Drug Treatment Works, Illinois Advocates Say


 

Drug Treatment Works, Illinois Advocates Say – (Springfield, IL) –The estimated number of Illinois residents waiting for alcohol and drug abuse assessment and treatment at state-financed facilities in 2008 rose 17 percent in, according to a report released at a press conference in Springfield, IL on May 1, 2008. The report by the Survey Research Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Chicago surveyed 106 Illinois community treatment providers in December 2007 and revealed 7541 people were waiting for some form of treatment, up from 6467 in March 2007. State Senator Jeff Schoenberg (D-Evanston) is sponsoring legislation, SB 2886, to boost prevention and treatment funding by million in this year’s budget. Craig Stallings, the Administrator of Adult Services at Rosecrance, a substance abuse treatment center in Rockford, Illinois, explains the importance of treatment. James Duncan, a client at Gateway Foundation in Illinois, testifies to the problem of state waiting lists.

 

Abbott Presents Promising Phase 2b Interferon-free Hepatitis C Results at 2012

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ABBOTT PARK, Illinois, Nov. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Results from Abbott's phase 2b clinical trial, "Aviator," demonstrated high sustained viral response rates at 12 weeks post-treatment (SVR(12)) in all 8- and 12-week arms, with combinations of direct …
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Air Force medical treatment facilities not involved in multi-state meningitis

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10/12/2012 – WASHINGTON — The Air Force Surgeon General confirmed that no Air Force medical treatment facilities purchased, dispensed or administered the contaminated steroid injection that has been implicated in the fungal meningitis outbreak …
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Report: Meningitis scare puts Baxter acquisition of drug-compounder on hold

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One possible case has been identified in Illinois: a Chicago resident believed to have been injected with the tainted substance at a pain treatment center in Chicago or west suburban Westchester, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. A …
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