Addiction Recovery News 10/2006 (Page 4)

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For the past 20 years, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has been an significant souce of private funding for many addiction treatment and prevention programs in the United States,... (Oct 9, 2006)

Only months after launching an injectable drug to treat alcohol dependence, biotechnology firm Alkermes Inc. is ready to try its hand at a second product for alcohol addiction. (Oct 9, 2006)

David Brenner constantly reads the newspaper and browses the Internet in search of material to make his audiences laugh. His comedy comes from news and current events. (Oct 9, 2006)

Longtime Pitkin County Sheriff Bob Braudis had checked himself into a rehab clinic four months ago when he got a surreptitious call from his opponent in the sheriff's race. (Oct 9, 2006)

Researchers at the National Institute on Drug Abuse are working on a vaccine that could curb and avoid nicotine addiction - a habit that affects 50 million nationwide - and has sparked debate among local nicotine experts and smokers. (Oct 9, 2006)

Troubled rocker Pete Doherty has axed the remaining dates of his current UK tour after failing to fully regain his strength in rehab. (Oct 9, 2006)

The new chief executive officer and president of the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago takes over as the venerable health care provider is still dealing with the aftermath of financial and other internal scandals that prompted job and service cuts. (Oct 9, 2006)

LEIF Garrett was back in action at Level V the other night. The '70s teen idol, who was in rehab earlier this year, was pounding down what a witness described as vodka cranberries. His flack says it was plain cranberry juice. Garrett was busted last... (Oct 9, 2006)

Troubled Babyshambles rocker Pete Doherty, better known as supermodel Kate Moss' boyfriend, is determined to reform for his lady love. The 27-year-old rocker, who recently finished a de-addiction stint at the Priory Clinic in London, has put off his United Kingdom tour to aid faster recovery from drug addiction. (Oct 9, 2006)

LONDON (October 7, 2006) -- The band Babyshambles has postponed the remainder of its British tour to give frontman Pete Doherty more time to undergo drug rehabilitation treatment, his record company said Saturday. Babyshambles postponed its five remaining dates to allow Doherty's "excellent" efforts at overcoming his addiction to... (Oct 9, 2006)

When Glade Roper became a judge 17 years ago in Porterville, he soon discovered the lack of progress the court was making in handling drug offenders. (Oct 9, 2006)

The band Babyshambles has postponed the remainder of its British tour to give frontman Pete Doherty more time to undergo drug rehabilitation treatment, his record company said Saturday. (Oct 9, 2006)

Cocaine addiction can be devastating. It is one of most addictive illicit drugs, and an overdose of coke can prove fatal. Nicotine really isn't too great, either. The American Cancer Society has estimated that about one billion people will die in this century of illnesses caused by smoking. (Oct 9, 2006)

Louisville-based US WorldMeds is recruiting patients for a test of its drug to treat opiate withdrawal symptoms. The company wants 264 to participate in the in-patient trial to be conducted at 14 sites around the country. US WorldMeds expects the trial will support a new drug application filing with the FDA. (Oct 9, 2006)

No wonder appetite suppressants don't work. It turns out that obese people can be as addicted to food as junkies are to their drugs (Oct 9, 2006)

If you've never been addicted, this may surprise you: Getting into treatment for an alcohol, drug or gambling addiction is often a frightening experience. (Oct 9, 2006)

A drug used to treat heroin addiction may help smokers curb their cravings for cigarettes (Oct 9, 2006)

Dolphins coach Nick Saban said Monday that when his team opens practice for next Sunday's visit to the New York Jets, Joey Harrington will be the first-stringer at quarterback. Daunte Culpepper will enter a rehab-type program designed to help restore some explosive movement in his surgically rebuilt right knee. (Oct 9, 2006)

Joe Girardi, considered a leading candidate for the Chicago Cubs' managing job, interviewed for the position Monday, one week after being fired by the Florida Marlins Elsewhere, Francisco Liriano is off to Florida for rehab, and the Minnesota Twins are hoping his left elbow will heal there during the offseason. (Oct 9, 2006)

Joey Harrington will remain the Dolphins' s tarter while Daunte Culpepper enters a rehab-type program to help restore some explosive movement in his knee. (Oct 9, 2006)

Dolphins coach Nick Saban said Monday Joey Harrington will be the first-stringer when his team opens practice for Sunday's visit to the Jets, which means he's the starter for now. Daunte Culpepper will enter a rehab-type program designed to help restore some explosive movement in his surgically rebuilt right knee. (Oct 9, 2006)

For Pete Doherty to stay on the road to recovery he's decided to keep his band off the road. (Oct 9, 2006)

The govt is gearing up for a rehabilitation programme even as PM Manmohan Singh sought people's cooperation in abolishing the practice. (Oct 9, 2006)

Francisco Liriano is off to Florida, and the Minnesota Twins are hoping his left elbow will heal there during the offseason. The Twins will send Liriano to their spring training and minor league facility in Fort Myers on Tuesday to start a therapy and rehabilitation program, general manager Terry Ryan said. Liriano will be supervised by Lanning Tucker, the team's rehab coordinator. "We're going (Oct 9, 2006)

