addiction

Links for 2011-07-23 [Digg]

Sun, 24 Jul 2011 00:00:00 PDT

Amy Winehouse Dead at 27
Amy Winehouse, a popular musician has died of an apparent overdose. She was found in her apartment Saturday morning. She died before ambulances arrived. Miss Winehouse has dealt with addiction issues and mental health disorders over the years.

Amy Winehouse Dead at 27

admin — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 17:43:12 +0000

Amy Winehouse, a popular musician has died of an apparent overdose. She was found at her apartment in London Saturday morning. She died before ambulances arrived and was pronounced dead at the scene. Scotland Yard has reported that there was no sign of foul play. An autopsy is scheduled for tomorrow. Miss Winehouse has dealt [...]

Links for 2011-07-11 [Digg]

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:00:00 PDT

Study Shows Life Expectancy Longer Now For Type 1 Diabetics
Study Shows Life Expectancy Longer Now For Type 1 Diabetics: Insulin was discovered in the 1920s. Prior to that time, when a person was diagnosed with Type 1

Links for 2011-07-10 [Digg]

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 00:00:00 PDT

New Study On Clogged Carotid Arteries And Type 1 Diabetes
New Study On Clogged Carotid Arteries And Type 1 Diabetes: Atherosclerosis of the carotid arteries is a buildup of plaque in either the right or left carotid

Links for 2011-07-09 [Digg]

Sun, 10 Jul 2011 00:00:00 PDT

New Drug Delivery Mechanism For Retinopathy
A pin-sized device implanted behind the eye to treat diabetic retinopathy has been developed by a team of engineers and scientists from the University of British Columbia that could be told to release drugs to treat the damage.

Links for 2011-07-08 [Digg]

Sat, 09 Jul 2011 00:00:00 PDT

Iacocca’s Search for Diabetes Cure
Lee Iacocca has donated over $30 million to diabetes research seeking a cure for the disease, which can lead to debilitating and fatal complications. In 1983, Mary McCleary Iacocca, Lee Iacocca’s wife, died from complications of Type 1 diabetes. In 1984, Iacocca created the Iacocca Family Foundation, a foundation dedicated to funding promising research projects in the search for a cure for diabetes.
New Drug Potential from Squibb and AstraZeneca for Type 2 Diabetes
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and AstraZeneca PLC stated Sunday, July 3, 2011, that their studies of combining a compound called dapagliflozin with metformin had better sustained success in lowering blood sugar levels than those who took the combination of glipizide with metformin. This combination of metformin with dapagliflozin has the potential of being a new drug for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. More clinical studies are needed, but the outlook is favorable.

Links for 2011-07-07 [Digg]

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 00:00:00 PDT

Islet Cell Transplant is Cure for Type 1 Diabetes for Lady in Scotland
Kathleen Duncan, a resident of Scotland, no longer has to take injections of insulin because her type 1 diabetes has been cured due to an islet cell infusion that was performed in her homeland of Scotland by the Scottish National Pancreatic Islet Transplant Programme.

Links for 2011-07-06 [Digg]

Thu, 07 Jul 2011 00:00:00 PDT

Lab-Created Blood Vessels Helping Dialysis Patients
Lab-Created Blood Vessels Helping Dialysis Patients: Recently in Poland, three patients received such new blood vessels for health issues, and those vessels are

Could Simply Talking To Your Teen About Marijuana Lead To Less Drug Use?

admin — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 19:21:23 +0000

According to a new study taken by the University of Washington, it certainly couldn’t hurt to talk to your teen about marijuana.

Research Proving You Can Quit Smoking Without Gaining Weight

admin — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 14:36:43 +0000

A team of scientists who were led by the Yale School of Medicine reported a study that supplied evidence that shows how nicotine suppresses appetite.

Statistics Increase With Hookah Use In College Students

admin — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 05:00:15 +0000

"The popularity of hookah smoking among young adults is quite alarming given the potential for negative health effects," stated Erin L. Sutfin, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy and lead author on the study.

Genetic Makeup and Duration of Abuse Reduce the Brain’s Neurons in Drug Addiction

admin — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 19:16:42 +0000

Proven in this study and recent ones, cocaine-addicted individuals have lower gray matter density in frontal parts of their brain.

Poison Curare Could Lead To Medication To Fight Tobacco Addiction

admin — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:10:07 +0000

Researchers at the Laboratory for Structural Neurobiology at K.U. Leuven have found 3-D images of protein being paralyzed by poison curare for the very first time.

therapy

admin — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 02:00:27 +0000

In our daily lives we all find a sense of security, normalcy and even hopefulness in therapy. Not all of us turn to therapists, psychologists or counselors in order to find comforting words from out daily lives.

12 step program

admin — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 02:00:58 +0000

Twelve step programs were once used for Alcoholics Anonymous classes. These steps help to teach a person goals in which they should achieve through steps. When a person gets too much information at a time, it can be overwhelming.

sobriety

admin — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 02:00:34 +0000

Sobriety is when a person comes clean off drugs or alcohol and is able to live happy, healthy and comfortable. Sobriety is what a person establishes through a long road of pain, misery and eventually the power to stand up and defeat their addiction.

rehab center

admin — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 02:00:28 +0000

Every day, at least one person checks into a rehab center. They have chosen to stop letting alcohol or drugs rule their life, they have chosen to see that the drug is changing them into someone that they do not want to be.

alcoholism treatment

admin — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 02:00:28 +0000

Alcoholism treatment is the best way to beat alcohol and to make sure that a person does not become vulnerable to drunk driving again.

alcohol treatment

admin — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 02:00:17 +0000

Alcohol treatment comes in the form of rehab and although it can take a lot for a person to see that they have a problem to begin with, alcohol rehab is available to everyone and it does heal.

detoxification

admin — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 02:00:14 +0000

Detoxification is an early process within rehab, it is meant to break a person’s defenses down so that they can be built back up. The process seems a bit cruel but it is not, it is necessary to help bring a person around in their life.

addictions

admin — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 02:00:40 +0000

Addictions are hard to beat and for children who are left to drink or do drugs, they are given no hope to change their future. We should all make a positive impact in a child’s life and it starts by making sure they can say no.

treatment centers

admin — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 06:00:55 +0000

Treatment centers can be found all around the globe and they are there for just one purpose in mind, to help people get sober and stay that way.

dependence

admin — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 02:00:00 +0000

Dependence and addiction go hand and hand, typically if you are addicted to a drug than you have a dependency on it.

opiate

admin — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 02:00:22 +0000

Opiates are drugs that come from an opium plant such as codeine, heroin, papaverine, thebaine and morphine. Morphine and heroin have the same chemical structure which means that morphine can show up as heroin in a urine test.

withdrawal symptoms

admin — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 02:00:43 +0000

There are different withdrawal symptoms for different kinds of drugs and some detox processes have to be done with a lot of care and patients have to be watched very closely.

narcotics

admin — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 02:00:02 +0000

Narcotics are prescription pain relievers written by a doctor to take care of pain from an injury, sickness such as cancer or pain associated from surgery.

addiction info

admin — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:50:17 +0000

Addiction info is important. Addiction is a very scary issue in life that many people deal with, people find themselves facing their hardest battles in life and resort to the pleasures that both drugs and alcohol can give.