Behavioral Health Services Offers Coping Tips Following Boston Bombing Attack

Behavioral Health Services offers coping tips following Boston bombing attack

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Margarite McCain, treatment director at Fairfield County Behavioral Health, advises that people be open and listen to any concerns a friend or family member might have. McCain offered the … Prevention Specialist Kennedy Robertson said it is important …
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Shocking rates of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in supermarket meats

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To blame for the rise in antibiotic-resistant bacteria in meat is the overuse and abuse of antibiotics by the meat industry. While antibiotics are often used to treat bacterial infections in livestock, industrial farms—raising 8.9 billion animals per …
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FAST FACTS ON OPIOIDS:

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Pain management specialists prescribe them to treat chronic pain due to injury or disease. Used as a painkiller, the analgesic effects of opioid use include … For each death, there are an additional 10 addiction treatment admissions, 32 emergency …
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DEA Investigation of Pain Doctor Rocks Pain Community

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The recent revelation that Lynn Webster, MD, president-elect of the American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM), is under investigation by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) came as shocking news to the pain medicine community. … Many of Dr …
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