omeros Corporation today announced that the National Institute on Drug Abuse has provided an additional grant to fund clinical studies for the Company’s Addiction program. This grant, which is for a total of approximately $3.6 million to be paid over a four-year period in equal amounts, will fund direct and indirect costs of Phase 2 clinical studies to be conducted by researchers at the New York …

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Navy launches online program to help sailors, families and retirees struggling with addiction
RICHMOND, Va. – The Navy is teaming up with a highly regarded addiction treatment center to provide Web-based support for thousands of sailors, their families and retired personnel who are struggling with alcohol and drug abuse.

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Addiction treatment program closes its doors for good
The network providing drug abuse evaluation and treatment for thousands of inmates each year has its

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Palm Beach County Drug Farm, addiction-treatment program, closes its doors for good
Palm Beach County Drug Farm, addiction-treatment program, closes its doors for good

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Program taking old medications
People have long dumped unwanted, expired or unused prescription drugs down the toilet. “That is not a good idea or practice,” said Patrice Tamp, supervisor with Tehama County Drug and Alcohol Division. In conjunction with Corning proclaiming…

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Domestic violence program wants no excuses, only change
DAYTON — There is nothing warm and fuzzy about the Municipal Court’s domestic violence diversion program.Attendance is mandatory. Excuses are parried by verbal judo. Peer pressure to change behavior is expected. And none of the participants want to be there.

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Program encourages families to eat together
There’s nothing magical about the simple, blue recyclable bags. They look like the ones people tote to grocery stores every day. That’s what first-graders in Vonda Junck’s class at Sawyer Elementary School said they like about them.

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