All Kids Want a Head Start
All Kids Want a Head Start. Without universal preschool, middle class families vie for the same early education treatment that those who live below the poverty line are afforded. In New York City, affluent parents sign up for pre-school while their … Read more on Daily Beast

R8 V10 Spyder Quattro S is a fresh-air supercar
All engines are available to power the Coupe, and all are FSI direct fuel-injected, outfitted with either a six-speed manual gearbox or a seven-speed S tronic dual clutch transmission with steering wheel-mounted paddle shifters and a Sport mode … Read more on San Francisco Chronicle

2014-02-14T00:00:00Z Bulletin Board Sioux City Journal
Dual Recovery Anonymous, 12-step peer support meeting, 4 to 5 p.m. Wednesdays at 625 Court St. Framework of recovery for those with addiction and emotional or psychiatric illness. …. For more information, call 712-737-5260. Family Support Group, 5 p … Read more on Sioux City Journal

Heart disease
During the past decade, our team of cardiovascular specialists at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center has been front and center in taking advantage of every advancement launched in the nation to aid in the treatment of heart patients in our service area … Read more on Hutchinson News

UFC Fighter Thiago Silva Held Over Gun Claim
The Florida gym where Silva is claimed to have made threats. Pic: NBC 6. According to official … It is reported that after testing positive for marijuana in 2012, Silva agreed to a six-month ban from the sport and went into drug rehab. :: Watch Sky … Read more on Sky News

SWAT team arrests martial arts fighter Silva after threats
MIAMI (Reuters) – Ultimate Fighting Championship veteran Thiago Silva was arrested after barricading himself in his south Florida townhouse following threats to kill his estranged wife and others at a local martial arts gym, police said on Friday. The … Read more on WTAQ

Matt Williams: Before the Washington Nationals, two jarring blows altered his path
During rehab, Williams bought $ 11,600 worth of human growth hormone, steroids and other drugs from a clinic in Palm Beach, Fla. In November 2007, the San Francisco Chronicle uncovered the purchase through business records. Later that year, Williams … Read more on Washington Post

Paula Poundstone readies her 'tiny jokes' for Frederick
Before spending time in rehab for alcohol abuse in the early 2000s, she found herself at a crossroads while living in San Francisco. Believing she was part of a cutting edge comedy scene, she now chuckles at memories of those younger days, when the … Read more on Frederick News Post (subscription)

SoDEL's Matt Haley to receive James Beard Humanitarian award
Haley will be honored May 5 at the James Beard Foundation Awards, a glitzy black-tie ceremony at New York's Lincoln Center honoring professionals in the food and beverage industries. Often called the “Oscars” of the culinary world, the ceremony is … Read more on Delmarva Now

Kids for Cash: Inside One of the Nation's Most Shocking Juvenile Justice Scandals
Today a special on "kids for cash," the shocking story of how thousands of children in Pennsylvania were jailed by two corrupt judges who received $ 2.6 million in kickbacks from the builders and owners of private prison facilities. ….. And the summer … Read more on Truth-Out

Marijuana vs. Alcohol Part II: Electric Boogaloo
The USA Today piece that quotes President Obama riled a few people up, and with good reason. This is a hot topic. … If you are an addict, a recovering addict or friends/family with an addict or a recovering addict, I believe you will really get a lot … Read more on ChicagoNow (blog)

4 Cruise Ship Ports That Suck
The town is a good hike away, past sketchy areas where drug use seems evident. And, on Sundays, almost everything is closed. Telling Quote: “We had high expectations of this historic island. After all, it was the site of the Mt. Pelee volcanic … Read more on Huffington Post

Nektar Therapeutics Is The Seattle Genetics Of San Francisco But It Could Be More
For those of you who haven't heard of Fovista, it's a very promising anti-platelet-derived growth factor (anti-PDGF) that plays well with both (anti-VEGF) age-related macular degeneration drugs currently gobbling up a collective $ 4B in annual sales … Read more on Seeking Alpha

Medi-Cal billed for treatment of non-qualified clients
But even as clinics are shut down, others are filling in, picking up some of the same mentally impaired residents for substance-abuse counseling they may not need or understand. Dilapidated sober-living houses and bed-bug-plagued homes for the elderly … Read more on San Francisco Chronicle

Mental help
The state plans to invest $ 1.5 million a year — $ 3 million over the biennium — in projects that link nonviolent offenders to local community-based behavioral care and addiction treatment. The first round of funding covers 12 … To pay for Community … Read more on Toledo Blade

Promises to kick drug habit are only empty words
What do you think I can do to encourage her to follow through with treatment? I miss my mother. … If your mother has been an addict since you were 6, your entire childhood has been spent taking care of her and raising yourself. I am truly sorry for that. Read more on Saukvalley

Friday's Sports Transactions
MLB — Suspended Baltimore LHP Troy Patton 25 games, without pay, after testing positive for an amphetamine in violation of Major League Baseball's Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. … for Carolina (Carolina); Mark Budzinski manager, Shaun … Read more on San Francisco Chronicle

Doctors struggle to treat synthetic drug overdoses
Before he entered rehab in Arizona last month, he regularly abused synthetic drugs. chris.jpg. Before he entered rehab in Arizona last month, Chris regularly abused synthetic drugs. CBS News. "Eight Ballz, K2, Spice," he says, listing the drugs he took. Read more on CBS News

Robots let doctors 'beam' into remote hospitals
Frisk, 60, who was flown into the hospital for treatment, said she was surprised when she first saw the robot, but quickly got used to the doctor's virtual presence. "You feel like he was right there," said Frisk, who lives near Merced. "Although I am … Read more on Waterbury Republican American

Involuntary commitment isn't as bad as you think
Another misconception that contributes to patients not receiving needed treatment is the belief that court orders for psychiatric treatment involves losing all civil liberties and becoming a ward of the state. Being placed on court-ordered treatment in … Read more on Arizona Republic