Alcohol screening can be critical

Alcohol screening can be critical
… alcohol abuse and dependence than females. The statistics also indicate cultural prevalence, between 2001 and 2002, was highest among Native Americans (5.75 percent), followed by whites (5.10 percent), blacks (3.29 percent), Hispanics (3.9 percent …
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Medicare officials hope release of data will help identify waste and combat fraud
The federal government published data tracing the $ 77 billion that Medicare paid to physicians, drug testing companies and other medical practitioners throughout 2012, and what services they were being reimbursed for. The data cover 888,000 … “The …
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For rape victims, a light in darkness
On the job, she is as likely to hug a teenage girl who has been sexually abused as she is to spend an entire afternoon lining up shelter for a victim who is homeless. At night, she … First, statistics appear to show that in the last two years, women …
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Despite the Good Samaritan Law, some addicts still punished for seeking help …
Rhode Island ranks among the highest in the country in illicit drug use, non-illicit drug use, non-medical use of prescription pain relievers, and per-capita overdose deaths. More than …. Rhode Island has about 24,300 adults who are on probation …
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Substance Abuse Among Nurses — Interview with Juan Gonzalez, RN, CEN.

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