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BBH employed doctor convicted of Medicaid fraud
Baltimore Behavioral Health Inc. is under investigation by the state's health inspector general for employing a psychiatrist who had been convicted several years earlier of Medicaid fraud.
The doctor, Roman Ostrovsky, 53, is one of eight physicians...Tags: Mental Health, Pharmaceuticals, Health and Medical Professionals, Behavioral Conditions, Psychiatry
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'So You Think Can Dance': Top 12 perform
Reality CheckThis week on So You Think You Can Dance, the couples take on two dances per week for the first time. Well, two competition dances, since they always have to learn a group dance and they prep a solo, too.The......Tags: Dancing, Behavioral Conditions, Chemistry, Mandy Moore, Mary Murphy
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Why I blame Rob Kasper for my new addiction
Dining@LargeMy colleague Rob Kasper is like the drug pusher on the school playground.One afternoon we were standing around talking about Important Work Matters, and he offered me some of his Smartfood White Cheddar-Flavored Popcorn, which he had gotten from the......Tags: Alcoholic Beverages, Popcorn, Dining and Drinking
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"Living mojito bar" coming to Corks
Dining@LargeIt's a nice enough day to talk about outdoor dining, even if the "living mojito bar" at Corks hasn't quite come to life.Corks is building a deck out back that will seat about 35. When it opens in the middle...... -
James Berry III is in the fight of his life
The Baltimore SunSOME MORNINGS, PERHAPS EVEN ON A morning like this one, James Berry III will lie on his mother's couch at 4 a.m., unable to sleep. The only light in the living room will be the flicker of the television. The thoughts inside his head will collide and carom...Tags: The Bozzuto Group, Behavioral Conditions, Punishment, Justice System, Druid Hill
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An epidemic's unseen cause
Sun reporterWhile just a teenager in the 1970s, she danced on The Block, where she snorted cocaine and heroin and sold sex in back rooms. Later, with her addictions firmly rooted, she set out on her own, offering her body on the streets of West Baltimore as a...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Viral Diseases and Infections, Abusive Behavior, Immune System, University of Miami
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Many steps to a fresh start
Sun reporterAngela Jackson strides down Pennsylvania Avenue with pamphlets under her arm, unfazed by the line of dealers hawking drugs beneath blinking police cameras. "James Brown, James Brown!" cries one young man, applying the late soul star's name to his heroin...Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Epidemics and Plagues, Behavioral Conditions, Viral Diseases and Infections, Diseases and Illnesses
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Success, setbacks in France
Sun foreign reporterDr. Jean-Pierre Aubert considers himself not only a general practitioner but a dealer of sorts. From his second-floor office up a winding staircase in an apartment building near the Sacre-Coeur Basilica, the doctor prescribes a drug called...Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Heads of State, Paris (France), Behavioral Conditions, National Government
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Targeting link between HIV, prostitution and addiction
Sun reporterWomen who sell sex for drugs will receive new attention from public health authorities interested in finding ways to curb the spread of HIV. State and city health officials say they will join forces to explore the links between prostitution, drug...Tags: Medical Services, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Behavioral Conditions, Punishment, Health and Safety at School
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'I can't turn it off'
Sun reporterMore than 25 years after being pressed into a life of addiction and prostitution, Ann Battle thinks she may have found a better path. Battle, 38, says she was only 11 when an adult she doesn't want to identify rented her out to support his own drug...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Drug Use, AIDS, Rape, HIV
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Recovery in works at Md. General
Sun StaffPeggy Dowdy wasn't sure whether to trust the place. Maryland General Hospital workers had sent out hundreds of HIV and hepatitis test results that they knew might be wrong. As she met in April with her new doctor in a hospital office building, last year's...Tags: Gynecology, Health and Medical Professionals, University of Maryland Medical School, Employers, Glen Burnie
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About the drug
Buprenorphine (pronounced byoo-preh-NOR-feen) is a narcotic approved for treating drug addiction. It helps opiate addicts avoid withdrawal symptoms and reduces cravings. Nicknamed "bupe," the drug is mostly sold in the United States as Suboxone, a...Tags: Drug Trafficking, Drugs and Medicines, Death
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