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Hospital didn't report alleged sexual contact with patient, documents say
Aurora Las Encinas Hospital had evidence that a staff member had “inappropriate sexual contact” with a male patient and yet the facility failed to report the incident to county mental health officials, according to court documents. Los...Tags: Mental Health, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Hospitals and Clinics, Sexual Misconduct, Sex Crimes
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Sharon, Ozzy Osbourne reunite at LGBT event
Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne hit the red carpet together at a charity event over the weekend, and the reunion has many wondering whether the couple is officially back together. "The Talk's" Sharon Osbourne, who's been married to the rocker since 1982, split...
Tags: Black Sabbath (music group), Heidi Klum, Prescription Drugs, Sharon Osbourne, Khloe Kardashian
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San Francisco's Michael Crabtree has surgery to repair torn Achilles' tendon
San Francisco 49ers leading wide receiver Michael Crabtree has had surgery to repair a torn right Achilles' tendon. Crabtree was operated on Wednesday, one day after suffering the injury during seven-on-seven drills in an organized team activity....
Tags: NFC West, Football, Basketball, Colin Kaepernick, Super Bowl
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Auto Club of Southern California cuts car insurance rates
About 1 million customers of the Automobile Club of Southern California will get an average $65 reduction in their annual car insurance premiums, the company and the state insurance department announced Wednesday. The total rate cut came to $70 million,...
Tags: Holiday Vacations, Trips and Vacations, Mercury, Insurance, Travel
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L.A. County supervisor outlines a new jail proposal
Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky wants the board to consider tearing down part of the troubled Men's Central Jail and building a facility to house mentally ill and drug addicted inmates, which he says would offer all prisoners a better chance...
Tags: Mental Health, Mental Illness, Zev Yaroslavsky, Lee Baca, American Civil Liberties Union
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Letters: Addiction treatment that works
Re "Felons allowed to help addicts, a report finds," May 14 The fact that addiction counselors in California who are sex offenders and other types of felons are allowed to provide addiction treatment is just the tip of the iceberg in a fundamentally...Tags: Addiction, Behavioral Conditions
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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder linked to adult obesity
Having childhood attention deficit hyperactivity disorder could lead to a life of obesity, even if ADHD symptoms disappear in adulthood, a new study shows. The study, which followed up on 207 middle-class men who had been diagnosed with ADHD as...
Tags: ADHD, Obesity, Culture, Overweight, Medical Research
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It's finals week: Do you know what your teen is taking to study so hard?
By the end of high school, 12% of teens say they have taken a stimulant medication for reasons other than to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). But parents, including many of those whose kids are taking ADHD drugs in a bid to boost...
Tags: Vyvanse (drug), Pharmaceuticals, Recreational Substance Use, Medical Research, Values
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Newport Beach targets rehab homes; one briefly hosted Lindsay Lohan
Newport Beach officials plan to ask a judge to close seven substance abuse recovery facilities in the city, including the rehab home where actress Lindsay Lohan stayed briefly before checking into the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage instead. The...
Tags: Orange County Superior Court, Lindsay Lohan, Alcohol Addiction, Justice System, Rentals
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Chuck Muncie dies at 60; Saints and Chargers running back
Chuck Muncie, a star running back with the New Orleans Saints and the San Diego Chargers who overcame a cocaine habit that ended his career and then devoted his later life to helping others avoid drug abuse, has died. He was 60. Muncie died Monday of...
Tags: High School Sports, Football, San Diego Chargers, Heart Attack, Chicago Bears
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Lax oversight allows felons to counsel addicts, report finds
California's lax rules governing who can work as substance abuse counselors have allowed sex offenders and other felons to treat addicts with little to no scrutiny by the state, according to a report by the Senate Office of Oversight and Outcomes released...Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Criminals, Addiction, Crime, Law and Justice, Behavioral Conditions
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Mental illness in youth: a common struggle
Go to a busy street in your community and count the next 25 adolescents who walk, bike, skateboard, stroll or saunter past. Odds are that two of those 25 kids (8.3% to be exact) would own up to having experienced 14 or more days in the last month that...
Tags: Social Issues, Demographics, Environmental Issues, Poverty, Tourette Syndrome
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