Addressing Substance Abuse With CME (Part 1 of 2)


 

Addressing Substance Abuse with CME (Part 1 of 2) – First part of discussion between Bertha Madras, former Deputy Director for Demand Reduction of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, and ACCME Chief Executive, Murray Kopelow regarding CME approaches to address substance abuse. (Part 1 of 2, Recorded July 2008) Visit these resources for more information: – For more information about the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, visit www.ondcp.gov. – For an overview of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s “Screening and Brief Intervention for Referral to Treatment” (SBIRT) program, visit http For more information, please visit www.accme.org

 

Orexigen Therapeutics Announces Progress with FDA on a Faster Path to

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7, 2013 — /PRNewswire/ — Orexigen® Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: OREX), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of obesity, today announced progress with the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on a faster path to … The …
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Why I'm Not Willing to Die for My People

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Will the outcome convince her to carry on…? Has the hunger strike affected her body? …. Self sacrifice is the opposite of selfishness and to sacrifice oneself of the most precious thing to them and in doing so to help many is the reason she had to …
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Support improves hepatitis C treatment completion and response rates among

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The best outcomes were seen in people who received therapy and support for their addiction. “The availability of support services during HCV [hepatitis C virus] treatment significantly increased the treatment completion rates … Investigators …
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