"Health & Medical News"

From:
Treatment Research Institute
600 Public Ledger Building, 150 S. Independence Mall West
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Tel: (215) 399-0980
http://www.tresearch.org

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.

Popularity: unranked [?]

By Bob Curley

The Recovery Community Services Program (RCSP) — a grant program that funds peer recovery support services for individuals with alcohol and other drug problems –? could be on the chopping block, and advocates for addiction recovery are mobilizing to convince the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to continue funding the program.

Popularity: unranked [?]

The Hawaii Board of Education voted unanimously this week to reject Gov. Linda Lingle’s plan to require school teachers to submit to random drug tests, leading Lingle to threaten to repeal pay raises for teachers unless the board reconsiders, the Honolulu Star-Bulletin reported Jan. 26.

Popularity: unranked [?]

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed.Thanks for visiting!

… to treat allergies. SYMPTOMS: Images and information on allergy symptoms … Allergy symptoms. Histamine is released. Introduction to allergy treatment …

MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Allergies
Read the rest of this entry »

Popularity: unranked [?]

Chinese-made toys made with a chemical that converts to gamma hydroxyl butyrate (GHB) when ingested have been pulled from store shelves in the U.S. and Australia after at least five children were hospitalized, the Associated Press reported Nov. 7.

The toys, called Spin Master Aqua Dots in the U.S. and Bindeez in Australia, are popular arts-and-crafts beads that can be arranged in designs and stuck together when sprayed with water. A chemical coating on the beads metabolizes to GHB if the beads are ingested, possibly causing unconsciousness, seizures, drowsiness, coma, or death.

Popularity: unranked [?]

Washington — The nation’s public health system is much better positioned to respond to emergencies than it was five years ago, say local administrators. But they fear recent federal funding cuts will undermine their gains.

Officials point to funding increases that arrived in the post-9/11 era as a big reason for the improvements. Events in the fall of 2001 served to highlight the role public health plays in defending the United States, but departments nationwide struggled to meet the challenge and resorted to such tactics as shifting personnel from disease control to contend with anthrax-tainted letters.

Read the rest of this entry »

Popularity: 7% [?]