Addiction Recovery Newsletter (1/11/2010)
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Welcome to the Addiction Recovery Newsletter (1/11/2010). In this edition we have included news, articles and videos. You can find more resources on our website: RecoveryHelper.org.
Addiction Recovery News
New Mechanism Underlying Cocaine Addiction Discovered
Researchers have identified a key epigenetic mechanism in the brain that helps explain cocaine’s addictiveness, according to research funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health. The study, published in the January issue of the journal Science, shows how cocaine affects an epigenetic process (a process capable of influencing gene expression without changing a gene’s sequence) called histone methylation… (Source: Health News from Medical News Today) (More)
Drinkaware Response To Health Select Committee Report On Alcohol Policy, UK
Reacting to a report from the Health Select Committee on Alcohol, which calls for an overhaul of the Government’s alcohol policy, Chris Sorek, Chief Executive of alcohol awareness charity Drinkaware, says: “Binge drinking is one of the biggest blights on today’s society and it’s imperative that action is taken to minimise the grim effects of alcohol misuse… (Source: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs News From Medical News Today) (More)
Online Intervention Found to Change Drinking Behavior
An evaluation of the online screening tool CheckYourDrinking.net found that problem drinkers reduced their alcohol consumption by 30 percent at three- and six-month followups — similar to the success rate for in-person interventions. (More)
Pain management failing as fears of prescription drug abuse rise
Millions of Americans with significant or chronic pain associated with their medical problems are being under-treated as physicians increasingly fail to provide comprehensive pain treatment — either due to inadequate training, personal biases or fear of prescription drug abuse. (More)
Addiction Recovery Articles
Going to a Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center
If you have a loved one having to go to a drug and alcohol treatment center, it is the only way that this person is able to get well. There are many indications of why the addict has to go to a drug and alcohol treatment center, but the main reason is that it will help the individual to get rid of the habit of taking drugs and doing alcohol. (More)
Americans Resolve to Get Healthy
Whether the resolve is to lose weight, eat better, develop stress and financial management skills or quit smoking, millions of Americans vow to make life changes with each New Year. Tobacco remains the No. 1 cause of preventable disease and death in United States, effecting close to 46 million Americans. (More)
Necessary Precautions to Prescription Pills Addiction
Being addicted to doctor recommended pills is a serious concern majority of Americans deal with. The known addicts are famous personalities who undergo confinement or casualties from an excess of painkillers. Many American citizens are vulnerable to prescribed medicines addiction, with almost 20 percent of the populous requiring prescribed medicines. (More)
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