Pain pill in pregnancy may raise child's ADHD risk, study finds
The “safest” drug for relieving aches and pains, lowering fever and treating headaches in pregnancy may not be so safe after all, according to a new report — it may raise the risk of ADHD and similar disorders in their children. Researchers found that …
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Philip Seymour Hoffman dies amid major comeback of heroin in the US
… a professor of neuropharmacology at Washington University in St. Louis, told the Los Angeles Times in a phone interview Monday. For seven years, Cicero has been monitoring trends for patients in 150 drug treatment centers across the country. In …
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Bay Area Recovery Announce New Alcohol Rehab Services
Bay Area Recovery has been providing residents throughout the local area with excellent treatment options for many years, and it recently has announced new alcohol rehab services to improve its service to local clients. There are five Bay Area Recovery …
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Passages Malibu Announces New Insurance Acceptance Initiative
Passages provides one of the most comprehensive addiction treatment programs in the world with services including detox, substance abuse counseling, life purpose counseling, hypnotherapy, physical therapy, psychotherapy and many others.
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Philip Seymour Hoffman 'dealer' says HE has a drug problem as he tries to be …
Meanwhile, a third 'dealer', Robert Vineberg said that his heroin addiction was a major factor in his alleged crimes, and asked for the case to go to a drug court designed to channel users to rehab instead of prison. Friends in high places: Robert …
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One snapshot in a tragic national picture: Long Island sees exploding heroin use
Five things you didn't know about heroin. Chris, now 17, is in treatment at Outreach House, a long-term substance abuse program on Long Island, New York, for youths ages 12 to 17. His road to recovery hasn't been a smooth ride, however. After three …
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Long a nexus of Rx drug abuse, Staten Island now faces heroin's scourge
Except as risky as painkillers are to abuse, heroin's an even trickier roll of the dice. "They don't know what they're doing," says Fusco, who runs the Dynamite Youth Center in Brooklyn and its residential treatment center in update Fallsburg New York …
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Does Calling Heroin Addiction A Brain Disease Help Avoid Tragedies Like Philip …
You might surmise that there is a connection between viewing addiction as a brain disease and coming up with an effective treatment for it. But you would be wrong. The dominant model for addiction treatment in the United States is the 12-step approach …
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8 questions about heroin and the death of Philip Seymour Hoffman
Hoffman had said he stayed clean for two decades, but then had a relapse in 2012, and entered a drug-treatment program. 3.) So how prevalent is heroin use, nationwide? It's still lower than the use of other illegal drugs, which is good news. But the …
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Los Angeles Drug Rehab Center Responds to Recent Hoffman Loss
Southern California treatment center founder and Director, Stuart Birnbaum, reaffirmed his commitment to fighting the disease of addiction following Sunday's sudden death of Hollywood's beloved Philip Seymour Hoffman. His message, founded on the …
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Mark Mishek named Hazelden Betty Ford CEO
But while Mishek plans to make the foundation more accessible to residents of the Coachella Valley, part of his new mission will focus on creating outpatient treatment centers throughout Southern California, in cities such as Los Angeles and San Diego.
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What Philip Seymour Hoffman's death tells us about addiction
No one can be cured,” said Dr. Akikur Reza Mohammad, a psychiatrist and addiction-medicine specialist who works as a professor at USC's Keck School of Medicine and is founding chief of Inspire Malibu Treatment Center. “If someone is suffering from …
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Paradigm Malibu Now Provides Gaming and Internet Addiction Treatment for …
No matter what an adolescent is suffering from, Paradigm Malibu can be of assistance. "Check out the substance abuse, mental health and treatment programs offered at the Malibu facility as well as the addiction treatment programs. Paradigm Malibu also …
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Rehab centers struggle to keep drugs out
Falkowski, now president of Drug Abuse Dialogues, an educational organization on drug and alcohol abuse in Minnesota, has heard stories of desperate addicts trying to distill fruit pilfered from the cafeteria into alcohol. At a treatment center where …
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Passages Malibu Marks National Drug and Alcohol Addiction Recovery Month
National Recovery Month means business as usual at Passages Addiction Treatment Centers in Malibu and Ventura. The two addiction treatment facilities provide the latest and most progressive treatment options available in the industry. Clients from …
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Zac Efron and 4 Other Celebrities That Went To Rehab For Secret Drug …
Despite Odom's claim that he is not a drug addict, the 33-year-old athlete entered a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center in September, only to leave one day later, according to a report from TMZ. PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN. Philip Seymour Hoffman …
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Four beds ready to treat Internet addicts
That sentiment could change on Monday, when the country's first inpatient treatment program for Internet addiction opens at Bradford Regional Medical Center in Pennsylvania. "I've been studying Internet addiction since 1994," says Dr. Kimberly Young, …
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