Getting Paid to Quit May Work for Some Smokers
Getting paid to quit may work for some smokers
Filed under: addiction help hotline
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – During a single year when the Dutch government covered the costs of counseling and drugs to help smokers quit, calls to a national smoking-cessation hotline rose 10-fold, and the number of smokers in the country dropped …
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Turkey: Phone Hotline Gives a Voice to Victims of Police Violence
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Study: Military Drinking 'culture' Now a 'crisis'
Study: Military drinking 'culture' now a 'crisis'
Filed under: Illinois Drug Rehab Centers
Abusing alcohol and drugs has been part of military culture historically: troops do it for fun, to ease the stresses of war or to be part of the brotherhood. But a new report says substance use and misuse among troops and their families has become a …
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A dangerous chemical high — and not just for the user
Filed under: Illinois Drug Rehab Centers
Is This a Good Paper the Subject Was Thats the Last Time She Would Ever Let It Happen?
Question by Shannon K: Is this a good paper the subject was thats the last time she would ever let it happen?
That’s the last time she would let that happen. Anna couldn’t let it happen again it was getting out of control.
Study: Heroin Up Among Young, White Users in Illinois
Study: Heroin up among young, white users in Illinois
Filed under: Chicago Drug Rehab Centers
The study, released today by the Illinois Consortium on Drug Policy, reported that between 2008 and 2010, heroin-related emergency room visits increased 27 percent for white users in the Chicago region. The region … The study based its findings on …
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Our Opinion: Next to be reformed: Illinois prisons
Filed under: Chicago Drug Rehab Centers
Newest ED Drug Works in Less Than Half Hour
Newest ED Drug Works in Less than Half Hour
Filed under: Drug Rehabs Chicago
CHICAGO — The newest drug for erectile dysfunction (ED) may work in as little as 15 minutes after dosing, researchers said here. A significantly larger proportion of patients had successful sexual encounters within 15 minutes of taking … Mulhall …
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A melancholy day in Oslo
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Studies: Alzheimer Drug May Stabilize Brain Plaque
Studies: Alzheimer drug may stabilize brain plaque
Filed under: Chicago Drug Treatment Centers
“We're very disappointed that we were not able to come up with a treatment to provide to our dementia patients in the near term,” said Dr. Reisa Sperling, director of the Alzheimer's center at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and leader of one of …
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FDA approves Pfizer leukemia drug
Filed under: Chicago Drug Treatment Centers