M Investment in Orphan Drug Company Nutrinia, Brings Hope to Pre-term …
Nutrinia, a leader in developing oral insulin therapies to treat rare gastrointestinal disorders in babies, today announced the successful completion of a $ 12 million round of funding. The C round of financing was led jointly by internationally … Read more on PR Newswire (press release)

Winter meetings: Jack Zduriencik quickly refutes Twitter report of friction …
SAN DIEGO — A Twitter report suggesting friction between the Mariners and right-handed pitcher Taijuan Walker drew a quick, firm denial Wednesday from general manager Jack Zduriencik at the winter meetings. “It's so far from the truth,” … 28 with … Read more on TheNewsTribune.com

Suicide attempts soar at San Diego County juvenile hall
The Girls Rehabilitation Facility (GRF) is a small, dedicated wing for young women within San Diego County's main juvenile hall in Kearny Mesa. Run by …. A document titled “Common Drugs and Psych Meds” fails to mention Abilify's most serious side effect. Read more on San Diego CityBEAT

Opiate treatment center to open in Bennington
The United Counseling Service and Southwestern Vermont Health Care plan to team up to provide on-site medication-assisted treatment as well as other services to recovering addicts. The center will dispense the treatment drug buprenorphine but not … Read more on vtdigger.org

Automated EEG Biofeedback Proven Effective in Addiction Treatment
The finding means that addiction treatment centers now have an easier and more affordable way to help clients with issues such as ADHD learn to self-regulate their attention and, thus, control the impulsivity and distractibility that can hamper recovery. Read more on PR Newswire (press release)

The New Heroin Epidemic
Chiasson-Downs and the other therapists with the Chestnut Ridge Center's opiate-addiction program had gathered to update each other on the status of their patients before launching into the day's psychotherapy sessions. Here in West Virginia, where … Read more on The Atlantic

Governor announces Bennington drug treatment center
Gov. Peter Shumlin made the announcement on the steps of the Bennington Police Department, alongside local health and law enforcement officials. The Addiction Treatment Center of Southwestern Vermont is expected to begin operation early next year. Read more on Bennington Banner

How do we stop 'lone wolf' attacks?
Richard Reid, who became known as the "shoe bomber" after he tried to blow up a trans-Atlantic flight in 2001, was also a troubled young man — impressionable, dabbling in minor crime and drugs and ending up in a young offenders' detention center … Read more on CNN

As Debate Rages In Florida, Majority Of Americans Believe The Benefits Of …
But according to Dr. Fernando Branco, Medical Director of the Rosomoff Comprehensive Rehabilitation Center at Miami Jewish Health Systems, who treats patients that have complex and chronic pain – including amputees and patients with spinal cord … Read more on PR Newswire (press release)

Psychedelics: entering a new age of addiction therapy
So one December morning, McGlothlin walked into the research centre at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, where he took a small, blue capsule and sat in a room listening to classical music. … 70s involving 536 patients, published in … Read more on The Pharmaceutical Journal

Breast Cancer Care and Substance Abuse Awareness and Education to Benefit …
In addition, an endowed gift of $ 1.375 million will create the “Tina Posner Substance Abuse Education and Treatment Fund” to improve treatment and awareness of substance abuse through the Sandler Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Education in the … Read more on Business Wire (press release)

1st Dallas nurse with Ebola headed to Maryland
DALLAS (AP) – The first Dallas nurse to have contracted Ebola after treating an infected Liberian man has left a Dallas hospital. Nina Pham left Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas in an ambulance escorted by police shortly before 6 p.m. Thursday. Read more on WBTW – Myrtle Beach and Florence SC

Georgia's 178-Acre Bluff Plantation Offers Comprehensive Inpatient Addiction …
AUGUSTA, Ga., Oct. 15, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Today's opening of the premier luxury inpatient addiction facility on the East Coast, The Bluff Plantation marks a unique new partnership for alcohol and drug rehabilitation treatment as a progressive … Read more on PR Newswire (press release)

Obama cancels NJ fundraising visit for Ebola meeting
Chris Christie talks with women and staffers of The Center for Great Expectations in Somerset at 11:15 a.m., then makes a funding announcement for addiction treatment and prevention programs at 11:40 a.m. He's not taking questions from reporters at the … Read more on Asbury Park Press

Addiction and Recovery Expert Christopher Kennedy Lawford to Keynote …
Lawford is the author of the best-selling Symptoms of Withdrawal: A Memoir of Snapshots & Redemption, in which he shares his life story of drug and alcohol addiction and recovery. Lawford will draw from these personal experiences in his keynote … Read more on PR Newswire (press release)

Photo essay: Sex and drugs in an HIV-infected paradise
Rather, he supported a mix of prevention, education, treatment and law enforcement activities to help drug users recover from addiction and to discourage others from trying in the first place. President Obama signed a bill ending the 'Needle Exchange … Read more on PBS NewsHour

Troubled Teens in The Villages, FL Have New Substance Abuse Recovery Help …
A new helpline for young adults in The Villages, FL is offering options for substance abuse recovery. LIGHTNING RELEASES (6/28/2014) – Many adolescents in Sumter County have come to the realization they need help for a drug or alcohol substance … Read more on Ticker Report

Wife: Slipknot bassist's final days blur of drug abuse
SHARE 28 CONNECT 36 TWEET 1 COMMENTEMAILMORE. Paul Gray's final weeks were a blur of extreme drug abuse, which neither his doctor nor his bandmates would help his wife confront, she testified in Polk County District Court on Tuesday. Brenna Gray … Read more on USA TODAY

"Flight" with Denzel Washington to End Final Day of REEL Recovery Film …
The final day of the two-city, four-day festival is filled with honest films about addiction, alcoholism, behavioral disorders, treatment and recovery. CEUs are available for all of today's films for licensed mental health and substance abuse treatment … Read more on PR Newswire (press release)

Drug Take Back days collect a ton of drugs
GORHAM, Maine (NEWS CENTER) — All this week we've been bringing you stories about the impact of Maine's prescription drug addiction. It all led up to NEWS CENTER's Drug Take Back Day, where over 1,000 people dropped off their unwanted or expired … Read more on WCSH-TV