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Parents Blame Bar, Friends for Daughter’s Drinking Death

March 14th, 2008    Posted by: Dr. Dobson



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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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Detox Your Life - Toxic Friendship

March 10th, 2008    Posted by: Dr. Dobson

Continued From Detox Your Life - Toxic Work

Warning Signs: You don’t look forward to spending time with her. You often feel insignificant, annoyed or suspicious afterward. When you have some good news, she acts cold or indifferent.

Mend It: One-sided friendships share two factors: competition and self-absorption. Although your initial reaction - may be to ditch a friend with either trait, in some cases it’s worth trying to shift the dynamic. Perhaps she’s a childhood pal or an important professional ally.
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Obama’s School Friends Don’t Recall Much Drug Use

February 12th, 2008    Posted by: Dr. Dobson



Barack Obama has acknowledged using marijuana and cocaine as a young man, but interviews with old friends and classmates find few who remember the presidential candidate as much of a drug user, the New York Times reported Feb. 9.

Former classmates from Obama’s high school and Occidental College, which he attended between 1979 and 1981, described Obama in mostly positive terms, with some saying he occasionally smoked marijuana but none recalling any cocaine use.

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Ohio medical society pushes doctor-friendly EMR pacts

November 19th, 2007    Posted by: Dr. Dobson

Washington — The Ohio State Medical Assn. plans to launch a campaign on Jan. 1 recognizing electronic medical record vendors that use language vetted by the association for simplicity.

“Doctors were concerned one of the barriers to adopting EMRs was the whole contracting process. Small practices don’t have access to anyone who can help them pick one,” said OSMA Senior Director Carol Wright Mullinax. “So we make vendor contracts more physician friendly.”

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I am taking allergy shots and a friend is ta - Asthma - Asthma and (Human Allergies To Pomeranians)

October 9th, 2007    Posted by: Dr. Dobson

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