Dave Campbell October 9, 2006 - 6:51 p.m. MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Francisco Liriano is off to Florida, and the Minnesota Twins are hoping his left elbow will heal there during the off-season. (Oct 9, 2006)

Shire has put into place another plank of its strategy to survive the onset of competition for its biggest-selling drug, saying US regulators have indicated they will approve a new medicine for hyperactive children. (Oct 10, 2006)

A drug treatment unit opened today in Christchurch Prison will go a long way to helping addicted prisoners go straight in future, Corrections Minister Damien O'Connor said today. (Oct 10, 2006)

Francisco Liriano is off to Florida, and the Minnesota Twins are hoping his left elbow will heal there during the offseason. (Oct 10, 2006)

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MINNEAPOLIS -- Francisco Liriano is off to Florida, and the Minnesota Twins are hoping his left elbo... (Oct 10, 2006)

LOS ANGELES, CA Tuesday Oct.10.2006 /netmusiccountdown.com/ -- Fergie has come clean about her former addiction to crystal meth. (Oct 10, 2006)

New River Pharmaceutical's new drug has been classified as Schedule II, which is more restrictive than it wanted. Investors gobbled up millions of shares of a skyrocketing drug stock Friday issued by a Radford firm just approved to launch its first drug. A close reading of recent public statements showed that executives of New River Pharmaceuticals received not quite everything they wanted in (Oct 10, 2006)

Forget exploratory surgery on prized Twins pitcher Francisco Liriano's ailing pitching elbow. If rest and rehabilitation don't get Liriano back to 100 percent health by the end of the Dominican winter baseball season, the next step is to go straight to surgery to repair the major ligament in the elbow, which could mean Tommy John reconstructive surgery, general manager Terry Ryan said. (Oct 10, 2006)

Washington, Oct 10: A new study by researchers at the University of Chicago has found that adding the opiate blocker naltrexone to the combination of behavioural therapy and nicotine patches helps keep women away from the butt. However, it doesn't have the same effect on men. (Oct 10, 2006)

Minnesota Twins pitcher Francisco Liriano is off to Florida today, and the team hopes his left elbow will heal there during the offseason. (Oct 10, 2006)

At Northerly Island, Dawn Keller counts it down: three, two, one. She opens her hand and a tiny brown creeper -- a slender bird with a curved bill -- launches from her palm and sails south along the lakefront. (Oct 10, 2006)

MOSCOW. Oct 10 (Interfax) - A train departed from Moscow's Kazansky railway station on Tuesday as part of Russia's Train Into The Future anti-drug campaign, the Federal Drug Control Service said in a press release. (Oct 10, 2006)

Hundreds of people trying to kick a drug addiction have been lining up at pharmacies in Cape Breton every day under an expanded methadone program. (Oct 10, 2006)

A crowd of well-wishers filled the Circuit Courtroom at the Vernon County Courthouse Friday night, for the 11th Vernon County Adult Drug Court graduation ceremony. (Oct 10, 2006)

If you've never been addicted, this may surprise you: Getting into treatment for an alcohol, drug or gambling addiction is often a frightening experience. (Oct 10, 2006)

Siliguri, Oct. 10: Limbu Das of Chengmari village in Kumargram, Jalpaiguri was only 13 years old when a police bullet grazed his scalp during a skirmish with KLO militants on May 10, 2000. (Oct 11, 2006)

The New South Wales Opposition says its mental health policy includes expanding community care programs and re-establishing a rehabilitation centre in Sydney's inner-west. (Oct 11, 2006)

Mel Gibson did the inevitable recently. No, we don't mean checking into rehab (although he did that, too). We're referring to the sit-down with Diane Sawyer, of course. During an interview that will air in two parts Thursday and Friday on "Good Morning America," Gibson worked on explaining to the ABC newswoman what made him spew anti-Semitic remarks when he was pulled over and arrested for (Oct 11, 2006)

Federal drug czar John Walters today is expected to announce a five-year, $14 million grant for emergency rooms and clinics in Denver and southeastern Colorado to identify and help substance abusers before they become addicts. (Oct 11, 2006)

The U.S. drug czar will visit Denver’s South High School today to announce a multi-million dollar grant being awarded to Colorado for substance abuse screening and intervention programs. (Oct 11, 2006)

LOS ANGELES, CA Wednesday Oct.11.2006 /netmusiccountdown.com/ -- Keane frontman Tom Chaplin is going back on tour this month after checking himself into rehab this past August. (Oct 11, 2006)

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NORFOLK Twelve rehab beds were all that the Eastern Virginia Health Systems Agency on Tuesday was willing to recommend for approval in greater Williamsburg. (Oct 11, 2006)

Fayette County schools Superintendent Stu Silberman is expected to be transferred to a rehabilitation facility in about five days for treatment for injuries he sustained in a bicycle accident early this week. (Oct 11, 2006)

The White House drug czar will announce a multimillion-dollar grant to Colorado school districts and community agencies today, but the money isn't expected to usher in a new era of random testing of students for drugs. (Oct 11, 2006)

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