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Health & Wellness News tagged with addictions

For Some Families, Addiction Comes to Light Only in Death
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, drugs, addictions, disease, illness, death, warning )

Dee
- 102 days ago - abcnews.go.com
Just two months ago, Michael Jackson was poised to make a big comeback, with 50 sold-out performances in London. Doctors even gave him a clean bill of health. For this fallen star, the future looked brighter than it had in years.
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Two Acres of Hope for Recovering Addicts
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, addictions, drugs, alcohol, disease, illness, homeless, relapses, Body-Mind-Spirit, prevention, treatment, recovery )

Dee
- 103 days ago - nytimes.com
Seeds of Recovery.. Former drug addicts rehabilitate through farming on a tiny upstate farm in Garrison, N.Y.
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Marijuana Is Gateway Drug for Two Debates
Health & Wellness  (tags: Health, wellness, Body-Mind-Spirit, addictions, marijuana, disease, drugs, risks, study, research, prevention, treatment )

Dee
- 129 days ago - nytimes.com
IT was as if she woke up one day and decades of her life had disappeared. Joyce, 52 and a writer in Manhattan, started smoking pot when she was 15, and for years it was a pleasant escape, a calming protective cloud.
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Milan to Enforce Teen Drink Ban
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, healthcare, Alcohol, addictions, underage drinking, adolescents, prevention, risks, warning, disease )

Dee
- 130 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Milan has banned the consumption and sale of alcohol to young teenagers in an effort to curb binge-drinking.
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Set Of Genes Contributes To Stress; Possible Drug-Taking Behavior Discovered
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, drugs, alcohol, consumption, abuse, addictions, prevention, research, risks, study, treatment, protection, disease )

Dee
- 132 days ago - sciencedaily.com
ScienceDaily (July 17, 2009)-A Baylor University researcher has found a set of genes that modulates stress responses that could cause some people to take drugs, specifically alcohol consumption.
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Intervening Against An Adult's Will Is Complicated, Painful
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, healthcare, drugs, alcohol, addictions, family, intervention, treatment, prevention, protection, disease, risks )

Dee
- 136 days ago - cnn.com
(CNN) -- Mike Loverde was 29 when his family intervened in his addiction to prescription painkillers. He remembers his parents driving him from Chicago, Illinois, to a rehab center in rural Indiana. He was crying because he wanted to get high.
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Should FDA Have the Power to Regulate Tobacco?
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, FDA, Smoking, disease, drugs, addictions, illness, prevention, risks, warning, government )

Dee
- 190 days ago - abcnews.go.com
Senate Panel Considers Bill to Give FDA Power to Regulate Tobacco. Smokes may be more deadly than ever. Even President Obama has said it's been a challenge to quit.
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Helping Doctors Ask About Drug, Alcohol Problems
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, disease, drugs, alcohol, addictions, prevention, treatment, illness, healthcare, death, Body-Mind-Spirit, warning )

Dee
- 205 days ago - news.yahoo.com
WASHINGTON - If more doctors started asking, would more drug and alcohol abusers 'fess up so they could get help? It's a huge irony of health care:
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Drinking in the Economy Has a No-Win Twist
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, addictions, alcohol, stress, economy, treatment, prevention, Body-Mind-Spirit )

Dee
- 225 days ago - abcnews.go.com
To hit "rock bottom," is a phrase commonly used in Alcoholics Anonymous. It describes a loss so extraordinary, so painful, that it becomes a turning point.
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Will Tax Help Smokers Quit?
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, smoking, addictions, risks, disease, illness, death, warning )

Dee
- 226 days ago - capitalnews9.com
On April 1st, a federal excise tax on tobacco and supplies, such as rolling papers, will increase to help expand the Children's Health Insurance Program.
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