Drug abuse treatment clinic asked to close doors
"The clinic is in violation of zoning ordinance because it's a substance abuse clinic," Phillips said. "Those clinics are only allowed in the M-1 zone, which is light industrial but the location of the clinic is in the B-3 arterial business district …
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ACA Brings Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment to Millions
While the ACA now requires insurers selling plans on the online exchanges to offer substance abuse treatment and “mental health parity,” these changes may not translate into effective or immediate help for everyone. But the experts interviewed for this …
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Men Twice As Likely To Enter Substance Abuse Treatment, Though Elderly …
Print. Men Twice As Likely To Enter Substance Abuse Facilities. Although twice as many men seek inpatient treatment for substance abuse, elderly women are nearly three times as likely as men their age to abuse prescription painkillers such as oxycodone.
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Nursing leaders essential in providing quality health care
Visit any health care provider – clinic, hospital, rehab facility or mobile health care delivery program – and you'll find nurses form the largest group. Throughout Texas, the United States and even the world, the largest sector of health care …
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Mental Health Parity: If Not Now, When?
The latest policy brief published in the journal Health Affairs, documents the convoluted history of mental health parity, the idea that mental health care and treatment be comparable with all other types of “physical” medical care (and why make the …
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Injury Bargain Bin: Chiefs Should Look At Austin And Briesel
That said, these types of strains are also not degenerative like ligament tears or micro fractures, so with a full offseason to rest and rehab, Austin should be back to his old self by September. While it's clear that his prime is behind him, he would …
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