Addiction Recovery News 01/2010 (Page 2)

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A commentary published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal has renewed the controversial concept of food addiction, claiming that it could be at least partly responsible for the obesity epidemic. (Jan 4, 2010)

Filed under: Hip-Hop , Hip-Hop News After his battle with drugs forced him to take a three-year hiatus from the music business back in 2005, Eminem has returned full-force. In 2009, the Detroit rapper sold more than one million copies of his fifth studio album, ' Relapse ,' in addition to pulling in the title of the best-selling artist of the decade. Over the weekend, British piano man Elton ... (Jan 4, 2010)

Vaccine against cocaine addiction shows promise (Jan 5, 2010)

Scientists may have created a vaccine against cocaine addiction: a series of shots that changes the body's chemistry so that the drug can't enter the brain and provide a high. (Jan 5, 2010)

The future of fighting extremism around the world may lie in terrorism rehab, according to the World Future Society. (Jan 5, 2010)

The half-hour show looking at opiate addiction will air Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. on WCVB, Channel 5. (Jan 5, 2010)

DALLAS - Dallas law enforcement agents are trying to help prostitutes turn their lives around with a shot at rehab instead of jail. Dallas police Sgt. Louis Felini started the program after getting five prostitutes into a drug rehab program. (Jan 5, 2010)

CLOVIS, CA--(Marketwire - January 5, 2010) - Four years after the housing bubble burst, real estate rehabbing (AKA flipping houses) is back in fashion, but most home investors and banks are still reluctant to offer financing. Enter ZINC Financial, LLC, a leading rehab loans lender for investors in California, Arizona and Nevada. "While the flipping game is a bit different than a few years back ... (Jan 5, 2010)

LOWELL -- A New Hampshire teacher who is charged with robbing three banks, including Washington Savings Bank in Tyngsboro, was ordered by a judge to report directly to a residential treatment center for gambling addicts. (Jan 5, 2010)

DALLAS - It was nearly midnight in a cramped mobile courtroom in the back of an 18-wheeler, and a prostitute in a Tweety Bird shirt was apologizing to a judge for falling asleep during her hearing. (Jan 5, 2010)

KUALA TERENGGANU, Jan 5(Bernama)-- The police have detained two Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency officers for drug addiction. (Jan 5, 2010)

The Examiner, 5 January 2010 Tiger Woods will enter rehab in Arizona in the New Year to be treated for “multiple addictions,” according to the UK’s Daily Mail newspaper. The paper reports that Woods will be treated for sex addition and also his addiction to sleeping pills and painkillers. According to a number of news outlets, Woods uses [...] (Jan 5, 2010)

The half-hour show looking at opiate addiction will air Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. on WCVB, Channel 5. (Jan 5, 2010)

Now RadarOnline.com has uncovered that Mueller went to alcohol rehab when she was approximately five months pregnant. Sources close to the situation told RadarOnline.com that she was confronted after bottles of booze were found in her car. (Jan 5, 2010)

Even while in rehab, Redmond O'Neal has managed to get into trouble. The son of Farrah Fawcett and Ryan O'Neal was arrested again on drug charges while on a 24-hour pass from a drug rehab in Pasadena, Calif. (Jan 5, 2010)

TUESDAY, Jan. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have some good news for cocaine addicts: New findings suggest that a kind of protein could help them beat their addiction. (Jan 5, 2010)

CORPUS CHRISTI - According to officials at the local Palmer Drug Abuse Rehabilitation Program, a surge of possible drug related deaths across the coastal bend reflects a larger issue currently plaguing the community. "It's been on the decline for about the last ten years, but in the past year, we've started seeing it increase amongst adolescents," said Bruce Cooper, executive director. The ... (Jan 6, 2010)

BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner TUNKHANNOCK - The family of a drug overdose victim is providing some incentive to help prevent others from going down the same path. Sandy Vieczorek of Tunkhannock presented officials from the Wyoming County Drug Court on Thursday with a check for $15,000 to underwrite the costs of graduation ceremonies for the court in perpetuity. The donation ... (Jan 6, 2010)

Brooke Mueller is fighting back! On Tuesday, RadarOnline.com published a report claiming Mueller had gone to rehab for alcohol abuse while pregnant with now 10-month-old twins Bob and... (Jan 6, 2010)

Music icon Elton John has been helping American rapper Eminem fight his drug problems for more than a year now. (Jan 6, 2010)

San Francisco psychotherapist Michael Halyard, MFT explains how sex addiction appears to increasing due to technology. Halyard explains the different types of sex addiction, the sex addiction cycle, possible causes, and the treatment that is currently available. Halyard is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and runs the websites http://www.sftherapy.com/ and ... (Jan 6, 2010)

EL PASO -- Today's addicts use the Internet and text messages to obtain drugs, and they are more dangerous than ever. "We are seeing younger and more violent addicts," said Chilo Madrid, director of Aliviane Inc., which runs drug treatment centers in El Paso. ›› 3 addicts share their painful life lessons | (Jan 6, 2010)

Brooke Mueller's lawyer has dismissed a report she was forced into rehab treatment for alcohol abuse while pregnant with Charlie Sheen's twins. (Jan 6, 2010)

BROOKE MUELLER's lawyer has dismissed a report she was forced into rehab treatment for alcohol abuse while pregnant with CHARLIE SHEEN's twins.RadarOnline.com alleged... (Jan 6, 2010)

With questions raised about the role drugs may have played in the deaths of Michael Jackson , Brittany Murphy and Casey Johnson, Dr. Drew Pinsky hopes the series will bring addiction to the forefront of America's consciousness. (Jan 6, 2010)

