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Paying substance abuse treatment providers for results, not services, may lead to improved quality of care, according to the first published study of a novel performance-based contracting system implemented by the State of Delaware in 2002.

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Fewer children outgrowing allergies to milk, eggs Wed, Dec 26, 2007 (HealthDay News) Childhood milk and egg allergies may be more persistent and harder to outgrow than they

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Buprenorphine (Suboxone) was developed as an alternative to methadone that would be equally effective in treating opiate addiction but less likely to be abused. But Baltimore officials say that a black market for the drug has developed, leading to “bupe” abuse and some deaths, the Baltimore Sun reported Dec. 16.

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Allergy shots, or immunotherapy, can. help to relieve symptoms, but do not. cure allergies. … to allergies. For more information about allergies. and …

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When Lancaster, Pa., neurosurgeon John A. Gastaldo, MD, saw his medical liability insurance premiums double through his regular carrier, he searched for alternatives. With a limited number of insurers doing business in the state five years ago, options were scarce.

Dr. Gastaldo, though, found a way. In 2003, he and some colleagues in the same predicament decided to self-insure by forming their own risk-retention group: Central Pennsylvania Physicians Risk Retention Group Inc.

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U.S. prisons now house a record 2.1 million inmates, but a U.S. Census report says that prison growth began to level off during the early 2000s, the Washington Post reported Sept. 27.

The 2006 census data in the American Community Survey showed that the prison population grew 4 percent since 2000, a far more modest increase that the 77-percent growth between 1990 and 2000. Experts generally agree that tough drug sentencing laws led to the spike in prison populations during the 1990s.

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