RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif., May 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Betty Ford Center professionals have been chosen to serve as the panel of experts providing information in the Substance Abuse Community on the WebMD website. The non-profit Betty Ford Center is located in Rancho Mirage, CA as a licensed addiction hospital and offers highly effective alcohol and other drug dependency treatment services, including programs of education and research, to help women, men and families begin the process of recovery. As of February 2011, WebMD's network of sites reach an average of 86.4 million visitors per month and is considered the country's leading health portal. John Schwarzlose, Betty Ford Center CEO, is a member of the expert panel that also includes four physicians who are Board Certified in Addiction Medicine and an Addiction Psychiatrist. "This is a natural fit for the Betty Ford Center," said Schwarzlose.

By Fred Tasker, The Miami Herald Aug. 4--High-profile alcohol and drug rehabilitation centers seem like a home away from home for Hollywood celebs like Lindsay Lohan, Nicole Richie and Robert Downey Jr. Some charge nearly $50,000 a month.

Doctors over-prescribed drugs at the California hospital that is home to the renowned Betty Ford Center for addiction, a pharmacist's lawsuit alleges.

By Laura Casey CHECKING INTO rehab seems like the thing to do these days -- at least if you're a celebrity or politician who can't seem to control what comes out of your mouth or what you do in public. Or -- hello, Mr. Mayor -- in what you thought was private.

NEW YORK, Feb. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Checking into rehab has been a fixture of our culture since as far back as 1983. But since that time, residential treatment programs for the middle and upper classes have proliferated across both the geographic and the therapeutic maps.