Carbon Monoxide Makes Chemotherapy '1000 Times More Effective' in Mouse …
Carbon Monoxide Makes Chemotherapy '1000 Times More Effective' In Mouse …
[rewrite]Researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) have discovered that CO can be used to slow the proliferation of cancerous cells and amplify the effect of conventional cytotoxic treatment. The findings could inspire a new era of safer and …[/rewrite]
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Support groups in the area can help with illness, drug problems and many other …
[rewrite]LOOK GOOD FEEL BETTER: Abingdon, Va., Johnston Memorial Cancer Center, 26079 Lee Hwy.; first Monday, 1 p.m.; free program for women cancer patients in active treatment; register at 276-628-8861. LUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: Johnson City, …[/rewrite]
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Reports: Lawmakers, Unions, Insurers May Get Special Breaks
Reports: Lawmakers, unions, insurers may get special breaks
[rewrite]We are jailing people for drug use, I get it, I understand the pain of drug addiction, I feel for him and his family but we deserve better with our elected officials and I'm tired of the Anthony Wieners and Elliot Spitzers still trying to stay in …[/rewrite]
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The 'Easy' Cure for PTSD? The Cruelty of Shallow Religious Answers
[rewrite]… flashbacks, hypervigilance, mistrust, anger, emotional numbing, depression, and, frequently, problems with substance abuse. In the wake of the recent devastating hurricane in the Philippines, many will suffer such symptoms of PTSD. To tell people …[/rewrite]
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Health Events: Support Groups, Classes and Workshops
Health events: Support groups, classes and workshops
[rewrite]CHILDREN AND ADDICTION — A support group to help parents deal with the disease of addiction and substance abuse in their children meets Wednesdays from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in the first-floor conference room at Providence Behavioral Health Hospital, …[/rewrite]
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Alcohol use 'masks' quake troubles
[rewrite]More than three years on from the region's first big earthquake, health professionals are monitoring a spike in the use of synthetic cannabis and the growing phenomenon of opioids. Information from the Alcohol Drug Helpline's South Island centre shows …[/rewrite]
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Criminal Court, Dec. 3, 2013
Criminal court, Dec. 3, 2013
[rewrite]At that time, Dolbin sentenced Riedel to spend nine to 23 1/2 months in prison and an additional five years on probation, pay costs, $ 100 to the Substance Abuse Education Fund, $ 50 to the Criminal Justice Enhancement Account and $ 47,174.98 restitution …[/rewrite]
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Americans Want Congress Members To Pee In Cups To Prove They're Not On …
[rewrite]… drug testing for members of Congress. According to a new HuffPost/YouGov poll, 64 percent of Americans favor requiring welfare recipients to submit to random drug testing — a measure pushed by Republican lawmakers in recent years — while 18 …[/rewrite]
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Help in NW Indiana for Son Who’s Depressed and Self Medicates?
Question by dede: Help in NW Indiana for son who’s depressed and self medicates?
[rewrite]Is there any other place in NW IN that has a good dual diagnosis program? He has been clean for four months but is depressed and ready to relaspe.(cocaine and/or heroin was what he used to self medicate.)Has low self-esteem, doesn’t care about anything,carries alot of guilt, and shame for things he’s done to self medicate. Newlywed since May/wonderful girl, new father to a baby girl/October and has a really good job that he likes in sales. Everything to be greatful 4-she/we(family) have alot of trust issues with him as he used to take his checks from previous jobs and go on binges or steal from us. His father is an alcoholic/drug addict. I divorced him when he was 9. He has a loving a and supportive family and a step father that has been there 4 him 4 9 yrs. My son is 25. Has been through alot of jobs until he found this one. Haven’t been able to find a doctor to treat his depression, they always address the substance abuse and not the depression. Need help.
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Report: Westshore Council of Governments (WCOG) Meeting, Nov. 13, 2013
Report: Westshore Council of Governments (WCOG) meeting, Nov. 13, 2013
[rewrite]ADAMHS (Alcohol, Drug Addiction, & Mental Health Services) distributes funds to the agencies that provide the services. For example, the county psychiatric center is St. Vincent Charity Medical Center. A 24×7 crisis hotline operates at 216-623-6888 …[/rewrite]
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Health Calendar
[rewrite]SUPPORT GROUPS. Grief Recovery After a Substance Passing (GRASP), a support group for families or individuals who have lost a loved as a result of substance use or addiction. ….. 202 or ext. 203, or the Rape Crisis Intervention Hotline at 978-922-0000.[/rewrite]
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