Improper Back Pain Treatment Is Costing America Billions of Dollars a Year

Improper back pain treatment is costing America billions of dollars a year

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… with back pain also have substance-abuse problems. The new findings, by researchers at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, were published in the July 29 issue of JAMA Internal Medicine. “Back pain treatment is …
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Mass. is leaving more youths in troubled homes

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The risk of leaving children in unstable homes was realized last month, when a 3-month-old boy was fatally beaten in a Lynn home plagued by drug addiction, mental health issues, and troubling outside influences. Anthony Gideika, the boyfriend of the …
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Polito's Take: Breaking Bad toenails

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CVS has added nail polish remover to the list of items receiving the same treatment as cigarettes, Sudafed, and alcohol. CVS stores will now require … There is no evidence to suggest that these actions have done anything to slow the scourge of meth …
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Holder proposes changes in criminal justice system

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder is calling for major changes to the nation's criminal justice system that would scale back the use of harsh prison sentences for certain drug-related crimes, divert people convicted of low-level offenses …
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