Dental Health: Replacing Your Retainer

Getting rid of your braces is only the tip of the iceberg. From then on, you need to embrace retainers that hold the new shape of your teeth in place. Braces work to bring your teeth into shape. However, retainers help maintain the new positioning.


University of Michigan Health System Responsible for Prescription Drug Diversion

The University of Michigan Health System (UMHS) has agreed to pay the United States $4.3 million to settle a lawsuit involving allegations of drug diversion violating certain provisions of the Controlled Substances Act, the statute establishing federal U.S. drug policy under which the manufacture, importation, possession, use, and distribution of certain substances, including prescription drugs, is







Rehabs Permit Tobacco but Not Marijuana

Alcohol and drug rehabs usually don’t allow the use of cannabis, whether smoked, vaped, eaten or applied topically. (One exception—there may be more—is a substance abuse clinic that uses marijuana as a sort of medication-assisted treatment.) That’s perhaps not surprising. The last thing an addict needs is anything addictive and harmful.