Addiction a Sure-Fire Winner if Md. Expands Gambling

Addiction a sure-fire winner if Md. expands gambling

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Or the Baltimore cop who robbed a bank to pay his bookie. Treatment of this problem isn't easy to get. Gambling addiction is defined as an impulse control disorder, according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. That makes it …
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Suspect in hepatitis C outbreak portrayed as traveling addict

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The Michigan man, who is charged with federal drug crimes, allegedly used contaminated needles in a New Hampshire hospital — and possibly in others around the nation — triggering a hepatitis C outbreak involving dozens of patients. In Maryland …
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Prostate Patients Suffer as Money Overwhelms Best Therapy

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Calderon had just turned 77 and wasn't an ideal candidate for the treatment, according to national guidelines established by 21 U.S. cancer-research centers. … Favorable Medicare payouts for hormone drugs like Lupron and Zoladex induced “remarkable …
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