Etiquette lessons for inbox addicts

By BLYTHE BERNHARD
From: www.bradenton.com

N is for Neuroscience

Nicole de Ayora approaches Professor Aaron Ettenberg with a few questions about neuroscience, and following a minor tiff over protocol, the two have a lovely emailed conversation about the drug habits of runway model rats.
From: www.independent.com

Bradford planned to take money and run

AKRON, Ohio - Donna Moonda wept, her body shaking in heaving sobs, as her one-time lover Damian Bradford admitted Monday that once the two were flush in the wealth of her murdered husband, he had planned to leave her.
From: www.timesonline.com

Painkiller Abuse Continues to Grow; New Treatments Offer Hope

Increasingly, drug abusers are getting their next fix from their medicine cabinets, instead of from drug dealers. New medications used to treat painkiller abuse and novel therapies offer hope for people struggling with painkiller abuse.
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TheraQuest Announces New Appointments to Its Scientific Advisory Board

TheraQuest Biosciences, a development stage pain management company today announced the appointment of Drs. Cynthia McCormick and Nathaniel Katz to its Scientific Advisory Board.
From: biz.yahoo.com

Addiction center the focus of meeting

HUNTINGTON -- She can see it already.
From: www.herald-dispatch.com

AMA may identify excessive video game play as addiction

CHICAGO ? An American Medical Assn. committee meeting in Chicago to consider its future public health agenda asked its policymaking body Sunday to determine whether to support adding video game addiction to a key handbook on mental illness.
From: www.latimes.com

AMA debates policy on video game addiction

A committee of the American Medical Association meeting in Chicago to consider its future legislative and public health agenda has asked its House of Delegates to determine whether to back a policy that would put video game addiction in a widely used handbook on mental illness.
From: www.chicagotribune.com

Invisible Epidemic Of Pensioner Drug Users

An "invisible epidemic" of pensioners who misuse drugs is being ignored by mental health services, despite the fact that treatments work just as well for the over sixties, as for younger people. The older drug user is a far cry from the tabloid myth of the granny selling spare tranquillisers to young addicts to make a bit of extra cash. [click link for full article]
From: www.medicalnewstoday.com

Homebody beautiful

MANILA, Philippines -- Corporate women go nuts when they don?t have their Blackberry or Personal Digital Assistant to monitor work. I go crazy when I have no new products to road-test. Beauty is not a job for me; it?s really gone way past a calling and crossed over to an addiction.
From: showbizandstyle.inquirer.net

Pain medicine and addiction

Dear Dr. Donohue: I have had two back surgeries. Since before my first surgery, I have been in nonstop pain and have had numerous treatments -- physical therapy, ultrasound, aquatic therapy, nerves numbed and steroid injections into the spine. None has been successful.
From: www.detnews.com

Chronic pain sufferer fears addiction and social stigma

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I have had two back surgeries. Since before my first surgery, I have been in nonstop pain and have had numerous treatments ? physical therapy, ultrasound, aquatic therapy, nerves numbed and steroid injections into the spine. None...
From: www.southcoasttoday.com

Taking sides between competing Kennedy mental health bills

In a quest to overhaul mental health insurance as "a huge legacy for my dad," the son of the late Sen. Paul Wellstone is teaming with the son of Sen. Edward Kennedy -- though the elder Kennedy has a different proposal in mind.
From: www.boston.com

Wellstone son presses mental health bill

In a quest to overhaul mental health insurance as "a huge legacy for my dad," the son of the late Sen. Paul Wellstone is teaming with the son of Sen. Edward Kennedy ? though the elder Kennedy has a different proposal in mind.
From: news.yahoo.com

NIDA Study Suggests Crystal Methamphetamine Use in Young Adults Higher than Previously Reported

Crystal methamphetamine use among young adults in the United States is considerably higher than previous surveys indicate, according to new research funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The study, published in the July issue of the journal Addiction , found 2.8 percent of young adults (ages 18-26) reported use of crystal ...
From: www.nih.gov

NIDA Study Suggests Crystal Methamphetamine Use In Young Adults Higher Than Previously Reported, USA

Crystal methamphetamine use among young adults in the United States is considerably higher than previous surveys indicate, according to new research funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The study, published in the July issue of the journal Addiction, found 2. [click link for full article]
From: www.medicalnewstoday.com

Hope riding on NY marijuana bill

For several years, Cedarhurst resident Sherri Greene has suffered from fibromyalgia, an arthritis-related condition that causes debilitating pain throughout her arms and legs.
From: www.newsday.com

