Addiction Recovery News 10/2007 (Page 4)

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High-risk teenagers who participate in peer-led substance abuse prevention programs reduce their drug use by approximately 15 percent versus traditional curricula, suggests a study led by researchers at the University of Southern California (USC). (Oct 8, 2007)

Los Angeles, October 8, 2007 – High-risk teenagers who participate in peer-led substance abuse prevention programs reduce their drug use by approximately 15 percent versus traditional curricula, suggests a study led by researchers at the University of Southern California (USC). The study will appear in the journal Addiction , and is now available online. (Oct 8, 2007)

The best people to dissuade teens from becoming drug addicts are other teens, researchers from USC said today. A study carried out by USC's Keck School of Medicine has shown that teens in danger of becoming drug addicts and who take part in peer-led counseling programs reduce their drug abuse by 15 percent as opposed to traditional programs. (Oct 8, 2007)

Williamson County Sheriff Ricky Headley was indicted today on four counts of official misconduct growing out of his earlier arrest on prescription drug charges. (Oct 8, 2007)

The best people to dissuade teens from becoming drug addicts are other teens, researchers from USC said Monday. (Oct 8, 2007)

Working with St. Joseph Medical Center, Sheppard Pratt Health System's drug addiction director Mike Gimbel is touring the region giving information and talks about performance-enhancing substances as part of the Powered By Me campaign. (Oct 8, 2007)

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (October 8, 2007) – Fresh out of rehab, Lindsay Lohan returned to Hollywood on Sunday. With hugs, a wave goodbye and one last cigarette, Lindsay said her final farewells outside of Utah’s Cirque Lodge rehab facility, putting an end to her 63-day stay. Making the 565-mile... (Oct 9, 2007)

After two months, Lindsay Lohan, 21, has checked out of the Cirque Lodge treatment center in Utah with plans to slowly rebuild her movie career. But it can be a long haul back to professional stardom. USA TODAY revisits other showbiz pros who struggled through rehab to see who bounced back quickly and who's still working on a career comeback. (Oct 9, 2007)

LOS ANGELES - The best people to dissuade teens from becoming drug addicts are other teens, researchers from USC said today. (Oct 9, 2007)

The Adult & Child Rehab Center's "Artwork on Display" 2008 calendar, featuring artwork from center patients, will be available at Countryside Flower Shop, Nursery & Garden Center's "Art in the Garden" event. Prints of the artwork and note cards also will be for sale. (Oct 9, 2007)

Lindsay Lohan is gearing up to start work on her new movie, Dare to Love Me, after completing an extensive drug and alcohol rehab course in Utah. (Oct 9, 2007)

ANAHEIM - It's not just the patellar tendinitis in his left knee that Gary Matthews Jr. needs to rehab over the winter. It's also a balky left shoulder, an injury first sustained in spring training which has bothered him all season, that needs a lot of attention, Matthews revealed on Monday. (Oct 9, 2007)

Despite the recent launch of the TWT ‘Dob in a Graffiti Vandal’ campaign, the Royal Rehab Centre has been targeted by renewed graffiti attacks. Vandals targeted the white walls of the Weemala building, home to 41 people with varying degrees of physical disability. (Oct 9, 2007)

Lawsuits and violations reveal problems in a luxury cottage industry for the addicted. Hollywood rehab can produce unhappy endings, even when the patient isn't named Lindsay or Britney. (Oct 9, 2007)

High risk teenagers who participate in peer-led substance abuse prevention programs reduce their drug use by approximately 15 percent versus traditional curricula, suggests a study led by researchers at the University of Southern California (USC). The study will appear in the journal Addiction, and is now available online. [click link for full article] (Oct 9, 2007)

Babyshambles frontman Pete Doherty appears to have swapped one addiction for another. The reformed drug addict positively tubby as he emerged from a north London pub (Oct 9, 2007)

Most people his age are in recliners or the ground, but 100-year-old Allan Resis volunteers three days a week at St. Francis Hospital. Resis, who had quadruple heart bypass surgery at 95, visits the hospital's cardiac rehab unit each year on his birthday. (Oct 9, 2007)

Lindsay Lohan is fresh out of rehab and already back in the tabloids. (Oct 9, 2007)

Washington, Oct 9 (ANI): Peer-led substance abuse prevention programme tailored around social networks yield better results for high-risk teenagers, a new study conducted by the University of Southern California has revealed. The study found that such a programme reduce their drug use by approximately 15 percent compared to traditional programmes "Most substance abuse prevention programs ... (Oct 9, 2007)

Just eight hours out of rehab - for the third time - a clean and sober Lindsay Lohan candidly revealed how she had "hit rock bottom" after being busted twice in four months for drunken driving. Lohan, here pictured with dad Michael, said that... (Oct 9, 2007)

While Lindsay finishes her treatment on an outpatient basis, it behooves us to remember what we all can learn from her stint in rehab. Mainly, that you don't have to feel good to look good. KEEP IT SIMPLE: With more important things on her mind... (Oct 9, 2007)

LOS ANGELES----Canopus BioPharma, Inc. , a biotechnology company developing pharmaceutical products and assay methods for patients suffering from infectious disease, radiation sickness, cancer, and addiction, announced today the commencement of a 30 patient Phase II clinical trial for its new HIV-1 anti-viral therapy, SpirH. (Oct 9, 2007)

The Paramus-based C.A.R.E. Ministry will hold a benefit concert on Oct. 20 to raise awareness about drug and alcohol addiction. Members of the bands Blood, Sweat and Tears, Vanilla Fudge and Legend of the Fall will perform. (Oct 9, 2007)

