Health promotion for the nursing home patient.
Medscape News - Procedures that should be considered include breast cancer screening, Papanicolaou smears for cervical cancer, hearing and vision loss screening, fall prevention assessment, immunizations, screening for dementia and depression, drug evaluation
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Wharton - The company faces a dearth of new drugs to replace top sellers due to lost patent protection in the next few years, and has canceled work on a highly anticipated depression drug that failed in late-stage trials. Wharton faculty and outside analysts
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California families and the 2006 General Election
Christian Examiner - Under current California law, children as young as 12 years old may be taken from school—without notifying parents—to receive counseling and medical treatment for depression, drug use, birth control and abortions. Yet if your child wants to get ear
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Drug abuse and dependence
HealthCentral.com - Drug dependence (addiction) is compulsive use of a substance despite negative consequences which can be severe; drug abuse is simply excessive use of a drug or use of a drug for purposes for which it was not medically intended. Physical dependence on
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Gay unions may boost health
Health 24 - Research has shown that gay men and women have higher rates of depression, drug abuse and cancer than heterosexuals. Lesbians have a greater risk of breast cancer, heart disease and obesity than straight women, while gay men have a higher risk of HIV
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