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U.S. face of drug abuse grows older

MSNBC - BOSTON - When Patrick Gallagher first began nodding off at dinner, his family thought it was a symptom of old age. Their fears grew as it worsened. Withdrawing from the world at age 64, Gallagher was addicted to a cocktail of alcohol and prescription ...

Harrison fights depression and alcoholism in Priory (The Scotsman)

SCOTT Harrison, the world champion boxer, was admitted to the Priory Hospital in Glasgow to undergo treatment for depression and alcoholism yesterday after owning up to his problems for the first time, his manager said.

Boxing: Harrison to be treated for depression (Guardian Unlimited)

Boxing: World featherweight champion Scott Harrison is to be treated for depression and alcohol dependency.

Panic Attacks Can Be Life-Altering Experience For Some

WRAL - RALEIGH, N.C. -- For some people, the anxiousness they feel can trigger a panic attack, which could lead to isolation and depression. The WRAL Health Team met some people who are learning the way to beat fear is to face it. Jackson Miller and ...

My Turn: I Was Scared That I Might Hurt My Baby

MSNBC - June 7 issue - Those first few weeks after I brought my son home, I should have known something was wrong. I remembered reading about the "baby blues" in all the pregnancy books, but they made it seem like no big deal, so I paid little attention ...

Military Vets Wage War Against Obesity

Associated Press - COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- Vietnam veteran Abdul Baseer-El survived a rocket attack in Da Nang in the '60s. Today he is fighting a new enemy: obesity. The 57-year-old former Marine has worked hard to lose 100 pounds with the help of doctors at a Veterans ...

MS Depression: Clue To Better Treatment

Post Chronicle - PHILADELPHIA, May 17, 2006 (UPI) -- U.S. neuropsychologists say depression increases in some patients with multiple sclerosis, and that finding might help in better treatment strategies. "Depressed mood in patients with multiple sclerosis changes ...

Study Suggests Botox May Lift Depression

FOX News - It is a treatment that brings new meaning to the phrase, "When you look good, you feel good." Researchers say depressed female patients in a small, pilot study showed dramatic improvement when given Botox injections, with nine out of 10 no longer ...

Featherweight champion Harrison admitted to treatment center

ABC Action News - LONDON - WBO featherweight champion Scott Harrison has been admitted to a rehabilitation clinic following his second arrest in a month. Harrison, who withdrew from his title defense against Gairy St. Clair on Tuesday, will be treated for depression ...

Science And Technology / Human Science / Psychology

Science Daily - MS depression: clue to better treatment (8 minutes ago) -- U.S. neuropsychologists say depression increases in some patients with multiple sclerosis, and that finding might help in better treatment ... > full story Helping hands: Are two better than ...

Harrison goes for treatment (Daily Mail)

Troubled Scott Harrison has checked into the Priory Hospital to seek treatment for depression and alcohol problems.

Acute Vs. Chronic Insomnia Category: SOFTPEDIA NEWS :: Health

Softpedia - There are two types of insomnia: primary insomnia and secondary insomnia. Primary insomnia means that a person is having sleep problems that are not directly associated with any other health condition or problem. Secondary insomnia means that a ...

Featherweight boxing champion Scott Harrison admitted to treatment ...

680 News - GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) - Featherweight boxing champion Scott Harrison has been admitted to a rehabilitation clinic following his second arrest in a month. Harrison, who withdrew Tuesday from this weekend's scheduled WBO featherweight title defence ...

America's elderly face growing drug addiction problem

Boston Online - BOSTON (Reuters) - When Patrick Gallagher first began nodding off at dinner, his family thought it was a symptom of old age. Their fears grew as it worsened. Withdrawing from the world at age 64, Gallagher was addicted to a cocktail of alcohol and ...

Bryce Syverson: Segment 1

Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel - Dr. Frank M. Ochberg, a clinical professor of psychiatry at Michigan State and a founding board member of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, said he would not want anyone who has "chronic" PTSD - symptoms lasting longer than ...

Caregivers may contribute to Alzheimer's symptoms (Reuters)

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Symptoms like hallucinations, wandering and paranoia in Alzheimer's patients are more likely to occur if their caregivers are younger, less educated, more heavily burdened or more depressed, a new study shows.

