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Sleeping with the TV on may make you gain weight

Netflix and Swell – June 10, 2019 - ...increasing risks for high blood pressure, diabetes, depression and obesity. Dozing off to late-night TV or sleeping with other lights on may mix up your metabolism a... Read More...

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Judge rules withdrawal of Miami company’s claims would cause defendants to be ‘materially prejudiced’

EMR’s Zen Mediation – June 14, 2019 - A federal judge has denied a Miami Electronic Health Records (EHR) developer’s request to withdraw the federal claims it filed against the owners of several Florida compani... Read More...

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Anxiety Is The New Depression

We’ve all got our ups and downs – June 15, 2019 - The sheer numbers speak for themselves – anxiety is the new depression. The Anxiety and Depression Center of America notes these astonishing facts: • Over 40... Read More...

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Canadian edibles to be available for sale before Xmas

MIND BLOWING – June 14, 2019 - For example, ingredients such as sugars, caffeine, nicotine, alcohol, sweeteners, and colourants will be prohibited from these products. The packaging, too, will be restricted wit... Read More...

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Men’s mental health – the five warning signs to look out for

Men Need To Be Heard Too – June 16, 2019 - Therapy talks If you can afford private counselling it can be effective in managing mental health issues, but with so many different techniques and therapists out the... Read More...

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Executive Corner with Gary Stromberg

Stick with the Winners! – Gary Stromberg co-founded GIBSON & STROMBERG, a large and influential public relations firm of the sixties and seventies. The company represented such luminaries as The Ro... Read More...

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How Ketamine Opens a New Era for Depression Treatment

Medically Assisted Tripping – June 14, 2019 - How is ketamine different from other antidepressants? Most depression drugs, including Prozac, are part of a class known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors... Read More...

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Mother shares photos of her ‘chaotic’ life when she downed a litre of vodka ‘for fun’

And Now Sobriety for Joy – June 17, 2019 - Megan (pictured during her drinking days) held down jobs and had a good social and family life, but she eventually realized she had to stop drinking ... Megan’s unheal... Read More...

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Kate Middleton Channeled Princess Diana in Powerful Speech on Addiction

The Royal Plan – June 15, 2019 - “Action on Addiction was one of my very first patronages, and as such, it is very close to my heart. I’m hugely passionate about the support it provides, especially for parents,... Read More...

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California Tests a Digital ‘Fire Alarm’ for Mental Distress

Stay Cool – June 17, 2019 - Mindstrong, a venture co-founded by a former director of the National Institute of Mental Health, promised something that no drug or talk therapy can provide: an early-warning syste... Read More...

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The New Sobriety

It’s Hip To Be Square – June 15, 2019 - We all know what sobriety used to be: sober, in all meanings of the word. For those with a serious alcohol problem, it was a worthy decision, maybe even a lifesavi... Read More...

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Global Forum on Nicotine Asserts Urgency of Tobacco Harm Reduction

Smoking! – June 17, 2019 - GFN was a diverse gathering of 600 delegates—directly impacted people, advocates and activists, scientists, clinicians and social workers, and industry representatives, who also atten... Read More...

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‘Deaths of despair’ are taking more lives of millennial Americans than any other generation

The Dream is Over – June 15, 2019 - Financial burdens and lack of social support may explain why depression is on the rise among millennials. They’ve seen a 47% increase in major depression since 2013, accordi... Read More...

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Suicide-Stopping App Could Save Your Child’s Life

iPrevent – JUNE 17, 2019 - Many parents of a child dealing with depression are familiar with Wright’s feeling of incoming tragedy. Suicide is the second-leading cause of death in the U.S. for people aged 10 to ... Read More...

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Local Governments Seek Negotiating Power in Opioid Lawsuit

Can They Give Back The Dead? – June 14, 2019 - OHIO - The approach, if approved, would create dueling negotiating systems as state governments are also in collective settlement negotiations with the drug industry. ... Read More...

