The hunt for Ebola medicines is being accelerated
Interferon drugs have an antiviral effect and statins might help treat the complications of Ebola, such as organ failure. Experts at the WHO worry about the potential for harm with statins. But it is possible that some doctors, lacking alternatives … Read more on The Economist

Autoimmune Drugs May Treat a Form of Baldness
Drugs developed to treat autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and a rare form of leukemia can also help people with a different rare condition grow their hair back, researchers reported on Sunday. Just four to five months of treatment with … Read more on NBCNews.com

Prescription drug abuse: There is help
The process to recovery can be one ridden with pain, denial and shame. If you search on the Internet for "Where to get help for prescription drug abuse?" search results are in the millions. Trying to find the best treatment options for yourself or a … Read more on CNN

James Ainsworth allegedly high on heroin when his SUV crashed, killing two in …
Both Ainsworth and Dunlap were taken by ambulance to Baystate Medical Center in Springfield for treatment of minor injuries. Hospital staff administered Narcan, a drug to counteract the effects of heroin, to Ainsworth, who then was unable to stay awake … Read more on GazetteNET

For Lawrenceville family, sting of failed medical marijuana fight still lingers
If you ask her parents why they still have few effective options for treatment more than a year after these episodes began, they have a word for that, too: politics. … They've lived a normal family life in their Lawrenceville home during six and a … Read more on Gwinnettdailypost.com

MS patient talks about relief she finds with marijuana
That's when she moved to Florida. For years, Alcorn took baclofen, a prescription drug for treating spasticity. Her symptoms kept getting worse, she says. Then about four or five years ago, she added in a substantial dose of pot, smoking the equivalent … Read more on Tampabay.com

Sanford charts path to diabetes detection
The Sanford Project research was conducted in collaboration with the University of Florida. The results recently were published in … In July, the Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology featured Sanford research on a drug combination's potential to reduce … Read more on Sioux Falls Argus Leader

Program to offer support group for families of drug addicts
A local drug rehabilitation program will offer a new family-support group in response to a large number of prescription drug and overdose deaths in York County. Colonial House, Inc., at 1 East Market St., in York will host the weekly meetings, set to … Read more on York Daily Record

Indiana loses funds to treat thousands for drug addiction
Indiana is about to lose funding for a program that since 2010 has helped 11,400 Hoosiers battle drug addiction. Access to Recovery, a federal grant that expires at the end of the year, has supported addiction treatment in 11 Indiana counties. The … Read more on Indianapolis Star

NIDA switches to social media monitoring for drug abuse trends, outbreaks
Washington, DC, United States (4E) – The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is replacing its community surveillance of illicit drug abuse trends and outbreaks with monitoring of the social media and Internet for such problem. The new monitoring … Read more on Gant Daily

Combined therapies: New tools for addiction and illness for mental health …
At Confidential Care, the Jayachandrans designed an out-patient detoxification program to avoid the disruption of in-patient care for addiction treatment. As Dr. Sanker Jayachandran, who is board certified in Addiction Psychiatry explains, by offering … Read more on nwitimes.com

Hydrocodone Restrictions Spark Discussions of Addiction and Abuse
Hydrocodone restrictions recently implemented by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) have sparked debate in the ongoing discussion about prescription drug abuse and put addiction treatment in the spotlight. The DEA's decision to enact more … Read more on Guardian Liberty Voice

Drug czar promotes treatment, tells personal story
MINOT, N.D. — As the nation's drug czar continues to warn people about the potential death and destruction from substance abuse, he's also encouraging them to tell their stories about treatment and recovery. Usually he starts with himself. Michael … Read more on Merced Sun-Star

American Addiction Centers Named to Inc. 500 List Recognition for Three-Year …
American Addiction Centers, a leading national provider of inpatient substance abuse treatment services for individuals with drug and/or alcohol addiction, has been named to the Inc. 500 List of America's Fastest Growing Private Companies. The company … Read more on DigitalJournal.com

Robin Williams' death highlights challenge of treating severe depression
Dr. Harry Croft, a psychiatrist and addiction expert and chief of CNS Trials at the Clinical Trials of Texas, says the phrase suggests to him that Williams wasn't actually planning to visit a rehab center for addiction but was instead seeking help at a … Read more on CBS News

Adolescent substance abuse centers receive grants
prescription drugs The grants will fund comprehensive adolescent substance abuse treatment programs, both expanding treatment beds at existing facilities and creating new adolescent treatment programs with the full continuum of care, including … Read more on The Lane Report

Ex-heroin user who beat addiction after 22 years graduates with first class degree
A former drug addict who injected £200 of crack and heroin a day at his lowest point is set to graduate from university with a first class degree. Jason Turner, of Damson Wood, Solihull, was hooked on drugs for 22 years and turned to crime to feed his … Read more on Birmingham Mail

New Eatery Brings Tel Aviv to Philadelphia
With old posters and handbills advertising long-ago concerts in Hebrew on one wall, a glass mosaic of alternating earth tones on another wall and communal picnic tables where diners can scoop up warm hummus to the beat of a classic rock soundtrack, it … Read more on Jewish Exponent

Curtailing prescription drug abuse
Curtis had worked with recovering addicts for years. It was a passion she'd developed while working for the local housing authority. "I kept hearing about people who were in treatment, or had substance-abuse disorder issues, and were at risk of being … Read more on The Idaho Statesman

Top 7 Reasons I'm Buying Silver Now
The drugs of choice for governments—money printing, deficit spending, and nonstop debt increases—have proved too addictive for world leaders to break their habits. At this point, the US and other governments around the world have toked, snorted, and … Read more on SilverSeek.com