Addiction Recovery News 11/2008 (Page 3)

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This is the final instalment of a three-part series about drug use and addiction among Jamaicans. The series chronicled the battle and triumphs of addicts, and examined the various programmes in place to help people kick the habit. (Nov 9, 2008)

Multisystemic Therapy, a family-based intervention, has been shown to be effective with troubled teens F or months, the therapist took her place on the Langstons' overstuffed burgundy couch in Randallstown and listened to the teenager talk about his juvenile record, problems in school and the inability to control his anger. The father chimed in with his own woes - 12 years of drug addiction, ... (Nov 9, 2008)

In his memoir about his son's decade-long addiction to methamphetamines, David Sheff reveals the bone-crunching pain of loving an addicted child. Even the everyday sound of a ringing phone triggered anxiety for the whole family: Was his son OK? Arrested? Dead? (Nov 9, 2008)

PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo certified as urgent the bill filed by Iloilo Representative Arthur Defensor calling for P15 billion rehabilitation fund for areas in Western Visayas affected by Typhoon Frank last June 21-22. (Nov 9, 2008)

A story in the Portsmouth Herald on April 9, 2000, reported the cost for a full rehabilitation of the Memorial Bridge to be $10 million. However, the estimate had the caveat that cost "could be considerably higher come 2010" as the project was scheduled... (Nov 9, 2008)

COTABATO CITY -- The World Bank has vowed to extend P21 million for humanitarian operations and rehabilitation of areas ravaged by the latest war between the government and the Moro rebels amid accusation that financial aid is being funneled to buy firearms for the Moro fighters. (Nov 9, 2008)

Amy Winehouse has refused to pay for her husband's £30,000 (NZ$79,600) rehab stay. (Nov 9, 2008)

Longer-term use of a drug that relieves withdrawal symptoms might help young people undergoing treatment for addiction to heroin or prescription painkillers like Oxycontin, US researchers said. (Nov 9, 2008)

The San Antonio Conservation Society could be key to breathing new life into a major rehab project near downtown. (Nov 10, 2008)

A glut of opium on the world market fuelled by a record Afghan harvest threatens a new heroin crisis in Britain, the European Union drug agency warns today. And the UK remains at the top of the European "league table" for cocaine abuse for the fifth consecutive year, according to the annual report of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction. But it reports that ... (Nov 10, 2008)

Addiction exposes the deepest forms of physical and psychological dependency. It is typically considered a personal affliction or an individual failing. But the deadly solicitations of any addictive substance -- cocaine, alcohol, nicotine -- rely upon a social, economic, and political infrastructure. (Nov 10, 2008)

Kentucky State Police arrested Dr. John Van Deren on Interstate 64 near Cannonsburg back on November 3. . (Nov 10, 2008)

Flowery Branch — Falcons left tackle Sam Baker, who had back surgery nearly two weeks ago, will not be ready to play this week against Denver. "He will continue to rehab and I think over the next seven to 10 days we'll have a better idea of how that rehab is going," Falcons head coach Mike Smith said Monday. "As we mentioned earlier, he's very limited in terms of what he is doing in terms of his ... (Nov 11, 2008)

The women's basketball court will be out of bounds to Tennessee's Vicki Baugh for two weeks. Jenny Moshak, the Lady Vols associate athletic director for sports medicine, equated Baugh's recovery from reconstructive left knee surgery to a competition and said a new strategy was in order. (Nov 11, 2008)

Internet addiction is serious business, at least in China. China's Health Ministry plans to adopt an official definition of the disorder by next year, thanks to four years of research carried out at Beijing's Military Hospital. Read More... (Nov 11, 2008)

BRUNSWICK - When Bonnie Sayre received an invitation to attend the 10th anniversary celebration for the Glynn/Camden Drug Court she immediately knew her answer. (Nov 11, 2008)

Tom Brady returned to Boston recently for a checkup on his surgically repaired left knee by team doctors, according to NFL sources. Those same sources also confirmed that the Patriots quarterback suffered a postoperative staph infection and remains on antibiotics. Staph is the most common kind of postoperative infection. (Nov 11, 2008)

Geha Bodhi is the first rehab centre in Malaysia founded on the principles of Buddhism. Audiovisual materials to enhance the inmates' understanding of Buddhist teachings. (Nov 11, 2008)

Bobby Kohlstrunk wants to right a wrong, to set something straight. Although he is in the drug and alcohol recovery program at the Hope Center, working on his addiction to alcohol, it's not that. And it's not his failed marriage. The record Kohlstrunk wants to correct is the way his service to his country came to such an abrupt end. In lieu of a court-martial, he said, he was ... (Nov 11, 2008)

The city's plan to build a fancy marina for private yachts, with a hotel and entertainment complex, next to its Brooklyn cruise-ship terminal, is officially dead in the water. More than two years after the city's Economic Development Corp... (Nov 11, 2008)

TIFFIN - Allowing the local port authority to renovate Seneca County's historic 1884 courthouse could save the county nearly $2 million over the cost of demolishing it and building new, county commissioners were told yesterday. Commissioners made no decision on the landmark's future but asked the Seneca County Courthouse Development Group to provide it with more detailed information about the ... (Nov 11, 2008)

Constant battles with drug and alcohol addiction and a disastrous interview on This Morning have seen Kerry Katona having a rough time of it recently, but now the I’m A Celebrity star has a new problem to contend with, the fact that her newly sculpted nipples could fall off! (Nov 11, 2008)

