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Lessons learned
Toronto :: Canada | 1 day ago
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The seven months he has been at the centre have helped to stabilize Mr. McPartlin’s life. For The Globe and Mail It's not a return to institutionalization. But as more patients extend their stay at the Burnaby Centre for Mental Health and Addictions,...
Tags: Canada, Toronto, Burnaby, Institutionalization, Addiction, Health Medical Pharma
Binge eating: Is it a form of addiction?
Fargo :: ND :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility The notion that binge eating is a form of addiction comes up frequently in experts' discussions of the diagnosis. Many binge eaters themselves talk about "cravings," "benders" and "hangovers," often describing a dynamic in binge eating that is eerily...
Tags: overeaters anonymous, binge eaters, Fargo, Substance-related disorders, Addiction, Binge eating disorder, Overeating, Eating disorders, Twelve-step programs, Alcohol abuse
New high
Hutchinson :: KS :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility The truth, however, is that such legislation will just add to an already bulking list of controlled substances that law enforcement officials are impossibly expected to enforce on the population. And about as soon as the ink dries on legislation to make...
Tags: controlled substances, Hutchinson, Drug prohibition law, Addiction, Substance abuse, Coricidin, Drug control law, Drugs, Controlled substance, Social Issues
Get tough on smoking ban, residents say
Glendale :: AZ :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility When resident Stephen Brown learned last year that the city had enacted citywide smoking restrictions, he looked forward to sitting outside at his favorite coffee shop and breathing in the fresh air. “For the past year I have been looking forward to the...
Tags: smoke restrictions, Armine Jimenez, Glendale’s Fresh Air Ambassador, Glendale, Habits, Addiction, Burbank California, Tobacco control, Smoking, Tobacco
Bars of choice --
Port of Spain :: Trinidad and Tobago | 2 days ago
Credibility There are bars/clubs that do not allow smoking. If people are so concerned about second-hand smoke, then why go to the bars/clubs that allow smoking?...Car and truck emissions are just as deadly or even more so, yet why isn’t anyone complaining about...
Tags: Trinidad and Tobago, Port of Spain, Habits, Addiction, Passive smoking, Bar, Tobacco, Smoking, Cigarettes, Social Issues
Mexican company to expand into area
Los Cabos :: Mexico | 2 days ago
Credibility Monterrey, Mexico-based Programas de Bienestar Integral, a medical tourism company, has joined the Free Trade Alliance San Antonio’s International Business Development Center to expand its services to this area. Casa San Antonio Monterrey, a city of San...
Tags: Casa San Antonio Monterrey, Mexico, Los Cabos, Mￃﾩrida Yucatￃﾡn, Airline destinations, Addiction, Monterrey, Monterrey metropolitan area, Social Issues
Ont. looking to impose new rules to restrict OxyContin, other painkillers
Toronto :: Canada | 2 days ago
Credibility Ontario may have new rules before the end of the year to restrict how the highly addictive painkiller OxyContin is prescribed and dispensed, as well as other narcotics and controlled substances, government officials said. The abuse of OxyContin is a "serious...
Tags: Ontario, Canada, Toronto, Medical prescription, Patient safety, Heroin, Addiction, Drug, Opioids, Analgesics, Pharmacology, Social Issues
Church leaders: Rejection won’t hinder project
London :: KY :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility A proposed addiction recovery program in Louisa will not qualify for a $500,000 community block grant after elected officials in the city, as well as Lawrence County, voted to show no support for the project. Church leaders say the money would have been...
Tags: Tim Robinson, Lawrence County, moving forward, church leaders, London, Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug court, Drug rehabilitation, Alcohol abuse, Substance-related disorders
Those Healthcare Hoops
Toronto :: Canada | 2 days ago
Credibility Free interest rates comparisons are available from the leading personal loan companies. Alcohol detox and drug detox programs in Florida by Sunrise Detox Center. addiction treatment - addiction treatment center resource and referral public benefit service...
Tags: drug rehab, addiction treatment, payday loans, Canada, Toronto, Personal finance, Addiction, Drug rehabilitation, Alcoholism, Kent/Sussex Detoxification Center, Business Finance, Credit, Debt, Payday loan, Social Issues
NZ Needle Exchange one of world's most successful
Auckland :: New Zealand | 2 days ago
Credibility There have been no new HIV or hepatitis B infections within this group in recent years. This is quite remarkable as blood-borne viruses are often rife among drug-using communities where needle-sharing can occur,” Mr Henderson said. He said, however, that...
Tags: drug users, injecting drug, New Zealanders, exchange programmes, borne viruses, Mr Henderson, New Zealand, Auckland, Harm reduction, Addiction, Needle-exchange programme, Drug injection, Hepatitis C, Drug culture, Microbiology, Prevention, Health Medical Pharma, Social Issues
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