Center for Addiction

BBC News
Addiction service to help doctors
BBC News, UK - 1 hour ago
By Jane Dreaper Doctors and dentists who have an addiction or other health problems often leave it late to seek help because they fear being recognised or ...
It's astonishing Marois won't learn from the past The Gazette (Montreal)
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Seize this moment to end oil addiction
Detroit Free Press, United States - 2 hours ago
Amid all the finger-pointing at executives, labor and Wall Street accompanying the Detroit automakers' request for a government rescue, let's not lose sight ...

Addiction treatment specialist
Chicago Tribune, United States - 2 hours ago
"He was always a leader in the education of medical students and residents, especially on primary care in understanding and in treating of addiction," said ...
Updated 11/17: Dr. Martin Doot dies: Advocate for treating those ... Norridge Harwood Heights News
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ILLEGAL DRUG ABUSE DOWN BUT ADDICTION NUMBERS REACH EPIDEMIC
TransWorldNews (press release), GA - 3 hours ago
In 2004, approximately 22.5 million Americans ages 12 or older received treatment for substance abuse and drug and alcohol addiction. Addiction expert and ...
CARE FLORIDA LAUNCHES FAMILY WEEKENDS TO HELP ON THAT LONG TransWorldNews (press release)
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6:30 pm - Miracle Treatment for Meth Addiction?
KARK, Little Rock - 9 hours ago
But one Arkansas woman says her 15 year battle with Meth addiction is over--thanks to a controversial new treatment program called Prometa. ...

Obama talks oil addiction in first post-election TV interview
Autoblog, CA - 10 hours ago
President-Elect Barack Obama thinks we have an oil addiction and he wants to do something about it. That something is developing a plan for energy ...
Video: Obama And The Presidency CBS
Obama committed to green energy, auto bailout CNET News
Obama says aiding economy trumps budget deficit Reuters
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A Historic Opportunity to Kick America's Oil Addiction
FOXNews - 16 hours ago
By Edwin Black The impulse to accede to political pressure and jobs blackmail from the Big Three for a $25 billion bailout offers America a historic ...

Drug-Related Preference In Addiction Extends To Images
WCSH-TV, ME - 17 hours ago
"This behavioral study demonstrates for the first time that drug-related choice in cocaine addiction extends to abstract, non-pharmacological stimuli, ...

Link Between Nicotine Addiction And Autism Found
Science Daily (press release) - 18 hours ago
17, 2008) — Scientists have identified a relationship between two proteins in the brain that has links to both nicotine addiction and autism. ...
How Is Our Left Brain Is Different From Our Right? Science Daily (press release)
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How to Kick Our Oil Addiction Despite Plunging Oil Prices
Wall Street Journal Blogs, NY - 21 hours ago
In other words: How do we keep our oil addiction at bay? We put that question to a group of energy experts. How do they see the problem? ...

Times Online
Help for China's Net addicts
Straits Times, Singapore - 1 hour ago
BEIJING: China could become the first country to classify Internet addiction as a clinical disorder amid growing concern over compulsive Web use by millions ...
Internet addiction made an official disorder in China Times Online
China classifies internet addiction TVNZ
China Defines Internet Addiction, Designates Psychiatric Units to ... FOXNews
NetworkWorld.com - China Dailyall 76 news articles

All in the family - scientists discover gene for cocaine addiction
guardian.co.uk, UK - 2 hours ago
Addicts are 25% more likely to carry the gene variant than non-users of cocaine. Photograph: Alamy It has become commonplace for people who are overweight ...
Valerie Pringle Named Spokesperson for CAMH'S Gifts of Light Canada NewsWire (press release)
OPSEU Campaign Shames CAMH to Take Action on Workplace Violence Market Wire (press release)
Dual Diagnosis: The most common and devastating disorder you've ... Canada NewsWire (press release)
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Conn. gets funds to help vets with trauma ailments
Hartford Courant, United States - 6 hours ago
... system to community treatment, according to the state Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, which is overseeing the new veterans' program. ...
Conn. gets funds to treat vets' trauma disorders Newsday
Help veterans overcome mental-health stigma Arizona Daily Star
$2 million available to treat veterans suffering from trauma disorders Stamford Plus Magazine
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BBC News
Kerry Katona admits she's an alcoholic
New Zealand Herald, New Zealand - 7 hours ago
I can never promise myself or my family that I can beat this addiction but I'll try hard." Kerry claims she is not attending Alcoholics Anonymous meeting to ...
Kerry admits she's an alcoholic Times of India
Kerry Katona admits being an alcoholic NDTV.com
KERRY KATONA ADMITS SHE’S AN ALCOHOLIC www.thedailygoss.com
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Titan Pharmaceuticals Announces Third Quarter 2008 Financial Results
WELT ONLINE, Germany - 7 hours ago
We continue to receive strong support from key opinion leaders as well as the addiction community at large for Probuphine and its potential to provide a ...

Avoid addiction through moderation, says Lara Croft game guru
CBC.ca, Canada - 7 hours ago
Parents must enforce moderation to keep children from getting addicted to video games, the developer of one of the hottest games to hit the market said ...

NIDA's Frontiers in Addiction Research: Meeting Explores Willpower ...
National Institutes of Health (press release) - 12 hours ago
Cortical Development and Substance Abuse — an exploration of environmental influences on early cortical development, and the implications for addiction. ...
The Article in Brief Annals of Family Medicine
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The price of our oil addiction
CNN - 14 hours ago
Addiction exposes the deepest forms of physical and psychological dependency. It is typically considered a personal affliction or an individual failing. ...

AFP
China could view Web addiction as 'disorder': state media
AFP - 19 hours ago
BEIJING (AFP) — China could become the first country to classify Internet addiction as a clinical disorder amid growing concern over compulsive Web use by ...

Wynford Ellis Owen reveals his road to addiction
WalesOnline, United Kingdom - 20 hours ago
Health Editor Madeleine Brindley spoke to the new chief executive of the Welsh Council on Alcohol and Other Drugs about his addiction problems WYNFORD Ellis ...