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“Vampire Facials” Infected Three People with HIV

BEAUTY AND BEASTLY – April 26, 2024 - A cosmetic process known as a “vampire facial” is considered to be a more affordable and less invasive option than getting a facelift, but the process can be a serious hea... Read More...

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1400 Clinicians on What’s Driving Youth Mental Health Crisis

iPHONES OR TIKTOK – April 10, 2024 - Many clinicians who work with young patients with mental health issues agree they lack enough resources to treat kids and that patients are worse off now than before the pa... Read More...

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Art Exhibit Remembers Those Lost to Addiction

VIDEO – SOUL ALCHEMY: GRIEF INTO ART – April 11, 2024 - When Theresa Clower lost her son, Devin, she turned to an old hobby she hadn’t picked up in nearly five decades. With a degree in fine arts, she pick... Read More...

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Cure for Addiction and Traumatic Brain Injury

IT COULD WORK – April 9, 2024 - New treatments for addiction are urgently needed. 107,941 people died from drug overdoses in 2022, an age-adjusted rate of 32.6 deaths per 100,000 people. The rate has nearly qu... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 23 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthTrauma

Residents Concerned Over 5G Towers

VIDEO – DANGER IN THE AIR – April 10, 2024 - She quickly learned that the concrete slab was a 5G tower. It has a health warning that reads it “can cause cancer and/or birth defects or other reproductive harm.”“I’m ... Read More...

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Prescription Drugs Are the Leading Cause of Death

CVS - RITE AID - DUANE READE - TARGET – April 16, 2024 - Overtreatment with drugs kills many people, and the death rate is increasing. It is therefore strange that we have allowed this long-lasting drug pandem... Read More...

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Time to Fight Digital Addiction in Kids

OR IS IT TOO LATE? – March 30, 2024 - American kids are experiencing an unprecedented mental health crisis that is driven, in large part, by how much of their day is spent online. The numbers are horrifying: r... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 9 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetinterventionMental HealthSmartphone AddictionteenagersTrauma

How “Toddler Milk” Is Marketed to Parents

SELL SELL SELL LIE – April 2, 2024 - The U.S. government has repeatedly fought against advertising restrictions on these products around the globe. These drinks, targeted to young kids, may promise un... Read More...

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Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren’t Growing Up

WHY BOTHER? – Feb. 27, 2024 - Shrier’s new book Bad Therapy, an astute and impassioned analysis of the mental-health crisis now afflicting adolescents, may cause a similar emotional meltdown in some corners of Americ... Read More...

April 2 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassioninterventionMental HealthteenagersTrauma

Kids Sniffing This Pantry Staple to Get High

IT’S NOT GLUE – March 19, 2024 - The woman, who goes by the name Lakeview Living on TikTok, ignited the controversy after speaking with a teacher who related the issues that schools in their area are experienc... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMar 26 2024teenagersTrauma

‘Locks for Addiction’ Founder Heartbroken After Vandalism

VIDEO – ONE FROM THE HEART – March 19, 2024 - For years now, a Lexington mother has tried to bring hope to those working towards sobriety. But she came across a disheartening scene this weekend. Pam Stamper sta... Read More...

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23AndMe and Ancestry Reveal the Frightening Extent of Incest in the US

ALCOHOLIC BEHAVIOR? – March 19, 2024 - People born of incest may feel like they cannot reproduce for fear of giving birth to a baby with life-threatening genetic anomalies. One such person is 64-year-old Te... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMar 26 2024Mental HealthTrauma

Record Breaking 108,000 Americans Died of Overdoses in 2022

VIDEO – THEIR COMPLETION OF REALITY – March 22, 2024 - The CDC has not yet reported overdose numbers for 2023, although provisional data through the first 10 months of the year suggest overdose deaths continued to be... Read More...

Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMar 26 2024OverdoseTrauma

What I Have Learned Through Childhood Trauma

THIS TOO SHALL PASS – March 2024 - I will never say that my trauma in childhood was a positive thing. In an ideal world there would be no such thing. However, for many of us it is a fact of life. Most of us have had ... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionMar 19 2024Mental HealthTrauma

Microplastics Found Clogging Human Arteries

LIKE OUR RIVERS AND STREAMS? – March 9, 2024 - ”It’s extraordinary,” cardiologist Eric Topol, “I’m a cardiologist for three decades plus and I never envisioned we’d have microplastic in our arteries and its pr... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediainterventionlife expectancyMar 19 2024Trauma

‘Black Balloon Day’ Remembers Those Lost to Overdose

AND THOSE LEFT BEHIND – March 6, 2024 - “The black balloon is a symbolism of death, and today is Black Balloon Day,” said Tahira Malik, founder of Samad’s House. “Historically, when you go to a funeral, you’re wearin... Read More...

Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and Addictionlife expectancyMar 12 2024OverdoseTrauma

‘The Black Balloon Project’ is Stories of Those Who Died From Overdosing

VIDEO – THE SYMBOLISM OF LOSS – Feb. 26, 2024 - Gabi Deaton’s The Black Balloon Project shares the stories of people who have died of an overdose through photos of their loved ones. Each photo is paired with a ... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMar 5 2024OverdoseTrauma

Anxiety Drug Killed My Son and So Many Are Dying From It

HOW MANY MORE? – March 3. 2024 - The drug that helped Alex Cottam turn his life around was also the one that ended up killing him. Alex, a 27-year-old software engineer, had been prescribed pregabalin to help h... Read More...

Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionlife expectancyMar 5 2024Mental HealthTrauma

Wendy Williams’ Family On Her Sobriety

FAIRY TALE GONE WRONG – Feb. 21, 2024 - The former talk show host’s loved ones spoke to People ahead of the Feb. 24 premiere of the two-night Lifetime special “Where Is Wendy Williams?” The project was produce... Read More...

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John Phillips’ 5 Children: The Musical Family’s Ups and Downs

A FAMILY AFFAIR – Feb. 23, 2024 - John Phillips had a complicated relationship with his five children as he struggled with drug addiction throughout his life. The Mamas & the Papas singer was a father t... Read More...

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The Fentanyl in the Coke Killed Her Sister

VIDEO – NOT FAIR – Feb. 21, 2024 - I’m angry at what happened to them. I’m angry at the people who sold them those drugs,” Casey told ABC10 at a community vigil for her sister. Keely Pereira was visiting her hometo... Read More...

Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 27 2024fentanyllife expectancyOverdoseTrauma

The Ripple Effects of Overdose Deaths

FAMILIES NEED LOVE – Feb. 21, 2024 - When someone overdoses and dies, surviving loved ones can feel as if they’ve been thrown into a crater of grief. Athey, a clinical psychologist and suicide prevention expert, said... Read More...

Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 27 2024interventionlife expectancyOverdosesuicideTrauma

Mother Arrested After Harrowing Tale of Opiate Exposure and Negligence

FAMILY DISFUNCTION – Feb. 15, 2024 - In the quiet of an ordinary day, a distressing revelation unfolded as two young children were rushed to the hospital, their systems coursing with opiates. This grave discov... Read More...

Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 27 2024interventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinTrauma

Drug Deaths Have Devastating Impact on Loved Ones

COUNTRY IN CONSTANT MOURNING – Feb. 21, 2024 - 125 million American adults know at least one person who died by overdose. For many, it was a devastating loss. 40% of Americans know someone who died of a ... Read More...

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Bigger Scandal Than Thalidomide!

BABIES DEFORMED AGAIN – Feb. 22, 2024 - Since the 1970s, it has been known that sodium valproate can harm babies in the womb. So why was it prescribed to pregnant women? “My kids are fabulous, but I’d known for years... Read More...

Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaFeb 27 2024interventionlife expectancyTrauma

Treatment For Teens Inacce$$ible As Opioid Deaths Rise

VIDEO – WHY? – Feb. 9, 2023 - “People are desperate,” said Pattie Vargas, a California mother who took out a second mortgage to pay for a spot at a facility for her son Joel, who was addicted to meth as a teen and ... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 20 2024opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRehabteenagersTrauma

Lots of Young People on Lots of Psychiatric Drugs

THEY’RE CUSTOMERS FIRST AND FOREMOST – Feb. 16, 2024 - Growing numbers of children and adolescents are being prescribed multiple psychiatric drugs to take simultaneously. The phenomenon is increasing despite warnings... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 20 2024interventionlife expectancyMental HealthRecoveryteenagersTrauma

Toxic Pesticide Found in 4 out of 5 People

OATMEAL, WHO KNEW? – Feb. 15, 2024 - “Chlormequat is primarily used on grain crops like oats, wheat and barley,” Alexis Temkin, a senior toxicologist at the nonprofit Environmental Working Group (EWG) and lead author... Read More...

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Employee at San Francisco Sober House Fatally Overdosed on the Job

NO ONE IS IMMUNE – Feb. 25, 2024 - Supervisor Catherine Stefani, left, has been critical of the nonprofit HealthRight 360. Hamilton’s death report states he was found dead in his office at 12:15 a.m. on Oct. 4 after ... Read More...

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S.F.’s Largest Treatment Provider Investigated After Overdose Deaths

CORPORATE MISTAKES? – Feb. 9, 2024 - California officials are investigating the recent deaths of two men who fatally overdosed while seeking drug treatment at Walden House, a longtime San Francisco facility fo... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 20 2024fentanylOverdoseRehabTrauma

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