VVSD Veterans Rehabilitation Center
VVSD Veterans Rehabilitation Center – Tour of VVSD’s Veterans Rehabilitation (VRC) for homeless veterans with substance abuse issues. The center for males and females is unlike any other in the country. Veterans Affairs officials have stated that VVSD is the “gold standard in the treatment of homeless veterans.”
Synthetic drug-use in Europe at all-time high: agency
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While cocaine and cannabis remain the most popular illicit drugs, new synthetic substances are being detected at a rate of about one a week — a fast-rising trend, according to the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA). A …
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Transplants and cancer treatment 'under threat' from superbug rise
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She said: "Doctors are facing patients now with infections that are extremely difficult to treat. They are faced with difficult decisions because they have to use very unpleasant drugs that can cause horrible side effects. "This is happening now and we …
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Are baby boomers the pill-popping generation?
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More older adults are also seeking treatment for substance abuse. Drug-related hospitalizations and visits to emergency rooms were up 116 percent in the 55-to-64 age group from 2004 to 2010. When asked if they had used an illicit drug in the past 30 …
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Pfizer arthritis drug wins approval, to challenge Humira
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Reuters/Reuters – People walk past the Pfizer World headquarters in New York, February 3, 2010. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid. (Reuters) – U.S. regulators on Tuesday approved Pfizer Inc's Xeljanz treatment for rheumatoid arthritis, one of the company's most …
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