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new substance abuse treatment model for women, developed by Northeastern`s Institute on Urban Health Research in collaboration with the Boston Public Health Commission, shows superior outcomes when compared to standard addiction treatment methods. (Jan 6, 2010)

The West Texas Rehabilitation Center’s annual on-line telethon auction is taking bids. The website features more than 400 retail items and dozens of handcrafted quilts and afghans provided by friends and businesses of the Rehab Center. Make your bids at www.WestTexasRehab.org. (Jan 6, 2010)

Patient Opinion expanded to give more NHS service users the chance to highlight problems and suggest improvments Drug users are being given a rare opportunity to comment on the quality of the services they receive, due to the expansion of Patient Opinion, a social enterprise that has pioneered online user involvement in the health service. Users of the Primary Care Addiction Service in Sheffield ... (Jan 6, 2010)

Steven Tyler has canceled a benefit appearance that was to take place later this month (Jan 6, 2010)

The sad truth is that rehab is followed by relapse about 80% of the time. And, experts say, money can't buy sobriety, no matter how many programs you attend. (Jan 6, 2010)

Mariah Carey gets carried away at Palm Springs gala; Steven Tyler cancels gig, stays in rehab; Christina Aguilera inspired by motherhood (Jan 6, 2010)

Source: Human Rights Watch (New York) - Chinese authorities are incarcerating drug users in compulsory drug detention centers that deny them access to treatment for drug dependency and put them at risk of physical abuse and ... (Jan 7, 2010)

Drug addicts are denied proper treatment in China's state-run rehabilitation centers and are sometimes beaten and forced to work without pay, a human rights group said Thursday. A 2008 law demanding humanitarian treatment and banning punishment of drug users... China - Human rights - Prison - Human Rights and Liberties - Drug addiction (Jan 7, 2010)

BROOKE MUELLER's lawyer has dismissed a report she was forced into rehab treatment for alcohol abuse while pregnant with CHARLIE SHEEN's twins. (Jan 7, 2010)

Now in its third season, "Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew" (10 p.m., VH1, TV-14) leaves me with more questions than answers. "Rehab" chronicles Dr. Drew, a real doctor, as he counsels the well known or formerly notorious through detox, withdrawal and... (Jan 7, 2010)

Yes, the violation of Wiles-Smith Drug Store twice in one week was sickening (Jan. 1 letter, "More than 'just another break-in'"), but I object to the writer's reference to "despicable addicts." When I read that, I was saddened to see the continuation of stigma related to mental illness and addiction. I have worked as a therapist for the past five years with those who have addictions and/or ... (Jan 7, 2010)

SALEM and mdash; A support group for people who have lost loved ones to drug overdoses will hold its first meeting tonight in what organizers say is a response to the increasing number of overdose deaths. (Jan 7, 2010)

IRATE villagers are demanding to know why an unlicensed drug rehab clinic which should have shut down weeks ago is still admitting scores of... (Jan 7, 2010)

Country singer and North Fort Myers resident Mindy McCready stars in the new season of "Celebrity Rehab" tonight — alongside basketball player Dennis... (Jan 7, 2010)

THURSDAY, Jan. 7 (HealthDay News) -- A key mechanism in the brain that helps explain how people become addicted to cocaine has been identified by U.S. government scientists, who say their finding could lead to the development of new treatments for drug addiction. (Jan 7, 2010)

Baton Rouge Rehabilitation Hospital announced Thursday it has reached an agreement to acquire a HealthSouth inpatient rehab hospital in Baton Rouge. (Jan 7, 2010)

For years, The Enterprise has been detailing the toll heroin and OxyContin addiction  was taking on the lives of young people and their families in the region.  On Wednesday night , WCVB-TV's newsmagazine "Chronicle" looked at the issue in a show featuring some of the newspaper’s award-winning work. (Open this story to watch the program.) (Jan 7, 2010)

The minimum stay is two years, involving physical abuse and forced labor without any drug treatment, say former inmates. (Jan 8, 2010)

Gabor Maté’s ” In The Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction ” is a look at addiction and drug policy based on the author’s experience as a doctor working with addicts in the impoverished Downtown Eastside neighborhood of Vancouver, British Columbia. (Jan 8, 2010)

Redmond O’Neal, the son of the late “Charlie’s Angel’s” star Farrah Fawcett and actor Ryan O’Neal was arrested again for allegedly violating his drug-related probation. Sari N. Kent Redmond O'Neal jailed again for drug probation violation The wayward son of the late Farrah Fawcett and actor Ryan O'Neal, Redmond O’Neal, cannot seem to kick his drug addiction or stay out of jail. According to an ... (Jan 8, 2010)

The minimum stay is two years, involving physical abuse and forced labor without any drug treatment, say former inmates and substance abuse professionals. (Jan 8, 2010)

Heart surgery can set you back, but it doesn't have to be permanent. Newschannel 3 recently took a look at the importance of sticking with rehab. (Jan 8, 2010)

Recovery Resources has announces the first reaches from the public through the three websites that it had recently launched. (Jan 8, 2010)

UPDATE: Japan Government To Leave JAL Rehab To Turnaround Body (Jan 8, 2010)

&$ &$Two cops are talking with two prostitutes in Dallas, USA.(File Photo: people.com.cn)&$ &$ Dallas is taking a new approach to the world's oldest profession - prostitutes. Police treat prostitutes not only as sex criminal but also as sex crime victims, offering many a chance to clean up and get off the streets. The prostitutes can make a choice: Go to rehab or go to jail. The program's ... (Jan 8, 2010)

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