US Hair Restoration Opens a New Hair Transplant Center in Orange County Area
Dr. Mohebi's Orange County hair loss treatment office will conveniently offer services to patients and their families who wish to take advantage of high quality hair transplant services while avoiding the drive into metropolitan area of Los Angeles and …
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UCI cancer research center established
The new center will increase the scope of clinical trials at UC Irvine's Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and help toward UC Irvine's goal that cancer patients never have to leave Orange County to receive treatment. The funding will allow …
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Laura's Law mental-health debate rages in Bay Area
The law, now implemented only in Nevada and Yolo counties, allows judges to order outpatient treatment for people with a record of failed mental health hospitalizations and of violence. Advocates see it as a way to help people … "I want to have a say …
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Facility offers addiction treatment close to home
ETTA, Miss. (AP) — There's a bridge out near the southern end of Lafayette County Road 244. The road reaches only a few houses, some farmland and timberland, and a driveway marked "The Oxford Centre." The Oxford Centre is a residential addiction …
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Gulf Breeze Recovery Offers Collaborative Approach to Addiction Treatment
Gulf Breeze, FL (PRWEB) January 25, 2014. One of the most difficult parts about treating addiction can be the cooperation of the people undergoing the rehabilitation, so their success can often heavily rely on whether or not they believe it will work …
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Fifty turn out for World AIDS Day event in Lake Worth
Statewide, Palm Beach County is ranked fifth among counties reporting new cases: Miami-Dade (1,262), Broward (882), Orange (467) and Duval (378). Statewide, 5,388 new cases of HIV were reported in 2012. The biggest surge in new cases came in the late …
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Delays, inaction in state care center's abuse case
In July, a state audit found that the in-house police force at the board-and-care centers at Porterville and in Sonoma, Los Angeles, Orange and Riverside counties had frequently neglected to interview victims of abuse, photograph crime scenes or …
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Vt. AIDS services must do more with less
Adds Laura Byrne, executive director of the HIV/HCV Resource Center that serves Orange and Windsor counties: “HIV has fallen off the radar for a lot of people, but it's still a really serious disease. All AIDS service organizations offer free …
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Mountainside Treatment Center Welcomes Maureen O'Neill Biggs to Helm …
Ms. O'Neill Biggs' career spans across all levels of addiction treatment, from detox, to inpatient, residential and outpatient care. Her responsibilities have ranged from development of protocol, curriculum and structure, to implementation and …
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LSU takes on TCU in clash of ranked foes
Casey Pachall was on his way to an outstanding campaign in 2012, completing 66 percent of his passes for 948 yards with 10 TDs to just one pick in four games before leaving the team to enter an inpatient rehab facility for substance abuse treatment …
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This Town: What It's Like Being Homeless With A Mental Illness In Washington DC
It doesn't cure mental illness and it doesn't cure addiction, but what it does is that it gives the human being who's living with those issues the safety and stability of a home so that they can begin to be able to deal with those issues… With a home …
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Dallas County's DIVERT program provides intense supervision in substance …
Participants, who pay $ 1,040, must be in need of inpatient or outpatient treatment for a substance abuse problem. The program includes a judge, attorneys, case managers and counselors whose aim is to help people overcome addiction, rather than punish …
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Mike Tyson, Teddy Atlas make up
Mike Tyson, in his debut as a promoter Friday night, made amends with ESPN analyst Teddy Atlas, his former trainer, as part of his steps to recover as a "vicious alcoholic," Tyson told ESPN's Todd Grisham on "Friday Night Fights." "Life is short; I …
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Valiant Recovery Now Offers Holistic Treatment for Alcoholism
Valiant Recovery, a leading alcohol abuse treatment center in British Columbia, now offers patients a holistic approach to treating their addiction. Substance abuse treatment programs are all different and offer different methods to treat addiction …
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Mountainside Treatment Center Welcomes Maureen O'Neill Biggs to Helm …
This year, Mountainside Treatment Center celebrates fifteen years of helping individuals recover from drug and alcohol addiction. As Mountainside positions itself for a new chapter of growth, it welcomes addiction treatment veteran Maureen O'Neill …
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Gulf Breeze Recovery Addiction Treatment Center Announces Grand Opening
A new trend has emerged in the addiction treatment field that blends traditional medical practices with transformational therapies in a comfortable and affordable setting. Located in a waterfront facility in the Florida panhandle, the staff at Gulf …
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