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Young people becoming addicted to drug intended to help with addiction
ABC26 NewsThere is growing drug problems in St. Bernard Parish, and we're not talking about street drugs. Authorities say the drug of choice is becoming a substance used to treat addiction. Little orange pills are becoming more and more of a problem in St. Bernard...Tags: Substance Abuse, Tobacco Addiction, Behavioral Conditions, Health, Crime, Law and Justice
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Addicted to Sex
ABC26 NewsFrom Tiger Woods to David Duchovny, just about every month a new celebrity is rumored to be suffering from a sex addiction, but this taboo topic doesn't just impact the rich and famous. Up to 8% of U.S. adults are addicted to sex. Like gambling or...Tags: David Duchovny, Behavioral Conditions, Health, Drugs and Medicines, Crime, Law and Justice
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Tiger Woods In Hattiesburg For Sex Addiction Treatment?
ABC26 NewsTiger Woods may be undergoing sex addiction therapy in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, according to the website Radar Online. Sources say Tiger Woods checked into the Pine Grove Behavioral Health and Addiction Service's "Gentle Paths" program, a 6-week program...Tags: Sports, Behavioral Conditions, Health, Tiger Woods, Entertainment
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Prosecutor: Mom Passed Addiction To Unborn Child
Staff reporterA prosecutor in Terrebonne Parish says a 30-year-old woman has pleaded guilty to a cruelty charge for passing her addiction to pain medicine on to her unborn child. Sheriff's deputies say Anahit Dufrene of Houma was arrested when Leonard J. Chabert...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Prosecution, Health, Lawyers, Justice System
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Scientists Find Fast Food May Be Addictive Like Drugs
ABC26 NewsThat grease-soaked fast food you scarffed down at lunch could have you hooked. Sure it's not heroin or cocaine. But this addiction can be just about as dangerous. It's taken about four years for Tracy Bynum to build endurance for his workouts. "The...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Health, Medical Research, Drugs and Medicines, Obesity
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Recovery Weekends help sober fight new enemy: boredom
He was once a proud member of the "Cocaine Cowboys" —nickname by which the most indulgent players on the hard-partying Dallas Cowboys football team were known in the early 1990s. And throughout his entire adult life, Lincoln Coleman lived up to...
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Support groups in Howard County
These groups meet regularly. Abusive relationships — Mondays, 7-8:30 p.m. Domestic Violence Center of Howard County, 5457 Twin Knolls Road, Suite 310, Columbia. Free child care. 410-997-0304. Adult Children of Alcoholics — Wednesdays, 7 p.m....Tags: Cancer, Ellicott City, Bipolar Disorder, Health, Abusive Behavior
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Both sides now: Judy Collins on life after alcoholism
It was April 1978, and singer Judy Collins hadn't had an inspirational thought in four years.
She'd been an alcoholic for 23 years — "and I was proud of it." She'd toured and made records, but she knew the ride she was on — her father had...Tags: Alcohol Addiction, Janis Joplin, LSD, Havre de Grace, Suicide
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Intersections: Finding a way out is a lifelong struggle
This is the third in a four part series exploring the impacts of heroin use on the greater Glendale area. On a Friday morning at the New Way Foundation rehab facility in Burbank, 20 men slowly crowd into a room. The stark white walls are covered in...Tags: Stroke, Heart Attack, Behavioral Conditions, Health, Drugs and Medicines
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In support
Al-Anon is a support group comprised of persons whose lives have been affected by someone else’s drinking. It’s sole purpose is to help the families and friends of problem drinkers. For information in St. Joseph, LaPorte, Marshall and Starke...Tags: Care Group Incorporated, Reformed, Health Insurance, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Health Organizations
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In Support
Al-Anon is a support group for people who are affected by someone else's drinking. For information, call (574) 236-5736. Web: www.michianaalanon.org. A group meets at 6 p.m. Wednesdays at Madison Center's Quiet Care, 533 N. Niles Ave., South Bend. Call...Tags: Care Group Incorporated, Reformed, Health Insurance, Science and Technology, Child Development
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Implantable pain disk may help those with cancer
An estimated 3.5 million cancer patients around the globe are in severe pain from their disease, but many get no relief.
In poor countries the cost is considered too high for drugs like morphine when such opioids are often stolen, abused or not taken...Tags: Health, Trials, Hydromorphone (drug), Companies and Corporations, Morphine (drug)
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