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Veterans protest the gutting of West L.A. PTSD therapy groups https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ptsd-group-shutdown-20181229-story.html “It is important that we maintain a host of treatment options for our veterans suffering from PTSD,” he said. The secretary of Veterans Affairs, Robert Wilkie, responded that the group therapy program was being “rebranded,” not ended. But he also questioned the effectiveness of […]

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The five most addictive substances in the world https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/02/health/most-addictive-substances-partner/index.html What are the most addictive drugs? This question seems simple, but the answer depends on whom you ask. From the points of view of different researchers, the potential for a drug to be addictive can be judged in terms of the harm it causes, the street […]

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Thank you! Thank you! Brenda Sharp so much for sharing your pain with us and for spreading awareness for Trigeminal Neuralgia and Facial Pain Disorders! This is the first video that I’m uploading across social media sites as well as domestic and international media channels that will allow uploads. Thank you for helping me to […]

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3rd day without my pain medicine. This is what our trumped up CDC regulations are doing to people. People in itractable pain. The new Opoid war. I am going to die like many please help us. This isn’t pretty. #patientsnotaddicts pic.twitter.com/CswT0N0KmE — angela dawn sparling (@SparlingAngela) December 20, 2018

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Why vertical mergers will continue to dominate health care https://www.managedcaremag.com/archives/2018/12/why-vertical-mergers-will-continue-dominate-health-care Insurers are busy merging with retailers and providers in vertical integration deals after attempts at horizontal combinations hit antitrust roadblocks. While 2019 might not see the mega-mergers of 2018, “I don’t think it will be a slow year,” predicts Stephen Burrill, vice chairman and health […]

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More US Teens Are Vaping, but Use of Opioids, Alcohol Falling https://www.clinicaladvisor.com/pediatrics-information-center/more-us-teens-are-vaping-but-use-of-opioids-alcohol-falling/article/821791/ HealthDay News — Vaping among American teenagers increased dramatically in 2018, with nearly 2 of every 5 high school seniors reporting they had tried an electronic cigarette during the past year, according to the latest Monitoring the Future survey funded by the US […]

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