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Sabrina Heard, HIV-Positive Community Health Worker, Reveals What HIV …

Sabrina Heard, HIV-Positive Community Health Worker, Reveals What HIV …

Filed under: drug treatment news 2012

In its now 31-year history, HIV has never faced the kind of threats to its existence as it has in 2012. From groundbreaking antiretroviral drugs to an at-home screening test, HIV prevention, treatment and… Continue reading →

Cadence Pharmaceuticals Investor/Analyst Day Highlights Strong Ofirmev …

Cadence Pharmaceuticals Investor/Analyst Day Highlights Strong Ofirmev …

Filed under: drug treatment news 2011

The drug was launched in early 2011, and thus far, the product has already demonstrated exceptional formulary adoption in hospitals, consistent sales growth, and climbing reorder rates; analysts expect sales of $ 49M in 2012, up… Continue reading →

A Sharp Problem

A Sharp Problem

Filed under: drug treatment news 2011

-336 people were admitted for treatment for methamphetamine use in Santa Cruz County in 2010/2011, according to the California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs. This figure was 775 in 2006/2007; decreased funding for treatment may have …
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Life for Ex-Para Drug Addict Who Beat His Gran to Death

Life for ex-para drug addict who beat his gran to death

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At first he lived with his mother but the court was told she threw the drug addict out after he stole from her home. The court heard how she had tried to phone her… Continue reading →

Judge Grants Intervention to Bucyrus Man

Judge grants intervention to Bucyrus man

Filed under: drug treatment news 2011

That plea was withheld until he successfully completes a two-year intervention and treatment program. If he fails to complete the program, he then … She pleaded guilty to a Felony-5 drug possession charge in June 2011. Cains tested… Continue reading →

If a Leader Advocates, Peace Why Do We Name Warships After Them?

Question by pompanopete0: If a Leader advocates, Peace why do we name Warships after them?
I wonder how Princess Diana or Pope JP or Gandhi etc., would feel about having a vessel of War named to “honor?” them.

PEACE; a word we don’t hear much anymore, just war and… Continue reading →

Impact on Children Part 1: Genetics of Sex Addiction

Impact on Children Part 1: Genetics of Sex Addiction

Filed under: drug addiction news 2008

Researchers have been investigating the genetic factors in drug and alcohol addiction for many years using identical twins vs. non-identical twins. It is reported that approximately 50% of the predisposition to addiction was accounted for… Continue reading →

AIDS Activists, Survivors Hold Vigil in Downtown Pittsfield

AIDS activists, survivors hold vigil in downtown Pittsfield

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One instance of unprotected sex or sharing intravenous drugs, when safety and caution are replaced by heat-of-the-moment reprieve and gratification — that's all it takes. Nobody knows this better than four Pittsfield … Protecting their… Continue reading →

Human Stool Treatment Upends Race to Treat Colon Germ

Human stool treatment upends race to treat colon germ

Filed under: drug treatment news 2012

That compared with 25 percent of those receiving only standard therapy. Merck's drug works by disabling two toxins released by C. difficile that wreak havoc in the colon, and is meant to be taken alongside… Continue reading →

Feds Probe FedEx, UPS Over Online Drug Shipments

Feds probe FedEx, UPS over online drug shipments

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Online pharmacies have been at the center of an international crackdown on prescription drug abuse. A federal jury … Tracy St. George, a South Florida DJ for WRMF, delivers the hottest celebrity news weekly on CBS12's Trending… Continue reading →