Harrison to receive alcohol, depression treatment

CBS Sportsline - LONDON -- WBO featherweight champion Scott Harrison has been admitted to a rehabilitation clinic following his second arrest in a month. Harrison, who withdrew from his title defense against Gairy St. Clair on Tuesday, will be treated for depression ...

Depression in MS patients clue to better treatment

EurekAlert - Depression increases in some patients with multiple sclerosis over time, according to neuropsychologists, and this research finding could help reduce depression in patients and aid in better treatment strategies. "Depressed mood in patients with ...

Helen Branswell, Canadian Press

National Post - TORONTO (CP) - Is it possible to Botox away major depression by immobilizing the forehead muscles that control frowning? An American derma-surgeon who is trying to patent Botox as a treatment for depression reports that freezing the frown did appear ...

Bryce Syverson: Segment 1

Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel - Mental health experts said that while some troops who suffer from PTSD symptoms may be able to return to the front lines, there is no evidence to suggest that re-exposure to trauma is in any way therapeutic. "Anybody who says it's a form of therapy ...

Reviving an ancient art

Ukiah Daily Journal - Kate Nachtwey performs Jin Shin Jyutsu, a form of Japanese healing, on Merigold Klein, who had suffered from reoccurring partial paralysis in her legs, requiring her to carry around crutches. After starting treatment with Jin Shin Jyutsu, Klein said ...

For Kennedy, a mix of blessing, burden

Detroit News - WASHINGTON -- Patrick Kennedy was keeping an uncomfortable secret. Rep. Kennedy, D-R.I., scion of America's most loved and hated Democratic clan, has been a passionate advocate for ending the stigma of mental illness; he told voters years ago of his ...

America's elderly face growing drug addiction problem

Reuters - BOSTON (Reuters) - When Patrick Gallagher first began nodding off at dinner, his family thought it was a symptom of old age. Their fears grew as it worsened. Withdrawing from the world at age 64, Gallagher was addicted to a cocktail of alcohol and ...

Board: Counselor destroyed files

Des Moines Register - The former leader of Drake University's counseling center destroyed medical records after being accused of mismanaging the case of a student who committed suicide, state regulators say. Psychologist Thomas Peterson has agreed to take 12 hours of ...

HARRISON GOES FOR TREATMENT (Sporting Life)

Troubled Scott Harrison has checked into the Priory Hospital to seek treatment for depression and alcohol problems. The WBO featherweight champion yesterday withdrew from a title defence against Gairy St Clair on Saturday.

ITV Boxing - Harrison goes for treatment (ITV.com)

Harrison: Checked into the Priory. Troubled Scott Harrison has checked into the Priory Hospital to seek treatment for depression and alcohol problems.

BOXING: Harrison goes for treatment (u.tv)

Scott Harrison has checked into the Priory Hospital to seek treatment for depression and alcohol problems. The WBO featherweight champion yesterday withdrew from a title defence against Gairy St Clair on Saturday.

Harrison seeks treatment at Priory (Guardian Unlimited)

Boxing: Troubled Scott Harrison has checked in to take on his depression and alcohol problems.

Troubled fighter checks into The Priory (ITN via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

WBO featherweight champion Scott Harrison has checked into the Priory Hospital to seek treatment for depression and alcohol problems.

Featherweight champion Harrison admitted to treatment center

ESPN.com - LONDON -- WBO featherweight champion Scott Harrison has been admitted to a rehabilitation clinic following his second arrest in a month. Harrison, who withdrew from his title defense against Gairy St. Clair on Tuesday, will be treated for depression ...

Harrison Goes For Treatment (Sporting Life via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Sport)

Scott Harrison has checked into the Priory to seek treatment for depression and alcohol problems.

Boxer Harrison gets help for depression (Daily Mail)

Boxing: Troubled boxing champion Scott Harrison has checked into the Priory Hospital to seek treatment for depression and alcohol problems

Harrison goes for treatment (Evening Standard)

Troubled Scott Harrison has checked into the Priory Hospital to seek treatment for depression and alcohol problems. The WBO featherweight champion withdrew from a title defence against Gairy St Clair on Saturday.

SAD 34 superintendent breaks his silence

Bar Harbor Times - BELFAST - SAD 34 Superintendent M. Robbins Young said this week he was scolded by the school board's attorney for visiting the central office April 13 and that the board has been preventing him from returning to work. Young granted The Republican ...

