Archive for June, 2009
Alcohol Detox at Home
Alcohol detox at home can be done, but never by yourself. There must be medical oversight because everyone’s withdrawal symptoms are different and unknown until they are into the process itself. In-home detox is not set up to handle patients who are at risk for seizures or strokes. Most programs will only allow low-risk, relatively [...]
Recognizing the Indicators of Alcoholism
There are a number of tests and tools used to identify possible alcoholism symptoms. Many of these tools are self-administered or professionally administered questionnaires. These are designed to help the alcohol abuser identify his or her own symptoms of addiction. There are five major tests used by addiction counselors and alcohol abuse programs. These include [...]
Drug Detection – How Long Do Drugs Stay in the Body?
Drug Test Detection Times refer to the “window” of detection for drugs of abuse. If a person is tested too soon or too long after use, drugs may not show up in human urine. Often someone will ask us, How long to drugs stay in the body? This short guide will help to answer that [...]
Nanotechnology – Revolution in the Field of Medicine
In the recent years, there has been a tremendous development in the field of nanotechnology. Nanotechnology is a field of applied science, which deals in building machines and bots at microscopic levels. Due to development in nanotechnology, there have been many developments in various fields of science, especially in the field of medicine. With the [...]
Employment Screening Tests
After the pre-screening of the applicant, the employee gets the details regarding the applicant’s credentials, education, and criminal background. The employer also has the other details such as drug abuse and sexual harassment records to ensure that the candidate does not create any problems later on. However, this screening does not provide the employer an [...]
Who is Going to Be Your “Drug Dealer”?
Traditionally, dealing with health issues has been intensely private and personal and is something that the individual, his family and personal physician deal with very discretely according to their own personal needs and circumstances. We get treatment when we feel it is appropriate and necessary. It is now widely accepted that alcoholism is a ‘disease’. [...]
Testing For Marijuana Use – Marijuana Drug Testing Methods: Hair, Saliva & Urine Testing
Testing for marijuana use is becoming more and more popular on the job market today. Not only for health reasons, but also for safety issues. For those of you who are not familiar with marijuana, it is a greenish-gray mixture of the dried, shredded leaves, stems, seeds, and flowers of the hemp plant, Cannabis sativa. [...]
Meth Use and Symptoms – What are the Signs and Symptoms of Methamphetamine Use
Speed, meth, chalk. In its smoked form, it is often referred to as ice, crystal, crank, or glass. Those are all street names for methamphetamine (mAMP). Call it what you may, but meth use and its symptoms are one in the same. If it’s taken in large doses, methamphetamine’s frequent effects are irritability, aggressive behavior, [...]
Coping Emotionally With Overcoming Addiction
Overcoming addiction, particularly drug addiction (like the one mentioned in the recent HBO documentary Addiction), is perhaps one of the most difficult physical challenges we as humans can surmount. Our body’s dependency on a substance can lead to physical side effects from withdrawal, as our organs become used to life without addiction. The repercussions are [...]
Pre Employment Screening Services
Pre-employment screening services make sure you are hiring the right people for the job. In today’s world there are many companies that provide services for many sectors. In the same manner, for the process of pre-employment, there are companies that provide services like screening candidature. These service providers guide the company or business sector in [...]