SOMC opens medical stabilization service
“In Portsmouth we're going to be having patients calling from West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio and Southeast Indiana. Where ever that person is living, we're going to try to find an appropriate facility in there area. … “I think that this alcohol and … Read more on Portsmouth Daily Times
Parenting grandparents face litany of issues
HARVEYVILLE, Kan. — Donna and Buddy Smallwood thought their years of raising small children were over. Then they received a phone call about 2 1/2 years ago from a social worker. Their three grandchildren had been taken into protective custody and … Read more on Indiana Gazette
High-schoolers to fifth-graders: Don't use tobacco
The students will use a PowerPoint presentation packed with statistics. They will tell the inquisitive fifth-graders how tobacco killed more than 430,000 Americans last year and show them how much tar accumulates in a smoker's lungs, home, car and … Read more on The Republic
Can't You Hear the Whistle Blow
Government benefit programs rely on the honesty and integrity of insiders to report fraud, waste and abuse. … states that a drug manufacturer allegedly underpaid Medicaid rebates instead of offering the “best price” available; offered kickbacks to … Read more on Watchdog.org
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