Psychiatric hospital and drug treatment center in Pasco moves forward

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Four years after winning state approval to build an adult psychiatric and drug treatment hospital in Wesley Chapel, Ten Broeck Tampa appears to be moving the project forward. Last month, Pasco County's zoning department approved plans for the 50-bed …
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Prostate Patients Suffer as Money Overwhelms Best Therapy

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Favorable Medicare payouts for hormone drugs like Lupron and Zoladex induced “remarkable changes” in prostate cancer treatment in the 1990's, as urologists “almost completely replaced” surgical castration with drug therapy, according to a 2010 study in …
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What the world doesn't know about health care in America

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In 2010, drug treatment was higher in the US than all European countries, including Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland. In 2011, nearly 70% of Britons with known hypertension were left untreated.
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