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What Happens at a Drug Treatment Facility?

...  different ways of thinking through daily situations, learning coping skills, and maybe some self-analysis exercises to help him learn about himself and why he does what he does even when he knows he shouldn’t. the things he learns in… Continue reading

Former Baseball Star to Open Drug Treatment Center

...  recently opened a drug and alcohol treatment center in central Florida. They help operate another treatment center in Texas. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (bit.ly/1cbLjDs )) reports that Oglethorpe Inc. has filed an application with the state … Read more… Continue reading

North Rift to Craft Laws on Drug Abuse

...  Rift to Craft Laws On Drug Abuse "Most issues on drugs and alcohol abuse have been devolved to the counties and that is why we are supporting the regions to come up with necessary legislation that will help them… Continue reading

The Effectiveness of a Geriatric Hip Fracture Clinical Pathway in Reducing Hospital and Rehabilitation Length of Stay and Improving Short-Term Mortality Rates.

...  effectiveness of a geriatric hip fracture clinical pathway in reducing hospital and rehabilitation length of stay and improving short-term mortality rates. Geriatr Orthop Surg Rehabil. 2013 Mar; 4(1): 3-9Lau TW, Fang C, Leung F A geriatric hip fracture clinical… Continue reading

Proximal Humeral Reconstruction Using Nail Cement Spacer in Primary and Metastatic Tumours of Proximal Humerus.

...  the abductor mechanism, deltoid muscle and axillary nerve were not salvageable in any of cases. The mean MSTS score at the time of final follow-up was 19.09. Thus, proximal humeral reconstruction using nail cement spacer is a technical simple,… Continue reading

Defining a Clinically Meaningful Effect for the Design and Interpretation of Randomized Controlled Trials.

...  impaired populations. Conclusion: Prospective suicidal ideation and behavior monitoring was generally viewed positively, though specific challenges were identified. Limitations include self-report survey methodology and recruitment of only central nervous system clinical trials sites. These findings may help guide development… Continue reading

Clinical Approach to Fever in the Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit: Focus on Drug Fever.

...  signs of infection, the presence of fever in a patient in the neurosurgical intensive care unit (NSICU) raises the question of whether it is infectious in etiology. Infectious and noninfectious causes of fever in the NSICU may be determined… Continue reading

Exercise and Nutrition to Target Protein Synthesis Impairments in Aging Skeletal Muscle.

...  Failure patients experience significant muscle weakness which contributes to prolonged hospitalization and functional impairments post-hospital discharge. Based on our previous work, we hypothesize that an exercise intervention initiated early in the intensive care unit aimed at improving skeletal muscle… Continue reading

Shifting Paradigms: Continuous Nasogastric Feeding With High Caloric Intakes in Anorexia Nervosa.

...  eating disorders. This study aims to confirm that this protocol results in a shorter admission duration and faster rate of weight gain without increased incidence of complications.Retrospective chart review of patients with restrictive eating disorders admitted to the Montreal… Continue reading

Rationale, Timeline, Study Design, and Protocol Overview of the Therapeutic Hypothermia After Pediatric Cardiac Arrest Trials.

...  focussed on the outcomes of this patient group and has informed important new knowledge about the devastating and often irreversible morbidity related to nerve, muscle and brain injury More recent studies have reinforced these robust themes of physical and… Continue reading