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AbstractTennessee Wants to Replace Methadone Maintenance With DetoxificationWis. Women and Children's Center Works to Keep all Care In‐HouseWhy Patient Advocacy Movement is Muted for AddictionIntegrating Three Interventions for Dual‐Diagnosis PatientsMichael Botticelli Nominated to Number Two Post at ONDCPBriefly NotedIn the StatesComing up (Source: Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Weekly)

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Author Jane Velez-Mitchell on steps an alcoholic or drug addict must take to avoid relapsing (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)

The majority of people's problems are caused by the fact that they are disconnected with the rest of creation. (C.S. Lewis) We came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. We made a decision to turn out will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him. (Steps 2 and 3 of the 12 Steps of AA)read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)

The Ohio Department of Health has awarded two grants worth a combined $65,000 to the Alcohol, Drug Addiction & Mental Health Services Board for Montgomery County. One grant, worth $40,000, will go toward programs for mental health consultation, assessments and treatment of children from birth to 5 years old who are at risk of removal from their custodial home, are victims of abuse or neglect or are entering foster care. Those dollars also can be used to help educate biological and foster parents of children in the welfare system... (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

When I first saw this book “What’s My Zip Code?” by David Stringer, it was in download format and I wondered what exactly it would be about because it seemed like an odd title to me.  After reading the book I feel as though the title is very fitting. I’ve now seen the cover and how telling even that is!  The picture of a forlorn young man standing at a rundown “campsite” is exactly as the reader will feel about the main character. David Stringer has a well-written account  of how a family member can feel about their mentally ill, substance-abusing sibling and son.  In his first-person memoir the reader can’t help but empathize with David and his family but also feel strong emotions for David’s brother John who is riddled with problems. ...

Nicotine changes the way genes are expressed, which may prime the brain for addiction.read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)

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The show includes how corals respond to climate change, inherited factors for drug addiction, 2011 Visualization Challenge winners, and more. (Source: Science: Current Issue)

A neurological marker of addiction vulnerability occurs in sibling pairs who do not take drugs.Authors: Karen D. Ersche, P. Simon Jones, Guy B. Williams, Abigail J Turton, Trevor W. Robbins, Edward T. Bullmore (Source: Science: Current Issue)

How medicine, sports and society are trying to heal and protect the brains of millions amidst the growing awareness of the long-lasting effects of traumatic head injury [More] (Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed)

People are more likely to give in to urge to tweet or check email than other cravings, say US researchersTweeting or checking emails may be harder to resist than cigarettes and alcohol, according to researchers who tried to measure how well people could resist their desires.They even claim that while sleep and sex may be stronger urges, people are more likely to give in to longings or cravings to use social and other media.A team headed by Wilhelm Hofmann of Chicago University's Booth Business School say their experiment, using BlackBerrys, to gauge the willpower of 205 people aged between 18 and 85 in and around the German city of Würtzburg is the first to monitor such responses "in the wild" outside a laboratory.The results will soon be published in the journal Psychological Science.The...

A study of cocaine addicts finds that they have abnormalities in areas of the brain involved in self-control. And these abnormalities appear to predate any drug abuse.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us (Source: NPR Health and Science)

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(University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston) At a symposium sponsored by the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and scheduled for Feb. 7-9, an international group of researchers will discuss development of vaccines for addiction, cancer, chronic infectious diseases and neurodegenerative diseases. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)

(SAGE Publications) A new editorial released this week offers clarity and structure on confusing drug and alcohol addiction terminology for prescribers, users and regulators. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)

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A study conducted by Dr. Karen Ersche, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, England, and published in Science, reveals that one sibling who is addicted to drugs, and the other who is not, have similar brain abnormalities. These abnormalities come from an area of the brain that is vital for aiding people in exhibiting self control. This research will help people understand why it is more likely, for people who have a history of drug abuse in their families, to actually develop the addiction, than those without any family history of drug addiction or abuse... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

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Abnormalities in the brain may make some people more likely to become drug addicts, according to scientists at the University of Cambridge. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)

LONDON (Reuters) - Drug addicts and their non-addicted siblings share certain features in the brain, suggesting a susceptibility to addiction is inherited but is also a flaw that can be overcome, scientists said on Thursday. (Source: Reuters: Health)

Drug addicts and their non-addicted siblings share certain features in the brain, suggesting a susceptibility to addiction is inherited but is also a flaw that can be overcome, scientists said on Thursday.Source: Reuters Health Related MedlinePlus Pages: Drug Abuse, Family History (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)

Abnormalities in the brain may make some people more likely to become drug addicts, according to scientists. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)