Dr Stanton Peele on Addiction: What Is Addiction?
Dr Stanton Peele on Addiction: What is Addiction? — Dr. Stanton Peele provides a definition of addiction, and discusses the notion that addictive behaviors are diseases.
Addicted To Your Phone? It's Your Fault, Wired Says
The phone isn't the problem. The problem is us–our inability to step away from email and games and inessential data, our inability to look up, be it at an alpine lake or at family members. We won't be able to get away from it all for very much longer …
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OxyContin Withdrawal and OxyContin Detox
OxyContin Withdrawal and OxyContin Detox — http://cswf.org OxyContin Withdrawal & OxyContin Detox – When going through OxyContin withdrawal, detox treatment is often needed and highly recommended. Tak…
Obamacare Website Will 'Work Smoothly' By Late November, Official Says
Nearly a month after the launch of the health insurance exchanges that are central to Obama's health care reform law, the HealthCare.gov website and the information technology behind it continue to pose problems to consumers and health insurance …
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Pax House Offers the Best 12-Step Program for Detox and Drug Treatment
Pax House Offers the Best 12-Step Program for Detox and Drug Treatment
One of the representatives, who has also served as a coordinator at Pax House, stated, “Unlike some southern California detox and addiction treatment programs, Pax House is convinced that solid participation in a 12-Step program is the best possible …
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Prescription drug abuse hits newborn babies hard
A baby suffering from the syndrome for opiate use has to be administered medications such as methadone, an opiate used to treat heroin addiction, and then slowly weaned off of the drug. Such treatment is not cheap. “This hits health care costs …
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Definition of Addiction With Riley Martin’s 2 Cents
Definition of Addiction with Riley Martin’s 2 cents — Definition of Addiction with Riley Martin’s 2 cents.
Obama Heckled By Anti-Keystone Protesters
Protesters shouting about the Keystone XL pipeline interrupted President Barack Obama's speech on health care in Massachusetts on Wednesday. Obama brushed the protesters off with a quick joke about their timing. "This is the wrong rally!" Obama said as …
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Is 'Food Addiction' Real?
She noted that recent data have suggested that brain reward pathways that are involved in alcohol and drug addiction are also essential elements of the ghrelin responsive circuit. And ghrelin has been … Is this a brain disease by definition? I don't …
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Halloween Starts High Risk Season for Addicts, Reports Narconon Freedom …
Halloween Starts High Risk Season for Addicts, Reports Narconon Freedom …
Narconon Freedom Center, Albion, Michigan, is a non-profit alcohol and drug rehabilitation facility licensed through the state. The program has been helping those struggling with substance abuse and alcoholism for over 47 years. William Benitez founded …
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Tech Tour Day 10: WMU Broncos' Tech Transfer, Research At Full Gallop
But it wasn't a problem Friday, the 10th and final day of the 2013 Fall Tech Tour, thanks to a series of fascinating presentations at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo. This onetime teacher college has evolved into a tech powerhouse in many …
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Addiction Treatment Colorado Springs | Alcohol Rehab Colorado Springs
Addiction Treatment Colorado Springs | Alcohol Rehab Colorado Springs — Alcohol Drug Rehab Colorado Springs Call (719) 239-3366 to Get Help Now! to Get Help Now! We offer the best drug rehab, alcohol rehab facilities and drug det…
Minn. woman battles anorexia with faith, family
For Julie, it took decades of treatment and repeated mistakes to show that you can survive an eating disorder and prosper. It's a difficult battle. Researchers are trying to learn why some are able to successfully … "Men are problem solvers, and they …
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