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Addicted surgeons, non-surgeons equally likely to return to practice
Because of surgeons' presumed bent toward perfectionism, researchers who studied addicted doctors expected them to have better success in returning to practice after treatment than other types of
AHRQ: One in eight ED visits involves mental, substance-abuse patients
One out of every eight visits to U.S. hospital emergency departments in 2007 involved adults with a mental disorder, substance abuse problem, or both, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research
California uses web-based tool to track suspicious drug use
The state of California has rolled out a new web-based tool that tracks the use of controlled substances, including addictive painkillers such as Oxycontin and Valium. The idea is to help nurses,
