Weekly Washington healthcare update

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In a move aimed at ensuring that private health plans cover benefits for mental health treatments at the same levels they cover other medical care, President Obama last week announced his administration would issue guidance outlining how group health …
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Charleston Laboratories, Inc. Begins Enrollment for CL-108 Phase 3 Clinical Trial

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28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Charleston Laboratories, Inc, an emerging specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the research and development of novel pain products that prevent or significantly reduce nausea and vomiting related to opioid analgesics and …
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Is marijuana good or bad for your health?

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The American Society of Addiction Medicine is then considering of including cannabis addiction in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). In contrast, the American Medical Association, inviting the government to review cannabis …
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Health insurer HBF finds mental ills tied to drugs

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… for psychiatric services needs substance-abuse treatment. HBF has revealed that claims for substance-abuse treatment in the state makes up 20 per cent of the 48,586 psychiatric services the insurer paid out for in the 2011-12 financial year …
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