Ex-NBA Star, Drug Addict to Speak in Mount Olive
Ex-NBA star, drug addict to speak in Mount Olive
Project Purple is a national anti-substance abuse initiative of The Herren Project, “launched to break the stigma of addiction, bring awareness to the dangers of substance abuse and shed light on effective treatment practices.” Since 2012, the Project …
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Dr. Ablow: 'Faces of Drug Arrests' may not face real truth about drug abuse
My problem with the campaign is only this: Most of the addicts I treat for cocaine dependence and oxycodone dependence and marijuana dependence and alcohol dependence don't look anything like the folks in these mug shots. They look like athletes, …
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New Study Used Worms to Manage Autism Behavior
New Study Used Worms to Manage Autism Behavior
Doctors at Montefiore Medical Center in New York conducted a study that may possibly add to the treatment of the disorder – the use of parasitic intestinal worms known as whipworms (Trichuris suis). Researchers recruited 10 well-functioning adults with …
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Cocaine Addiction: Patient Behavior Predicts Treatment Success
SCOTTSDALE, Arizona — The combination of a key neuroimaging biomarker and behavioral factors is a strong multimodal predictor of successful response to treatment for cocaine dependence. … System and distinguished professor in drug and alcohol abuse …
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How Can I Tell if I Need Extra Help With Addiction Recovery?
How can I tell if I need extra help with addiction recovery? – The need for extra help is a very personal decision. I, of course, as a mental health professional think that extra help is always useful. If you were on a d…
Kourtney Kardashian 'Helping Scott Disick Battle Alcohol Addiction As He Copes …
Scott Disick is reportedly turning to booze again after his mother Bonnie recently died and it's claimed his partner Kourtney Kardashian is having trouble with helping him back up after he fell off his sober horse. The Keeping Up With the Kardashians …
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Anti-Epileptic Drug Topamax Could Treat Cocaine Addiction
Anti-Epileptic Drug Topamax Could Treat Cocaine Addiction
The study is one of the first to establish a pharmacological treatment for cocaine addiction, for which there are currently no FDA-approved medications, according to Dr. Bankole A. Johnson, chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of …
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Opioid addiction treatment center opens in Rutland
The West Ridge Center for Addiction Recovery at the Howe Center in Rutland is the penultimate to open of five regional treatment centers designed to curb Vermont's growing addiction to opioids, which plagued about 3,500 residents last year. Opiates …
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Loopholes Closed That Kept Insured From Mental Health Therapy
Loopholes closed that kept insured from mental health therapy
10 (UPI) — U.S. government agencies say they closed the loopholes that kept insured patients from being treated for mental illness or substance abuse. "This final rule breaks down barriers that stand in the way of treatment and recovery services for …
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Potential New Addiction Treatment
Researchers are excited about a potential new treatment for cocaine addiction. It's a medicaiton already approved by the FDA to treat epilepsy and migraine headaches. Now scientists at the University of Maryland say topiramate or Topamax could be the …
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Siamak Afshar on How to Treat the Disease of Drug Addiction (1/3)
Siamak Afshar on How to Treat the Disease of Drug Addiction (1/3) – http://SupremeMasterTV.com • AW1614; Aired on 14 Feb 2011(in Persian ) Interview with Dr. Siamak Afshar who discusses how to treat drug abuse and addiction. …
Epilepsy Drug, Topiramate, Could Successfully Treat Cocaine Addiction
"Our findings reveal that topiramate is a safe and robustly efficacious medicine for the treatment of cocaine dependence, and has the potential to make a major contribution to the global health crisis of addiction," said lead researcher Professor Johnson.
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