Cancer patients may be unintended victims of budget cuts

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THURSDAY, April 4 (HealthDay News) — Thousands of Medicare cancer patients are being denied treatment at clinics nationwide because of federal budget cuts related to the so-called sequester, according to a published report. The mandated cuts took …
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DUI Court aims to change offenders' lives

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Williamson County General Sessions Judge Denise Andre shares a laugh with her husband, Richard Cash, at the Bethesda United Methodist Church Ice Cream Social last year. / GEORGE WALKER IV / file / THE … The yearlong program includes a shorter jail …
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SPECIAL REPORT: Children of the heroin curse

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According to the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, children whose parents abuse alcohol and other drugs are four times more likely to be neglected and three times likelier to be sexually or physically assaulted …
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Where to find help

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Hope House, 275 Grove Road, Richmond State Hospital, men's homeless shelter/drug and alcohol treatment center. Meals, hot showers, basic hygiene products, clothing … A Christ-centered ministry for men. Rescue mission, residential program, thrift store.
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