5 ways fire instructors can beat burn-room heat stress
Many firefighter training injuries and deaths occur in these type facilities; it is difficult — at times impossible — to control the intense heat radiating from these fires. … During rehab, firefighters should avoid drinking caffeinated beverages …
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REEL Recovery Film Festival – SF Bay Area Weekend Schedule Filled With …
SAN FRANCISCO, April 26, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — San Rafael-based Alcohol Justice and Studio City-based Writers In Treatment say some of the best is yet to come this weekend at the first REEL Recovery Film Festival – San Francisco Bay Area …
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McClain students hear from those who know
Those attending heard from Orman Hall, director of the Governor's Cabinet Opiate Action Team and former director of the Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services, state Rep. Cliff Rosenberger (R-Clarksville), Highland County Sheriff …
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Fort Lauderdale Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facility Continues Successful …
Cornerstone Recovery Center is continuing the successful monthly Family Night event at its drug rehab facility in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The next Family Night will be hosted at Cornerstone's Fort Lauderdale addiction treatment center on Friday …
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A Sobering Story: Addicts must confront their demons, experts say
So people tend to still see it as a moral weakness,” said Vince Mercuri, executive director of The Open Door Alcohol & Other Drug Treatment Center in Indiana. However …. addiction. In addition to Berks County, it has treatment centers in Florida and …
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Origins Recovery Centers Names Andrew Rothermel As New Chief Executive …
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas, April 14, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Origins Recovery Centers, provider of integrated inpatient treatment for substance abuse and co-occurring disorders, announced today that Drew Rothermel has been named to the position of Chief …
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New Study Links Marijuana to Two Deaths–Suncoast Rehab Center Cites …
But two of those states, Colorado and Washington, have legalized marijuana for recreational use—a move that Florida drug treatment center Suncoast Rehabilitation Center says not only opens the door to drug abuse and addiction, but could also lead to …
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CRIME AND COURT ROUNDUP: UW-Madison police sent 10 drinkers to detox …
MADISON — U-W Madison Police sent ten drinkers to detox centers and cited 13 others for drinking underage, at bars and parties for the Badgers' Final Four basketball game. Spokesman Marc Lovicott said it was worst weekend of the school year for …
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Rx Pills Treating Common-Day Ills: Novus Medical Detox Addresses Prescription …
Novus Medical Detox, one of the only Florida-based detox centers serving high-dosage drug abuse patients, says that the statistics further evidence America's reliance on prescription drugs as a cure-all for common ailments, a likely influence on the …
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Ten people sent to detox, 13 others cited during Madison Final Four parties
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) – UW-Madison police sent ten drinkers to detox centers and cited 13 others for drinking underage, at bars and parties for the Badgers' Final Four basketball game. Spokesman Marc Lovicott said it was worst weekend of the school year …
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Study: Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital Patients Have Better Outcomes, Live …
WASHINGTON, March 11, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — A new study released today at a meeting of the American Medical Rehabilitation Providers Association (AMRPA) shows that patients treated in inpatient rehabilitation hospitals and units had better long-term …
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Rehab Hospitals Fight Rules Change, Cite Benefits to Recuperating Patients
Gans is the current chairman of AMRPA, an industry trade group for inpatient rehab hospitals. The report comes at a time when rehab facilities are fighting a pair of federal proposals that would tighten payments to these hospitals. One proposal would …
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Substance abuse coverage required, but hardly uniform
Insurance plans that cover substance abuse treatment must provide the same level of care and cost sharing as they do for other medical issues, but treatment centers say disagreement over what this means leaves many alcoholics and drug addicts without …
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Women Who Sought Treatment for Drug Addiction at Caron Treatment Centers …
WERNERSVILLE, Pa., March 5, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Heroin and prescription drug addiction are on the rise among affluent women, reveals a new survey from Caron Treatment Centers, a leader and nationally recognized non-profit provider of …
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The Legalization of Marijuana and What It Means to Addiction Treatment
If you or someone you love is suffering from a drug or alcohol addiction, Mountainside Treatment Center can help. Mountainside utilizes evidence-based treatment programs and holistic mind, body, spirit wellness techniques to help encourage longer …
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