(MENAFN– GlobeNewsWire – Nasdaq) Lake Oswego, Dec. 11, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Lake Oswego, Oregon – In an effort to demystify the LASIK eye surgery process and underscore the importance of expert-led recovery and aftercare, Tersigni Vision has released an extensive guide, “LASIK Recovery and Aftercare for Portland.” This guide is not only a beacon…
Mississippians struggling with addiction have one less option for treatment after Congress cut funding for a University of Mississippi Medical Center project, according to a spokesperson for the medical center. The Mississippi Horizons Project used telehealth to treat patients with gold-standard medicine for opioid addiction like buprenorphine, according to a website that UMMC has since…
A seemingly small and barely noticed organizational change in DSM-5 disguises what is really a giant conceptual leap—one that may eventually cause large and harmful unintended consequences. In DSM IV, the section covering addictions referred only to the compulsive use of substances. In DSM-5, the concept of addictions is greatly expanded to also include behaviors….
AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File Pages from the U.S. Affordable Care Act health insurance website healthcare.gov are seen on a computer screen in New York, Aug. 19, 2025. Felecia Suber spent weeks calculating, agonizing over and bracing for what her son’s new monthly health care premiums might be when enrollment opened Nov. 1 for insurance plans…
SANTA ANA, Calif. — Imprisoned former Angels communications director Eric Kay asked his former boss, Tim Mead, to get Tyler Skaggs “off his back,” according to testimony from Kay’s ex-wife. Camela Kay finished her second full day of testimony on Tuesday in the wrongful death civil case brought by the Skaggs family against the Los…
Community Medical Services (CMS) on Milwaukee’s South Side. (Photo by Isiah Holmes/Wisconsin Examiner) When patients struggling with opioid addiction walk into the newly opened Community Medical Services (CMS) clinic on Milwaukee’s South Side, “we want them to feel that this is a space for healing and growth,” said Amanda Maria De Leon, regional community impact…
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Reach Sober Living, an 501 (C)(3) non-profit aiming to offer support to those on recovery journeys, is set to open another location in Kalamazoo. Once occupied by Patricia White Interiors, the organization’s newest space on South Westnedge Avenue is set to become it’s fourth house, according to organizers. “It takes years of…
Addressing homelessness “California has spent billions on homelessness. Audit shows we haven’t been tracking it | Opinion,” (modbee.com, April 11, 2024) An audit done in 2024 revealed that the state spent $24 billion over five years to solve our homelessness crisis. Sacramento Homeless Union President Crystal Sanchez said recently that a real solution to homelessness…
Drug deaths rise due to gaps in harm reduction, potent substances, and worsening social and healthcare conditions. Drug use disorders (DUDs), commonly referred to as drug addiction, are chronic, relapsing conditions characterized by the compulsive use of psychoactive substances despite significant physical, psychological, and social harm (1✔ ✔Trusted SourceThe evolving burden of drug use disorders:…
NHS waiting lists in Scotland have increased, with the number of inpatients waiting more than a year for treatment up by a quarter. Statistics released by Public Health Scotland on the number of people waiting for outpatient, inpatient or day case treatment – or one of the eight key diagnostic tests – show the figure…
