The Work-Up: Medication-Assisted Therapy
MAT combines traditional counseling or psychotherapy with drugs that can help ease withdrawal and reduce cravings. Studies show relapse rates are lower when medication is used in addiction treatment. ...
13 Sep 20176min
C-HIT The WorkUp: Eldercare
More than 34 million Americans provide unpaid care to an older adult every year, according to AARP. Managing an aging parent’s health care can be complicated, logistically and emotionally. Experts say...
2 Jul 20177min
C-HIT The Workup: Women and Addiction
Stephanie Almada wanted relief from premenstrual syndrome. Her doctor sent her home with a powerful prescription pain reliever. For Almada, as for many other women in Connecticut and nationwide, that...
19 Mar 20176min
CHIT Workup: Marijuana Addiction
Connecticut has already legalized medical marijuana, and there are several bills working through the legislature to legalize it for recreational use. In eight states, including Massachusetts, recreati...
23 Feb 20177min
C-HIT The WorkUp: Childhood Obesity
Nearly 20 percent of Connecticut children live in homes that are food insecure, according to a study by the Connecticut Food Bank and Feeding America. Those children are at higher risk of obesity than...
29 Nov 20164min
CHIT The Workup: Tick Bites
Summer in Connecticut – and you feel like you’re surrounded by bugs. Because you are. But don’t blame the mild winter for the influx of disease carrying ticks in your backyard. They love it here prett...
14 Jun 20164min
C-HIT: The Workup - Lead Poisoning
The water crisis in Flint, Michigan has thrown a spotlight on lead poisoning, a problem that many people thought had gone away. But lead poisoning is very much with us in Connecticut. The state’s most...
7 Apr 20164min
C-HIT The Workup: LGBT Youth
Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth are at much higher risk than their peers for all the behaviors that he describes. While LGBT youth may be especially in need of good medical care, it can ...
8 Mar 20165min
