The Man Behind the Face
“Suddenly people got addicted to filling every crack and crevice they saw in their magnification mirrors,” said Peter Kopelson, a prominent Beverly Hills dermatologist. “The end point got stretched to the extent …. While the hundreds of patients …
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Cherry Hill's Humble Beginnings will serve adult addicts in recovery
Interested in what he called a holistic approach to therapy, Lubowitz also plans to introduce yoga groups. New Jersey had 375 treatment facilities and served 33,513 patients in 2012, according to the National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment …
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Fighting addiction? There's an app for that
It's not the only one of its kind, but developer Andrew Isham said it is one of the most holistic on the market. “It's designed to … Those who treat addiction patients can access certain information, like public messages and discussions and regular …
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Watch: In taking on its heroin crisis, Vermont shoots itself in the foot
She chose not to take the replacement drugs usually recommended after rehab. “It's replacing one addiction with another,” she said. Now, clean for 16 months, Kimberly is advocating Vermont lawmakers to increase funding for long-term treatment. “You …
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Billionaires With Big Ideas Are Privatizing American Science
They have mounted a private war on disease, with new protocols that break down walls between academia and industry to turn basic discoveries into effective treatments. They have rekindled traditions of scientific exploration by financing hunts …
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Henry on D-League rehab assignment
Los Angeles Lakers guard Xavier Henry will play with the Lakers' D-League affiliate, the L.A. D-Fenders, in a road game against the Texas Legends on Thursday, according to the team. It is a rehabilitation assignment for Henry, who has been sidelined …
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Chris Brown ordered to stay in rehab another two months
LOS ANGELES (CNN) — The good news for Chris Brown is a luxury rehab center in Malibu is better than the men's central jail in Los Angeles. The bad news is a Los Angeles judge ordered Brown to stay another two months in the anger management and …
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Television|The Next Step Is Just Showing Up
Unreliability is Ms. Lohan's strongest personality trait, and she is true to character on this show, which was filmed last summer after she completed a 90-day rehab treatment and moved from Los Angeles to New York. (There will be eight episodes this …
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Republican's Tax Plan Awkwardly Aims at Rich
Furthermore, everyone who has taken advantage of the “carried interest” tax dodge that lets private equity partners treat their pay as capital gains would lose it. … Municipal bond interest can be taxed at a 10 percent rate, but there is no extra tax …
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Lindsay Lohan Her Reality Show A Comeback or a Backlash
During the late 2000s she was in and out of rehabilitation centers and in trouble with the law for various DUI and drug possession charges. Coupled with her substance abuse and legal troubles she was involved in some very high-profile relationships …
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Alcohol Tied to Campus Domestic Violence – Pot, Not So Much
“Our findings suggest that dating violence prevention and intervention programs should target reduction in alcohol use, but surprisingly, most of these programs largely ignore alcohol use,” said Ryan Shorey, a psychology doctoral student. Stuart noted …
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Alcohol-exposed babies: Why prevention is not as easy as 'just don't drink'
Fetal alcohol syndrome, first discovered in 1968, was given the label by which it continues to be known more than 40 years ago. With the label came studies, warnings, interventions and tracking programs. Professionals busied themselves quantifying and …
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When Even the Starting Line Is Out of Reach
We need an integrated set of early interventions, starting with family planning to help women and girls avoid unwanted pregnancy (four out of five births to teenagers are unplanned or unwanted). We need outreach efforts to help pregnant women curb use …
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German Skier, Italian Bobsledder Fail Doping Tests
A German skier and Italian bobsledder have been kicked out of the Sochi Games after testing positive for banned substances, according to their countries' Olympic Committees. Germany's Evi … And insulin-like growth factor (IGF) and human growth …
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King of Cool
6, 1951, Burroughs, a keen marksman, shot and killed his common-law wife, Joan, in a drunken game of William Tell. Burroughs never deceived Joan; she knew he preferred the “real … Delicate, funny and uncannily intelligent, Joan was also an alcoholic …
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Heroin Epidemic: Man's suspected overdose death shines light on treatment …
Wirtz's plunge into addiction, rise into recovery, fall into relapse and slip into death follow a sickeningly familiar path for those who know heroin's power, and it raises questions about the availability and complications of long-term addiction …
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