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Northbound Treatment Services Offers Northbound Academy for Young Adults Seeking College Courses with Addiction Treatment (PRWEB) December 17, 2012 Northbound Treatment Services, the Southern California based addiction treatment facility and detox center, is offering college courses combined with addiction treatment through the Northbound Academy. This unique program is designed to give young adults the opportunity to start, continue or re-enter the collegiate environment while receiving...

-Myopathy refers to a disease characterized by muscular weakness and wasting. -Vitamin D deficiency is a well-recognized cause of myopathy, and excessive drinking is often associated with low or subnormal levels of vitamin D. -A new review indicates that vitamin D deficiency might partly explain the occurrence of the frequently observed myopathy in chronic alcoholism. Myopathy refers to a muscular disease in which muscle fibers do not function, resulting in muscular weakness and wasting....

-Executive function (EF) guides complex behavior such as planning, decision-making, and response control. -Alcohol dependence (AD) is known to impair EF. -New findings indicate that increased impulsiveness and decreased EF may comprise an inherited trait that signifies greater risk for developing AD. Executive function (EF), frequently associated with the frontal lobes, guides complex behavior such as planning, decision-making, and response control. EF impairment due to alcohol...

-Many researchers and clinicians believe that an early age at first drink (AFD) can lead to alcohol problems. -A new study challenges that belief by examining linkages between AFD and problem behaviors. -Findings show that early drunkenness was a greater risk factor for 15-year-olds than an early AFD. Many studies have reported that the earlier the age at first drink (AFD) the higher the chances of that person developing later drinking-related problems. However, it is unclear why...

Long-term users may experience side effects similar to those seen in people with dementia The long-term use of anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) may severely impact the user's ability to accurately recall the shapes and spatial relationships of objects, according to a recent study conducted by McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School investigators. In the study, published today online in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence, McLean Hospital Research Psychiatrist Harrison Pope, MD,...

NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I., Dec. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Dominion Diagnostics has entered into an exclusive agreement with LifeGen, Inc. for the licensing rights to patented genetic testing. Currently the two companies are involved in a research study aimed at validating the testing against the Addiction Severity Index (ASI) designed and marketed by Inflexxion, Inc. The research results are on track to be released in the first quarter of 2013, and are expected to show that LifeGen's...

The Omidi brothers, through their charity No More Poverty, support Sylvia’s Serenity Sober Living Homes and its efforts to help women break free from the cycle of homelessness and addiction. Los Angeles, California (PRWEB) December 16, 2012 No More Poverty cofounders Michael Omidi, MD and his brother Julian Omidi are pleased to announce their sponsorship of Sylvia’s Serenity Sober Living Homes, an organization that offers women who are struggling with addictions a safe place to...

Heidi Voet Smith, MA, LPC, Burning Tree Ranch Clinical Director, will be a keynote speaker at the National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers (NAATP) conference in San Antonio, Texas on May 20th 2013. Dallas, Texas (PRWEB) December 14, 2012 Heidi Voet Smith, MA, LPC, Burning Tree Ranch Clinical Director, will be a keynote speaker at the National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers (NAATP) conference in San Antonio, Texas on May 20th 2013. Voet Smith is an experienced...

To reduce drinking, driving and fatalities over the holidays, the Addiction Experts at Journey Healing Centers (http://journeycenters.com) release tips for how to deal with loved ones who drink too much during the biggest party month of the year. According to MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving), alcohol causes about 52 percent of fatal collisions on Christmas and 57 percent on New Years compared to a rate of 41 percent for the entire year. Scottsdale, Arizona (PRWEB) December 13, 2012...

At the beginning of each year The Cabin Chiang Mai, a leading drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre based in Thailand, experiences an influx of clients with a dramatic 52% increase in enquiries in January 2012, compared with December 2011. At the start of 2012, 50% of The Cabin’s clientele were Australian, and the proportion striving to overcome their addictions included alcohol (60%), methamphetamine (20%), cannabis (10%) and prescription drugs (10%). (PRWEB) December 13, 2012...