Drug Cravings: Researchers Say Women's Are Triggered by Stress; Men Get Triggered by Drug Cues
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The Sex Differences of Drug Cravings
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Teens with Social Anxiety Feel Better by Blogging about Their problems

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Teens: Blogging to Beat Social Anxiety © Brian lane Winfiled Moore

Teens battling social anxiety and having difficulty interacting with classmates may find some angst relief by blogging their way through the experience.

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Heroin

Addiction Treatment Lessons from the War in Vietnam – Changes in Environment Make a Big Difference to Likelihood of Success

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The Addiction Treatment Lessons of Vietnam © Za Rodinu

Psychologists say that changing your physical environment can make it a lot easier to overcome addiction.

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Methadone

Military Insurance to Cover Long Term Methadone and Suboxone Therapy

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Military OKs Methadone Maintenance © The U.S. Army

Defense Department to reverse an insurance coverage ban on long term methadone maintenance therapy for military personnel.

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Music Reduces Experience of Pain, Especially Among People with High Anxiety

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Study – Control Pain with Music, Not Drugs © JD Hancock

Looking for a way to control your pain without resorting to addictive opiates? Well, researchers say you might as well start by putting on some of your favorite music, because in one recent study, listening to music actually reduced sensations of pain.

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Requests for Addiction Treatment Spike over Holiday Period

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Holidays Cause Spike in Demand for Treatment © Rebecca Lader

Addiction treatment workers say that requests for treatment surge over the holidays as more people struggle with relapse and excessive drinking and drug use.

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The CDC says that more than 10% of Americans over the age of 12 are now using antidepressant medications. This is a 400% increase from 1994. 1 in 10 Now Using Antidepressants © Colodio
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Need more evidence for the sensibility of a mature minimum drinking age (21)? Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis say that women who grew up in states with lower legal minimum drinking ages were significantly more likely to fall victim to homicide or suicide over a lifetime. Legal Teen Drinking Ups Suicides and Murders © focus photography jersey
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Only 5% of parents believe their teen son or daughter has used marijuana in the last year…in actual fact 28% of teens have. Parents on Drugs: “My Kids Don’t, Yours ... © Pete Briones
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Need a good reason to stop using cocaine? How about this – researchers at the Veterans Health Administration say that using cocaine increases your risks of glaucoma by 45% and accelerates the age of onset by about 20 years. Use Cocaine Now - Go Blind Decades Later? © Hani Amir
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Want to understand why you have such a hard time staying sober? Researchers at Harvard Medical School say they have the answer based on the results of a recent brain imaging experiment – The very areas of the brain you need most to maintain abstinence are the areas most damaged by excessive alcohol use! Alcohol and the Brain – Why Sobriety Is So ... © Biology Corner
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Need pain control but not sure about taking more opiates? Well, Italian and American scientists are working on a solution and they say that manipulating the activity of one of the body’s endogenous chemicals may prove the key to non-addictive pain control medications in the future. Coming Soon - Strong, Non Addictive Pain ... © CdePaz
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Doctors in Australia can now prescribe the anti-addiction drug naltrexone as a treatment for problem gambling; but therapies like cognitive behavioral therapy and motivational interviewing are still suggested as the most effective treatments. Australia – Naltrexone OK’d to Treat ... © RHiNO NEAL
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Researchers in Pennsylvania say that text messages may be an effective delivery system for alcohol abuse interventions to heavy drinking young adults. Heavy drinking young adults drink substantially less when they get periodic text messages containing strategies to reduce consumption. Intervention Text Messages Reduce Drinking © Stephen Geyer
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Medicare will extend coverage, at no additional cost, to provide screening services for depression and for alcohol abuse disorders and to provide behavioral counseling to Seniors with alcohol abuse problems. Medicare Now Covers Alcohol Counseling © Big Grey Mare
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Like a sobering warning on the dangers of binge drinking - even for very experienced drinkers - the coroner’s report lists death by misadventure as the cause of death and a BAC at death of more than 5 times the legal limit. Alcohol OD Killed Amy Winehouse © Mick Orlosky
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Russian politicians say they’re losing their domestic battle against drugs, so they’re ready to get tougher – with suggested measures such as mandatory drug testing in schools and forced labor camps for those convicted of dealing drugs. Russia to Send Drug Dealers to Forestry or ... © Wen Nag
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With more than a half dozen rehab stints behind him, former Rhode Island Congressman Patrick Kennedy is opening up about a life of addiction on Capitol Hill to help de-stigmatize brain diseases and to raise money for brain disease research. Patrick Kennedy Opens Up About a Life of ... © WillwhiteDC
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To tackle obesity, the National Health Service in the UK is trying out dinner plates which measure your rate of consumption and deliver recorded messages when you start eating too quickly NHS Fights Obesity with Talking Plates © Lakewentworth
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Canadian scientists say that very heavy smokers who quit smoking can experience a spike in an enzyme called MAO-A. MAO-A metabolizes serotonin and so too much MAO-A can result in too little serotonin and feelings of sadness and depression. Cigarette Withdrawal Can Cause Acute ... © Kalexanderson
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Research suggests that music therapy reduces cancer related anxiety and some pain. Music Therapy Eases Cancer Anxiety © Kayintveen
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