LINDSAY LOHAN is thankful she went to rehab - because now she has a "clear" head. The Mean Girls star entered a rehabilitation facility three times last year (07); in ... (Nov 11, 2008)

A young mother was sentenced to four years in prison yesterday for her part in a major northern Alberta drug ring dealing in cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana. (Nov 11, 2008)

Boring sniffler? It's not your fault A German researcher has found a gene linked to cocaine addiction - coke addicts were 25 per cent more likely to have the gene than those who do not use the drug.… (Nov 11, 2008)

Laurel to the Baltimore Sun for spotlighting abuse and street sales of buprenorphine, a widely hailed prescription drug for treating opiate addiction, in a series of well-reported articles published late last year. (Nov 11, 2008)

Ars Technica reports: By one definition or another, many of us are probably addicted to the Internet in some fashion. China may soon become the first country to officially define Internet addiction and register its findings with the World Health Organization. (Nov 11, 2008)

The new John Key government needs to address the serious concerns relating to bright young women with eating disorders, a leading new private health addiction treatment clinic said today. (Nov 11, 2008)

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -- Tom Brady is back in Foxborough working out in the New England Patriots training room. (Nov 11, 2008)

New England Patriots superstar quarterback Tom Brady has rejoined the team and is rehabilitating his surgically repaired knee, his teammates have indicated. (Nov 11, 2008)

Nov. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Danny Boyle is an eclectic British director who has made offbeat films about drug addiction, murder, a catastrophic virus, an Earth-saving space mission and a treasure found by a couple of kids. (Nov 12, 2008)

The Indianapolis Housing Agency is planning a $29 million rehabilitation of two subsidized high-rise apartment buildings in Downtown set aside for senior citizens and people with disabilities. (Nov 12, 2008)

Lindsay Lohan is thankful she went to rehab - because now she has a "clear" head. (Nov 12, 2008)

Fontana officials are considering a plan to purchase foreclosed houses and resell them in an attempt to counter the slumping housing industry. (Nov 12, 2008)

Residents Lakewood Nursing and Rehab Center in Plainfield are being treated with the same therapeutic equipment used by professional sports teams and Olympians to improve recovery and performance. (Nov 12, 2008)

It wasn’t Sherry Matthews’ intention to treat patients for pain medication addiction when she opened We Care Affordable Health Care in Spring a year and a half ago, but now it accounts for 40 percent of her business. (Nov 12, 2008)

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.----Titan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that scientific presentations of the positive Phase 3 results from the recently completed placebo controlled study of Probuphine in the treatment of opioid addiction, along with additional data from an ongoing open-label Phase 3 trial of Probuphine, will be presented at the 2008 International Society of Addiction ... (Nov 12, 2008)

With years of static addiction rates, some anesthesiologists turn to drug tests. (Nov 12, 2008)

A new federal law signed in July, the Pulmonary and Cardiac Rehab Act, mandates that patients with qualifying diagnoses receive cardiac rehabilitation effective Jan. 1, 2010. (Nov 12, 2008)

Isle heart patients won't find a rehabilitation program at a local hospital despite national guidelines. (Nov 12, 2008)

Titan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (AMEX:TTP) today announced that scientific presentations of the positive Phase 3 results from the recently completed placebo controlled study of Probuphine in the treatment of opioid addiction, along with additional data from an ongoing open-label Phase 3 trial of Probuphine, will be presented at the 2008 International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM) Congress ... (Nov 12, 2008)

A group of Franklin County doctors is trying to fight prescription drug abuse by making patients seeking pain drugs sign a contract, requiring them to undergo random urine testing and provide information about their medical care. (Nov 12, 2008)

EXCLUSIVE: BEN Cousins' path back to football cleared significantly yesterday when his urine sample was found to be drug-free. (Nov 12, 2008)

With years of static addiction rates, some anesthesiologists turn to drug tests. (Nov 12, 2008)

Understanding addiction is vital to overcoming it. Forgiving addiction is often more difficult, making it nearly unattainable for those who have been unwittingly trapped in its devastating path. (Nov 12, 2008)

Substitution treatment for hard drug users in the Czech Republic may become more widely available in the future. For instance, methadone, a substitute drug used to break heroin addiction, is so far available only in 13 specialised centres in the Czech Republic. The National Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Use now wants to make the substance accessible to addicts around the country. If it ... (Nov 12, 2008)

Yesterday morning, while driving into work, I was alarmed to discover all four of my XM Radio presets simultaneously playing Rihanna songs. Imagine that. All four at once. Rehab, Take A Bow, Shut Up and Drive and Don't Stop the Music. Was it Rihanna Day or did they just turn over the airwaves to a crazy chick and her iPod? I couldn't escape. It was my own personal Disturbia. (Nov 12, 2008)

Indications that the economy is leading to increased substance abuse, compulsive gambling and other addictive behaviors have led one of the nation's premiere addiction rehabilitation facilities to create a charitable arm to provide financial support for people in need of addiction treatment. (Nov 12, 2008)

BEN Cousins' path back to football cleared significantly yesterday when his urine sample was found to be drug-free. (Nov 12, 2008)

Results of a study in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry suggest that an individualized rehabilitation program effectively reduces disability in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). (Nov 12, 2008)

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