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February 03, 2009
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Hitting Rock Bottom
By Terry Matlen, ACSW , Health Expert...depression because she can't keep up with her young children and her home and balancing it all... Read more »
The Tragic Death of Rebecca Riley
By Deborah Gray , Health Expert...drug that is apparently used “off-label” to calm children. Off-label means that the drug is... Read more »
FDA Orders Halt to Production of Unapproved Painkillers – Gives One a Reprieve
By Karen Lee Richards , Health ExpertLast week the FDA gave nine pharmaceutical manufacturers 60 days to stop making unapproved... Read more »
Tanning dependence: Is your college student majoring in "tanorexia?"
By healthgal , Health Expert...to have similarities, clinically, to alcohol and drug abuse. Another outcome of the study was... Read more »
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ADHD and Substance Abuse
...judgment, perception, attention and physical control. According to the 1996 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, 10% of all Americans abuse alcohol. In addition, a study showed that of... Read more »ADHD and High Risk Behavior
...high. Some individuals that require high stimulus or high-risk activities might be at risk for drug abuse or alcoholism. An article at Born to Explore indicates that 40% of adolescents with... Read more »Viral Hepatitis
...are exposed to blood in their occupation (e.g., hospital employees, paramedics, etc.), intravenous drug abusers, people who have had blood transfusions, and anyone who is sexually active should be... Read more »Depression: Suicide and Complications
...lost time is estimated to cost the country billions of dollars each year.Substance AbuseAlcohol and Drug Abuse. About 14% of people with major depression also have an alcohol use disorder and 5%... Read more »Colds and the Flu: Complications
...conditions, such as diabetes, heart, circulation, or lung disorders, particularly chronic lung diseaseDrug abusers who use needlesCombinations of these factors further increase the risk. It should... Read more »Images
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