]> http://www.healthedia.com/tags/addiction Blog Articles Tagged with 'addiction' at http://www.healthedia.com en http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/autism-vox/924263?rsstype=tag&tag=addiction 1049 cases of measles have been reported in England and Wales so far this year, the highest number in 13 years and exceeding the number on 2007, when there were 990 case. Today s Guardian reports that health officials are seriously concerned about ... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/autism-vox/924263?rsstype=tag&tag=addiction Fri, 28 Nov 2008 12:31:22 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/addiction-and-recovery-news/924225?rsstype=tag&tag=addiction Happy Thanksgiving!Here are a few things I'm grateful for:Recovery - 18 years ago I was 4 weeks abstinent (not in recovery) and 1 week away from being coerced into a psych unit because my therapist was convinced I was going to kill myself in the comi... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/addiction-and-recovery-news/924225?rsstype=tag&tag=addiction Thu, 27 Nov 2008 11:10:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/addiction-and-recovery-news/924231?rsstype=tag&tag=addiction An important question in the new issue of Psychiatric Times:A diagnosis of MDD is warranted, according to DSM, when a patient has at least 5 of 9 specified symptoms for at least 2 weeks, and the 5 symptoms include either depressed mood or an inabilit... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/addiction-and-recovery-news/924231?rsstype=tag&tag=addiction Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:18:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/addiction-and-recovery-news/923790?rsstype=tag&tag=addiction Regarding the next drug czar:Our goal is to get someone who supports treatment, not incarceration; science, not religious moralizing; and civil liberties, not punitive policies. We're also going to do some legislative Judo, flip the agency's budget o... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/addiction-and-recovery-news/923790?rsstype=tag&tag=addiction Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:09:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/addiction-and-recovery-news/923791?rsstype=tag&tag=addiction Wired in has another great post that makes the case for addiction as a disease. ... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/addiction-and-recovery-news/923791?rsstype=tag&tag=addiction Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:37:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/baseline-of-health/924059?rsstype=tag&tag=addiction It seems logical that people who truly enjoy the taste of food would eat more of it, more often than those who don't enjoy eating as much -- and therefore, they would pile on more pounds. But in fact, new research out of the University of Oregon ... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/baseline-of-health/924059?rsstype=tag&tag=addiction Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:30:17 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/health-care-blog/923728?rsstype=tag&tag=addiction By Mitchell Katz Today is the Great American Smokeout, and while San Franciscans are doing their part to help people battle nicotine addiction, I became aware recently that not all the health insurance plans for our county workers in San...... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/health-care-blog/923728?rsstype=tag&tag=addiction Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:18:13 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/addiction-and-recovery-news/923794?rsstype=tag&tag=addiction AlterNet has an article on harm reduction in Vancouver.Vancouver has essentially become a gigantic field test, a 2 million-person laboratory for a set of tactics derived from a school of thought known as harm reduction. It's based on a simple premi... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/addiction-and-recovery-news/923794?rsstype=tag&tag=addiction Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:49:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/clinical-trials/923742?rsstype=tag&tag=addiction First, for those who don't know what a Confidentiality Certificate is (and if you didn't, why would you be reading this?), let me just briefly explain. A Confidentiality Certificate is issued by the federal government to researchers who ask for it an... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/clinical-trials/923742?rsstype=tag&tag=addiction Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:35:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/addiction-and-recovery-news/923580?rsstype=tag&tag=addiction Martin Nicolaus caught my attention a month ago when he made some bold statements about the genetics of addiction:Modern genetic research has wiped away any basis for the idea that alcoholism is a genetically transmitted disease. The most that can ... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/addiction-and-recovery-news/923580?rsstype=tag&tag=addiction Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:21:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/limes-lycopene/923435?rsstype=tag&tag=addiction Today Limes & Lycopene has a mention in the Real (Food) Handbook found in the Sydney Morning Herald. If you re new to the site, welcome. My name is Kathryn Elliott, I m a nutritionist in Sydney. On Limes & Lycopene I provide information, resou... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/limes-lycopene/923435?rsstype=tag&tag=addiction Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:37:29 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/kevin-md-medical-weblog/923422?rsstype=tag&tag=addiction Here's a story of a Korean woman who injected cooking oil in her face, because she ran out of silicone her doctor gave to use at home.The scary thing is, plastic surgeons Stateside aren't surprised with the obsession surrounding plastic surgery, as m... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/kevin-md-medical-weblog/923422?rsstype=tag&tag=addiction Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:00:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/kevin-md-medical-weblog/923028?rsstype=tag&tag=addiction Think doctors here have it tough? More details are emerging from last week's story of the Egyptian doctor who prescribed narcotics to a Saudi princess:Raouf Amin el-Arabi, a doctor who has been serving the Saudi royal family for about 20 years, was ... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/kevin-md-medical-weblog/923028?rsstype=tag&tag=addiction Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:00:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/922813?rsstype=tag&tag=addiction The Chinese government, in something right of George Orwell s 1984 has declared that Internet addiction is indeed a disorder (despite there being no agreement amongst researchers what constitutes the disorder). Why was that important? Why, so... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/922813?rsstype=tag&tag=addiction Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:48:17 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/922786?rsstype=tag&tag=addiction For Steve Owens, 30 days in a drug-treatment program wasn t enough.Getty Images They would clean me up and I would start to get back on my feet again, mentally, physically and spiritually, Owens told the Los Angeles Times. Then I would get ... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/922786?rsstype=tag&tag=addiction Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:43:45 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/addiction-and-recovery-news/922645?rsstype=tag&tag=addiction The new issue of Addiction has a provocative editorial on mandated treatment. It's an issue that I'm very interested in and posted about recently.The writer makes the case that autonomy is usurped by addiction, making it ethically justifiable to coer... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/addiction-and-recovery-news/922645?rsstype=tag&tag=addiction Sat, 08 Nov 2008 20:42:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/disease-proof/922615?rsstype=tag&tag=addiction This is an excerpt from Dr. Fuhrman s book Eat For Health.Once you understand why salt must be dramatically lowered in your diet, you may still be questioning how you will do it without eating bland food every day. Part of the answer is that you wo... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/disease-proof/922615?rsstype=tag&tag=addiction Sat, 08 Nov 2008 08:50:33 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/addiction-and-recovery-news/922245?rsstype=tag&tag=addiction Robert's story:Long-time addict Robert Vincent says he's living proof that getting free, daily heroin can improve the quality of a drug user's life, possibly steering him closer to recovery. I wasn't waking up in the middle of the night worrying wher... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/addiction-and-recovery-news/922245?rsstype=tag&tag=addiction Wed, 05 Nov 2008 09:19:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/addiction-and-recovery-news/922182?rsstype=tag&tag=addiction Fox is winning the race to render the term addiction meaningless. ... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/addiction-and-recovery-news/922182?rsstype=tag&tag=addiction Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:32:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/922158?rsstype=tag&tag=addiction My favorite quote of the week from a spokesperson for the American Psychological Association (APA): Taken together, these things often lead to more stress in women, because they just have more things to be stressed about. Wow, a deep insight th... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/922158?rsstype=tag&tag=addiction Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:16:19 -0500