Today and tomorrow, University of Wisconsin System alcohol and drug prevention staff will meet at the Holiday Inn east of Stevens Point to hold an AODA prevention symposium called Putting It All Together: Linking Our Policies and Practices. The program begins today at 12:30 p.m., with a keynote address by Ralph Hingson, director in the division of epidemiology and prevention research for the ... (Oct 9, 2007)

Lindsay Lohan is out of rehab and saying she’ll never go back to the hard-partying Hollywood lifestyle she once lived. (Oct 9, 2007)

Lawsuits and violations reveal problems in a luxury cottage industry for the addicted. Hollywood rehab can produce unhappy endings, even when the patient isn't named Lindsay or Britney. (Oct 9, 2007)

Lindsay Lohan is making plans for life after rehab. (Oct 9, 2007)

Lindsay Lohan is fresh out of rehab and already back in the tabloids. In postrehab sitdowns with a pair of celebrity weeklies, Lohan called her time at Utah's Cirque Lodge treatment center... (Oct 9, 2007)

Four days out of rehab, troubled actress Lindsay Lohan apologized to fans and vowed to change her hard-partying ways in two interviews published on Tuesday. (Oct 9, 2007)

An anticonvulsant drug prescribed for epilepsy seizures and migraine headaches may help alcoholics kick the habit by helping to wean them off the booze, a study released Tuesday suggested. (Oct 9, 2007)

A medication widely prescribed to treat epileptic seizures and migraines shows promise for treating alcohol addiction, a new national study shows. (Oct 9, 2007)

TUESDAY, Oct. 9 (HealthDay News) -- An drug used to treat epileptic seizures could be added to the short list of medications prescribed to help alcoholics control their addiction, a new study suggests. (Oct 9, 2007)

New drug, Topamax, may help treat alcoholism without detox. (Oct 9, 2007)

LOS ANGELES - Four days out of rehab, troubled actress Lindsay Lohan apologized to fans and vowed to change her hard-partying ways in two new interviews. (Oct 9, 2007)

NEW YORK (AP) - Lindsay Lohan is making plans for life after rehab. The 21-year-old actress reportedly checked out of the Cirque Lodge, a drug and alcohol treatment center in Utah, on Friday. (Oct 9, 2007)

Copyright © 2007 ScoutNews LLC. All rights reserved. TUESDAY, Oct. 9 (HealthDay News) -- An drug used to treat epileptic seizures could be added to the short list of medications prescribed to help alcoholics control their addiction, a new study suggests. (Oct 9, 2007)

Lindsay Lohan is making plans for life after rehab. The 21-year-old actress reportedly checked out of the Cirque Lodge, a drug and alcohol treatment center in Utah, on Friday. She had entered treatment in August after reaching a plea deal on misdemeanor drunken driving and cocaine charges following two arrests. (Oct 10, 2007)

After two months in rehab, Lindsay Lohan's back in the spotlight and trying to live a sober life. (Oct 10, 2007)

Actress Lindsay Lohan has denied that she is responsible for the break up of a British heiress and her musican husband. In her first interview since leaving rehab last Friday, Lohan insists that she and Tony Allen, lead singer in the rock band Dead Stays Alive, are just friends (Oct 10, 2007)

The University of Wisconsin System Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Symposium was first held in Stevens Point in 1998. Now, nine years later, while policies have changed, AODA staff members remain committed to addressing drug and alcohol addiction on college campuses across Wisconsin. (Oct 10, 2007)

Gatecrasher: Lindsay Lohan is talking with bracing honesty about her life after 10 weeks in rehab at the Cirque Lodge in Utah. With photo gallery (Oct 10, 2007)

STEVENS POINT -- The University of Wisconsin System Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Symposium was first held in Stevens Point in 1998. Now, nine years later, while policies have changed, AODA staff members remain committed to addressing drug and alcohol addiction on college campuses across Wisconsin. (Oct 10, 2007)

Lindsay Lohanis making plans for life after rehab. (Oct 10, 2007)

The drug – which still needs approval – can be given to sufferers without them having to completely dry out first (Oct 10, 2007)

HCM CITY — Deputy Prime Minister Truong Vinh Trong has appraised Ho Chi Minh City’s great efforts in combating drug addiction and helping former users reintegrate into society through a 4-year drug rehab programme. (Oct 10, 2007)

WOODSTOCK – The Adult & Child Rehab Center’s 2008 calendar, featuring artwork by its patients, will be available at Countryside Flower Shop, Nursery & Garden Center’s “Art in the Garden” event from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Oct. 13 and 14. (Oct 10, 2007)

Ottawa's $64-million anti-drug strategy couldn't have come at a better time, says P.E.I.'s health minister. (Oct 10, 2007)

Joan Morlan from Cardio/pulmonary Rehab (center) checks Linda Tagliabue's blood pressure and blood sugar as Sister Vivian Miron looks on. (Natalie J. Ostgaard, Photographer) (Oct 10, 2007)

Title: Seizure Drug May Treat Alcoholism Category: Health News Created: 10/10/2007 Last Editorial Review: 10/10/2007 (Oct 10, 2007)

Spears to be booked ... Sutherland pleads no contest. Recovering actress Lindsay Lohan is making plans for life after rehab. The 21-year-old actress reportedly checked out of the Cirque Lodge, a drug and alcohol treatment center in Utah, on Friday. (Oct 11, 2007)

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