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Inviting Women to Drug Rehab
According to the Federal Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, nearly 2.7 million women in the U.S. abuse alcohol or drugs. However, only about 25 percent of patients in drug rehab programs are women.
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According to a recent analysis, there are some in the pharmaceutical industry that are involved with the U.S. manual on mental health diagnoses and have financial ties to the panel. Based on the review, 69 percent of those involved in the panel were financially linked, either current or past to the drug companies.
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Florida already tests their welfare recipients for alcohol and drug abuse but the state now aims to have state workers undergo random drug testing as well, according to The Christian Science Monitor.
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29 Mar 2012
Health Insurance is Failing to Cover Drug Rehab
As an increasing amount of people are becoming addicted to drugs and alcohol, one would think the health insurance industry would be more open to covering treatment. That’s not the case, according to a recent report by the California Office of the Patient Advocate. In fact, health care plans in California are underwhelming in their treatment coverage for alcohol and drug dependency, according to a recent article.
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09 Mar 2012
When Your Teen Enters Drug Detox
It is hard to watch our children struggle. Addiction is a struggle that can be painful and lonely for the person involved and for the family members closest to him/her. When it is your teen struggling with addiction the combination of pain over their plight and your own feelings of loneliness and despair can seem overwhelming.
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Rehabilitation centers were created as ways to provide a separation of the addict and the abused substance. Originally known as “sober houses,” drug rehab facilities served a purpose that by some estimates, only affected a specific portion of the population.
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If a woman takes ecstasy during pregnancy, she raises the risk of developmental delays in her infant, according to a new study from Case Western Reserve University School Of Medicine in cooperation with the University of London and Swansea University in the United Kingdom. Taking ecstasy during pregnancy also increases the likelihood that the baby will be a boy.
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03 Mar 2012
One Step Ahead in the Drug Trade
Another new type of synthetic drug makes a guessing game for healthcare professionals seeking to understand the long term effects on users.
