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    Jul 16, 2011 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  1. Rethinking addiction: Expanding treatment isn't enough

    A report last week that the University of Maryland Medical Center is one of 10 hospitals across the country this year that will begin offering new residency programs in addiction medicine is welcome news for Baltimore, which for decades has suffered from epidemic levels of drug and alcohol abuse and a violent drug trade that claims hundreds of lives every year. Estimates of the size of Baltimore's substance abuse problem range anywhere from one in 10 to one in six city residents. No city can make progress when such a substantial portion of its residents are mentally and physically disabled by substance abuse problems.
    A report last week that the University of Maryland Medical Center is one of 10 hospitals across the country this year that will begin offering new residency programs in addiction medicine is welcome news for Baltimore, which for decades has suffered...

    Tags: Chicago Hotels, Asthma, Hospitals and Clinics, University of Maryland Medical Center, Methadone (drug)

    2. Mar 6, 2012 |Story| Tribune Media Services

  2. Remembering James Q. Wilson: A wise professor and an exuberant cowboy

    U.S. News & World Report
    Heather R. Higgins is President of The Randolph Foundation, on whose board Professor James Q. Wilson served for the last 20 years. I first encountered Professor James Q. Wilson over 30 years ago, when I was 16 and enrolled in the Harvard Summer Debate...

    Tags: Science, University of Chicago, Colleges and Universities, Teachers, Sociology

    3. Oct 21, 2011 |Story| WXIN-LTV

  3. St. Francis Health lauded by Indy Black Nurses group for public health outreach

    Franciscan St. Francis Health has been awarded the 2011 Distinguished Community Service Award by the Black Nurses Association of Indianapolis, Inc (BNA).
    Press Release
    Franciscan St. Francis Health has been awarded the 2011 Distinguished Community Service Award by the Black Nurses Association of Indianapolis, Inc (BNA). That honor was presented Friday at the group's 7th Annual Luncheon at The Ritz Charles on the city&...

    Tags: Minority Groups, African Americans, Health and Medical Professionals, Nursing, Medical Specialization

    4. Feb 3, 2011 |Story| WTVR-LTV

  4. State of the City Address

    <strong>MAYOR DWIGHT JONES DELIVERS 2011 STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS</strong>
    MAYOR DWIGHT JONES DELIVERS 2011 STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS FORGING AHEAD Thank you, and good evening. Welcome, to all of you. First let me thank Ron Stallings and the board of directors of the Hippodrome Theatre for opening this beautiful venue for...

    Tags: Employers, Philosophy, Regional Authority, Theodore Roosevelt, Management Change

    5. Feb 11, 2010 |Story| WGN-TV

  5. Single Black Female: Why are single black females less likely to get married?

    According to the US census bureau, 46 percent of African American women have never married and may not ever *be* married. that's compared to 23 percent of their white peers.
    WGN News
    According to the US census bureau, 46 percent of African American women have never married and may not ever *be* married. that's compared to 23 percent of their white peers. the "man shortage" is not a myth. there are 1.7 million black men in this...

    Tags: Conservation, Minority Groups, African Americans, Endangered Species, National or Ethnic Minorities

    6. Jan 10, 2000 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  6. 'We die lying to ourselves'

    Tribune foreign correspondent
    Thandiwe Mwandla can't give her sugar cane away these days, much less sell it. The same goes for her sweet bananas and corn and the hard little peaches that grow in her garden. The fruit has AIDS, people say. Switching from farmer to tailor, Mwandla, 45,...

    Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, United Nations, Epidemics and Plagues, Poverty, International Economic Institution

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