Declaring Obesity a Disease: the Good, the Bad, the Ugly

Declaring Obesity a Disease: the Good, the Bad, the Ugly

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For adults, states elect which services to provide; in a 2010 report to Congress, Secretary Sebelius reported that all State Medicaid programs covered at least one obesity treatment modality for adults (the experts who conducted this survey assessed …
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Locals share tolls that drugs took on their lives

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Such was the case with Iowa City resident Missy Mecham, whose 18-year-old son used to be addicted to the drugs. When she saw the packet on his dresser, she thought it was a bag of Pop Rocks candy. … Mecham, whose son eventually underwent treatment at …
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'South County Cindy' captivates gawkers despite fight with mental illness

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She said she didn't abuse alcohol or drugs. Meanwhile, she tried to dodge George Riley, 29, who pulled up and got out of his car. He'd grown up in the area and left for a stint in the military. Now he was back. He told her he'd been following her on …
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American Academy of Ophthalmology Teams with FDA in Effort to Get Premium

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SAN FRANCISCO, July 3, 2013 — /PRNewswire/ — The American Academy of Ophthalmology today announced that it is joining forces with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in an effort to improve the regulatory science around the approval of …
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