Sanofi Can Blame Itself for FDA Rejection of Acomplia Weight Drug

Steven T. Gold submits: Rimonabant/Acomplia by Sanofi-Aventis was touted as a blockbuster drug in the obviously lucrative market sector of obesity. Diet and exercise have generally been shown to fail and dieting may actually make obesity more difficult to reverse.
From: biz.yahoo.com

MayoClinic.com Offers Online Alcohol Self-Assessment Tool

New online feature provides users with information related to alcohol drinking habits.
From: news.yahoo.com

Smart Mice: Web Extra Video

Researcher James Bibb and his team were on a mission to learn more about the role of the gene Cdk5 in brain function. When they turned off this gene in mice, they expected deficiencies to appear. Instead, the mice showed increased flexibility in learning.
From: www.sciencentral.com

Neurotechnology Industry Report Says Revenues Grew 10% to $120.5 Billion

DUBLIN, Ireland----Research and Markets has announced the addition of "The Neurotechnology Industry 2007 Report: Drugs, Devices and Diagnostics for the Brain and Nervous System" published by NeuroInsights to their offering.
From: biz.yahoo.com

Neurotechnology Industry Report Says Revenues Grew 10% to $120.5 Billion

DUBLIN, Ireland----Research and Markets has announced the addition of "The Neurotechnology Industry 2007 Report: Drugs, Devices and Diagnostics for the Brain and Nervous System" published by NeuroInsights to their offering.
From: biz.yahoo.com

Neurotechnology Industry Report Says Revenues Grew 10% to $120.5 Billion

DUBLIN, Ireland----Research and Markets has announced the addition of "The Neurotechnology Industry 2007 Report: Drugs, Devices and Diagnostics for the Brain and Nervous System" published by NeuroInsights to their offering.
From: biz.yahoo.com

Graduates pursue healthy ambitions

Tai Sophia Institute awards degrees in the healing arts The graduation ceremony was a little out of the ordinary.
From: www.baltimoresun.com

Movie tackles questions of addiction

More than 22,000 people in Arizona underwent treatment for drug addiction in 2005. But thousand more had no help. A film to be shown in Mesa hopes to help them out.
From: www.azcentral.com

Nigeria: Tobacco - Why the Smoke Billows Higher

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Nigeria: Tobacco - Why the Smoke Billows Higher

allAfrica: African news and information for a global audience
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Treating e-mail addiction with etiquette

One writer argues that improving e-mail manners makes more sense than trying to cure compulsions.
From: www.ocregister.com

Treating e-mail addiction with etiquette

One writer argues that improving e-mail manners makes more sense than trying to cure compulsions.
From: www.ocregister.com

Brain Mapping and Genetic Markers Used as Diagnostic Tools for Mental and Neurological Disorders

ALBQUERQUE, N.M.----The Mind Research Network today announced a new approach for the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness and neurological disorders. The integration of multi-modal neuroimaging, genetic mapping, and psychopharmacology may revolutionize how mental disorders are diagnosed.
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Lindsay Lohan and Maninder Singh

Addictions can be frighteningly habit-forming, by very definition. That should be universally obvious, whether you follow the...
From: seattletimes.nwsource.com

What Lindsay Lohan and Maninder Singh have in common

Los Angeles --- Addictions can be frighteningly habit-forming, by very definition. That should be universally obvious, whether you follow the substance-abusing celebrity circuit in India, where I was recently visiting, or the substance-abusing celebrity circuit in Los Angeles, where I live and work.
From: www.asiamedia.ucla.edu

Using drugs to get clean

It was 6 feet to the floor. Paula Lowry, 52, of Fairview Heights tumbled off a ladder and landed on her back in a world of hurt. Her doctor gave her the pain reliever oxycodone, a narcotic related to morphine and heroine. He upped the dose when the pain got worse after back surgery.
From: www.stltoday.com

Medical Notes

The Gibson Cancer Center?s Cancer Survivorship Day is a day for cancer survivors of all ages and backgrounds to celebrate life. It?s also a day to honor caregivers and medical professionals.
From: www.fayobserver.com

Craving to quit builds market worth £100m

The booming market in products designed to help smokers give up is set to break the £100m mark this year, according to research. The figure represents one-tenth of the global market and is expected to grow when the ban on smoking in public places in England comes into force.
From: www.ft.com

NIDA Announces New Tools For Drug Abuse Treatment - Blending Team Initiative Shortens Time From Research To Clinical ...

Two new products designed to speed the adoption of science-based interventions into clinical practice are now available from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). These new "Blending Team" products are part of an expanding portfolio that includes the latest research findings on drug abuse approaches and interventions. [click link for full ...
From: www.medicalnewstoday.com

TB cases in Phoenix and Atlanta spark waves of concern

TB cases in Phoenix and Atlanta spark waves of concern.
From: www.azcentral.com