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My dad easily gave up his Marlboros. Now he won’t give up his Juul

Changing Deck Chairs in the Cancer Ward? – JUNE 16, 2019 - Dr. Stephen Gawne, my dad’s primary care doctor at Edward Hines Jr. Veterans Administration Hospital, said he can’t point conclusively to any med... Read More...

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Queens rehab program under investigation faces closure

Money Motivates... – June 15, 2019 - OASAS will not renew its contract with J-CAP after it expires on June 30 unless it affiliates with another drug treatment program, according to a lawsuit against J-CAP filed... Read More...

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She lost her brother to an opioid overdose. So she walked 2,575 miles

They carried Dakota, a dog she adopted... – JUNE 14, 2019 - Grieb started the long walk in Fort Kent, Maine, on July 28, 2018, after she had suffered a relapse. When she arrived at the Southernmost Point buoy a... Read More...

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Beverly Hills says it is the first US city to ban tobacco sales

Where No One Wants Wrinkles – June 6, 2019 - The move compounds Beverly Hills’ already-strict regulation of tobacco and nicotine use, which includes bans on smoking in apartment complexes, on public sidewalks a... Read More...

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Florida doctor arrested after dispensing meth to patients

What a Meth – June 17, 2019 - Man issued trespassing warning after being spotted in doctor’s coat at hospital ... South Florida plastic surgeon kidnapped, tortured with blowtorch … Attorneys request release of doctor... Read More...

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The origin story of Alcoholics Anonymous

This Story Never Gets Old – June 15, 2019 - AA was founded in 1935 by William Wilson and Robert Smith in Akron, Ohio. Years later, Wilson wrote to Jung acknowledging his “critical role in the founding of our Fe... Read More...

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Quote of the Week

“While they were saying among themselves it cannot be done, it was done.” —Helen Keller ... Read More...

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Why I believe the Warren-Cummings CARE Act can stop people like me from becoming opioid overdose statistics

A Change Is Gonna Come – JUNE 13, 2019 - That’s not to say that having this conversation is inconsequential: We needed to bring opioid addiction into the light. But with 400,000 overdose deaths in the last 20 y... Read More...

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NYC’s Top Cop Speaks on Mental Health After NYPD Suicides

You’re Not Alone – June 7, 2019 - O’Neill sent a note to all officers and civilian employees of the NYPD, saying in part “before you can take care of others, it’s imperative that you first take care of yoursel... Read More...

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How the restaurant industry is tackling its substance abuse problem

Cook Meat, Not Meth – JUNE 06, 2019 - Gabriel Rucker, whose restaurants Le Pigeon and Canard are about a mile away, read a preamble and then opened the only West Coast chapter of Ben’s Friends, an alcoholism a... Read More...

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Lisa Marie Presley reveals battle with opioid addiction in Harry Nelson book

All Shook Up – June 4, 2019 - “You may read this and wonder how, after losing people close to me, I also fell prey to opioids,” wrote Presley, whose father had an opioid addiction and ex-husband Michael Jackson died... Read More...

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People are sick of drinking. Investors are betting on the ‘sober curious’

Buy Curious? – June 8, 2019 - Their sales of alcoholic beverages have been declining, big alcohol companies, ranging from Heineken to AB InBev (the owner of popular beer brands such as Budweiser), see an opport... Read More...

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Medical College to study vaping with $7.5 million grant from Juul

This should tell us something... – June 7, 2019 - While the exact outlines of the study haven’t been determined, it could examine the social factors leading to tobacco and nicotine use, the diseases and health effec... Read More...

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Zoe Kravitz Opens Up About Decade-Long Eating Disorder

It's an inside job – June 7, 2019 - “My mother was so beautiful and so tiny, I always felt clunky around her, and then my dad was always surrounded by supermodels,” she continued, “I was short, and you feel uncomfor... Read More...

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An Australian Doctor’s Dream: Curing America’s Opioid Curse

Implants for all? – June 6, 2019 - But less lofty issues are also at play. Dr. O’Neil is competing with an American company, BioCorRx — which once operated under a similar name as his clinic, Fresh Start... Read More...