100527 Cbc – National – Prescription Heroin
100527 cbc – national – prescription heroin – Prescribing heroin instead of methadone is more effective and less costly in treating street drug addiction relapses, a new analysis suggests.
Wiser medication use could cut health costs
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The institute, part of data analysis and consulting firm IMS Health, used its proprietary data on prescriptions written by doctors — many of which patients never fill — plus other information to produce a current, more reliable estimate of avoidable …
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Buchanan: Hispanic influx from immigration bill could break US into 'two …
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On Andrea Tantaros radio show last week, conservative columnist and author Pat Buchanan warned of an unintended consequence of the immigration reform bill, a bill which doesn't place a high priority on assimilation. According to Tantaros, her previous …
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On the trail of Michael Mastro: how to flee the law when you are 87
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First Mastro, who has needed frequent surgery since his "eardrums were blown out in World War Two", had a small hearing operation in France. Behind his wife's back, and against her pleading, he claimed the cost of the treatment on his US insurance policy.
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