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NI facing ‘societal breakdown’

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:55:11 +0000

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Society in Northern Ireland is breaking down with high levels of unemployment, family splits and addiction to drugs and drink, a report has warned.

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Footy drugs rule a sham

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:55:10 +0000

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The AFL drugs policy is unlike any other in the world. Giving players three chances is unheard of in any other sport.

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Cypress acquires worldwide license for Staccato nicotine technology from Alexza Pharma

admin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:55:17 +0000

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Cypress Bioscience, Inc. announced that it has licensed Alexza Pharmaceutical’s Staccato nicotine technology – a novel electronic multidose delivery technology designed to help people stop smoking.

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School-based intervention successfully lowers drinking rates in at risk children

admin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:02:47 +0000

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( Elsevier ) In an effort to combat these startling findings, researchers at King’s College London’s Institute of Psychiatry describe a successful personality-based intervention for substance abuse delivered by teachers in the September 2010 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

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Fannie, Freddie, and the mortgage addiction

admin — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:55:14 +0000

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Since the mortgage market can’t suddenly wean itself off government-supported Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, some experts want more federal intervention. They’re wrong.

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Son of president shares his life story

admin — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 18:55:11 +0000

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VALPARAISO — With pictures and anecdotes, television and film actor Steve Ford portrayed life in the White House during the turbulent 1970s, when his father, Gerald R. Ford, assumed the nation’s presidency after Richard M. Nixon resigned. His family stayed in their Alexandria, Va., home for the first week because the Nixons didn’t have time to pack before they left, and he decided to be a ranch …

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Studies on combat-related substance use and abuse to be funded by NIH and VA

admin — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:55:10 +0000

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( NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse ) Eleven research institutions in 11 states will receive more than $6 million in federal funding from fiscal year 2010 to support research on substance abuse and associated problems among US military personnel, veterans, and their families.

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Nicotine May Directly Promote Development Of Breast Cancer

admin — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:52:27 +0000

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Scientists have discovered that when nicotine binds to nAchRs (nicotinic acetylcholine receptors), it may not only promote addiction, but breast cancer as well. We know that non-nicotine components of smoking are carcinogens, however, very little is known about how nicotine acts on cells to encourage cancer growth, the scientists explain. While previous studies have linked smoking to increased …

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Nicotine binding to receptor linked to breast cancer cell growth

admin — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 03:46:18 +0000

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When nicotine binds to the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAchR), it is known to promote smoking addiction and may also directly promote the development of breast cancer, according to a study published online August 23 in The Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

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Education, intervention, treatment key

admin — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:55:11 +0000

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Questions on opiate addiction came in faster than they could be answered during an online video chat Monday.

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