Dietrich Jackson was a typical teenager, said Charity Pankratz, his grandmother and guardian.
The 17-year-old got up every day and went to school. He wore a wristband to promote living a drug-free life. But in December, the Greencastle resident died from ingesting prescription drugs while drinking alcohol at a party.
When people think of drugs, they think only of illicit ones such as marijuana and cocaine, Pankratz said.
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The NHS should no longer deny treatment to patients who pay privately for unapproved drugs, the King’s Fund, an influential health thinktank, said yesterday.
Niall Dickson, the chief executive, intervened in an argument that is splitting the health service over whether better-off cancer patients should be allowed to top up their NHS care by buying life-saving or life-prolonging drugs that could not be afforded by the poor. Under the current rules, Read the rest of this entry »
Election 2008|Major Presidential Candidates Discuss Proposals for Health Care, Other Issues at AARP Convention
[Sep 08, 2008]
Democratic presidential nominee Sen.
(Ill.) and Republican presidential nominee Sen.
(Ariz.) on Saturday appeared via satellite at an
convention in Washington, D.C., and spoke about health care and other issues that affect seniors, the
reports.
In his comments, Obama said that McCain would abandon seniors economically Read the rest of this entry »
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HOUSTON, Oct 14, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) –
Dynacq Healthcare, Inc. (DYII) announced that its Surgery Specialty
Hospitals of America — Southeast Houston
Campus located in Pasadena, Texas reopened on September 30, 2008. The
hospital was temporarily closed on September 12, 2008 because of the
loss of power and the physical damages sustained as a result of
Hurricane Ike. Once the repairs necessary to assure the Read the rest of this entry »
Whitehead Institute, in conjunction with MyCareTeam, Inc., has announced that MyCareTeam's popular diabetes management software, MCT-Diabetes, is immediately available to all Whitehead Institute employees and family members through the institute's health and wellness program.
Acton, MA (
) September 16, 2008 — Whitehead Institute, in conjunction with MyCareTeam, Inc., has announced that MyCareTeam's popular diabetes management Read the rest of this entry »
The speaker of Mexico City’s legislative assembly has gone even further, saying he wants to turn the capital into another Amsterdam by legalizing small sales of marijuana, which he calls a “soft drug” currently controlled by criminals.
The proposals have ignited a national debate over the effectiveness of Calderon’s strategy, which has dispatched tens of thousands of soldiers and federal police into hot spots. With the offensive well into its second Read the rest of this entry »
Lifestyle advice after major surgery, adjustments to diet
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I have had a triple by-pass about three months ago. My doctor told me to go easy with physical activities, but he did recommend I begin a cardiovascular Read the rest of this entry »
A Lincoln woman dropped off her 15-year old nephew at a Lincoln hospital under Nebraska’s safe haven law. Another child was left at an Omaha hospital over the weekend. The law, passed just this year, allows guardians to drop off kids without prosecution.
Lincoln Police Chief Tom Casady said a 44-year old woman dropped off her 15-year old nephew at BryanLGH West Saturday evening. The woman is the boy’s aunt, and his legal guardian. Casady said Read the rest of this entry »