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Treating drug-addicted doctors is good medicine

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Doctors who become addicted to alcohol and other drugs can be treated successfully and returned to medical practice with the help of special programs that couple referral to treatment and monitoring with rapid responses to ...


State policies influence drug treatment programs

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jun 25, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Philadelphia, PA, June 25, 2007 – State policies have a significant impact on the services performed by substance abuse treatment programs, and could play a key role in efforts to expand the use of research-based "comprehensive" ...





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Half of addicts quit after 6 months of treatment

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 2

(AP) -- About half of heroin and crack cocaine addicts in England's treatment programs quit the drugs after six months, a new study says.


Exercise programs recommended as standard for rheumatoid arthritis

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Exercise programs designed to improve strength and stamina are safe and effective treatments for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), according to a new Cochrane Systematic Review. The researchers reviewed dynamic exercise program ...


Cost-savings of colorectal cancer screening as treatment costs increase

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Investing in some colorectal cancer screening programs could cut future, more expensive treatment costs in half, according to a new study published online September 24 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The on ...


Strategies to reduce HIV treatment dropout rates: cost-effective and improve survival chances

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In a study published this week in PLoS Medicine, Elena Losina (of Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston) and colleagues predict that strategies to reduce dropout rates from HIV treatment programs in resource-poor settin ...


WHO: Treat HIV patients sooner (AP)

WHO: Treat HIV patients sooner

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- People infected with the virus that causes AIDS should start treatment earlier than currently recommended, the World Health Organization said Monday.


Log on to beat the Black Dog (w/Video)

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jun 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

In a discovery that could lead to new treatment approaches for depression, researchers from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) have shown that internet-based therapy programs are as effective as face-to-face therapies ...


Where's the science? The sorry state of psychotherapy

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 02, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (9) | comments 4

The prevalence of mental health disorders in this country has nearly doubled in the past 20 years. Who is treating all of these patients? Clinical psychologists and therapists are charged with the task, but many are falling ...


PMH finding may help some tonsil cancer patients avoid chemotherapy

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Clinical researchers at Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) have confirmed that patients with oropharyngeal squamous cell cancer ("tonsil cancer") harbour a common type of human papilloma virus (HPV16), but also that such cancers ...


Research reveals understanding PMS can reduce women's distress

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Women can significantly improve 'that time of the month,' by learning more about how premenstrual symptoms (PMS) can affect their minds and bodies and by adopting stress management and relaxation techniques.


United Nations: 4 million people now on AIDS drugs

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- United Nations health officials estimate about 4 million people who need AIDS drugs worldwide are now getting them, according to a report issued Wednesday.



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