Paging Dr. Freud ... the psyche's once-towering titan, born 150 years ...

San Francisco Gate - He was wrong, it now seems, about almost everything -- infant sexuality, penis envy, the psychology of women, the purported cures of his patients, maybe even the Oedipus complex. And as if all of those failings by Sigmund Freud himself weren't enough ...

Iraqi war veteran returns to Iowa and begins biggest battle of his ...

Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier - WAVERLY --- Hope. That is about all Chris Nolan holds onto these days. Hope sometime soon he will get a good night's sleep. That he will be able to work and support his family again, be able to drive a car farther than across town. Hope his attention ...

Treatment Center Settles Lawsuit Over Boy's Suicide

Boston Channel - CHARLESTON, W. Va. -- A wilderness treatment center has agreed to pay $1.2 million and admit responsibility to settle a lawsuit filed by the parents of a Massachusetts teenager who killed himself while in its care, the parents' lawyers said Tuesday ...

Councilman faces charges in bar incident

Daytona Beach News-Journal - DEBARY -- County Councilman Bill Long's tumultuous private life emerged again into public view Tuesday when deputies arrested him on charges of domestic violence. Past history Volusia County Council-man Bill Long's arrest on charges of domestic ...

Eileen Ambrose

Baltimore Sun - This is when thieves use your name or insurance information to get medical treatment. Or, they might use it to buy prescription drugs or get reimbursed by insurance companies for services you never received. That's not the worst of it. False entries ...

Pharmacist outraged at price of drugs

Hampton Roads Daily Press - Q: As a pharmacist, I feel so discouraged about the unreasonable prices of prescription medicines. I used to get excited about new drugs, but now I only feel disgust. I know that the cost will be far too much for most consumers. We always hear that ...

Intimate Partner Violence - The Hidden Burden Is Common (Medical News Today)

There is a chronic condition that as many as 44% of women have experienced. It adversely affects their physical and mental health. Screening for it is inadequate, and interventions are unclear. [click link for full article]

A Core of Despair, a Shadow of Nemesis

New York Times - I don't think I will ever eat Greek pastry again without thinking of Mr. Z., or of his wife's expression as the nurse and I left Mr. Z.'s house for the last time. He was not a complainer, and even during his final days, Mr. Z. seemed grateful to the ...

Step back in time: History lives on at homestead in North Hills

Missoulian - Caretakers Russell Johnston and Caitlin DeSilvey take a break from the heat and the day's work in the apple orchard located at the Moon-Randolph Homestead in the North Hills. Forty trees remain of the original 100 planted in 1890, and the orchard ...

When Linda Wissing began counseling alcoholics in the late 1970s, a ...

La Crosse Tribune - “They kept coming back and were not improving,” Wissing said, adding, “We lost some to suicide. “I was impressed with their sincerity and pain, and they were trying to change their quality of life,” she said. “They felt like failures ...

ABC puts colleges in prime time; Kobe to join Barkley on TNT set

USA Today - For the first time since NBC's ugly XFL experiment in 2001, a broadcaster will see if regular prime-time football can grab viewers on TV's least-watched night. Starting with Notre Dame-Georgia Tech on Sept. 2, ABC will air marquee college football ...

Women Get Drunk, High and Addicted Easier Than Men

LiveScience.com - Snake oil salesmen used to prey on women with their "medicinal" tonics packing 40-proof alcohol. Mick Jagger sang of "mother's little helper." A woman's addiction to alcohol, pills and other narcotics has long been a wink-wink topic—one that ...

Orthomolecular Medicine - Dynamic Old Friend, Still True

Canada Free Press - According to Rosalie Moscoe, RCNP, President of Toronto based Harmony Health, "There’s a buzz in the air; times are-a-changing; this is the best one yet". That was the underlying feeling of most attendees at the 35 th Annual Conference - Nutritional ...

Iraqi war veteran returns to Iowa and begins biggest battle of his ...

Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier - WAVERLY --- Hope. That is about all Chris Nolan holds onto these days. Hope sometime soon he will get a good night's sleep. That he will be able to work and support his family again, be able to drive a car farther than across town. Hope his attention ...

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