Consumer Health: Addiction and recovery
September is National Recovery Month, a national observation in partnership between the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and Faces& Voices of Recovery. This is a good time to learn more about addiction and recovery. Drug addiction Drug addiction, also called substance use disorder, is a disease that affects a person's brain and behavior, and leads to an inability to control the use of legal or illegal drugs. Substances such as alcohol, marijuana… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - September 23, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Innovative Financing to Protect Public Health During a Pandemic
By Anisa Ismail and Tan Yen LianBANGKOK / PENANG, Sep 20 2022 (IPS) Economic recovery since the COVID-19 pandemic has been uneven amidst a cautious loosening of restrictions. But even at the height of the pandemic, it was business as usual for the tobacco industry.
Tobacco companies remain profitable, making US$ 912.3 billion in 2022 and capitalizing on the situation by promoting and selling their lethal products while convincing governments that their industry should not be penalised during the pandemic, claiming tobacco is a good investment.
This is an industry that perpetuates an annual loss of US$ 1.4 trillion in glob...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - September 20, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Anisa Ismail and Tan Yen Lian Tags: Development & Aid Economy & Trade Featured Global Headlines Health Inequity Poverty & SDGs TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news
Cara Delevingne's Friends Desperate for Her to Get Therapy and Rehab
Cara Delevingne's friends say she's in a bad way -- struggling with issues that go beyond substance abuse -- and their desperation to get her help is becoming increasingly obvious. #caradelevingne (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 16, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Monitoring the Future: national survey results on drug use, 1975 –2021: Volume I, Secondary school students - Miech RA, Johnston LD, O’Malley PM, Bachman JG, Schulenberg JE, Patrick ME.
Perhaps no social problem has proven more clearly appropriate for and in need of the application of systematic research and reporting than that of substance abuse. Substance-abusing behaviors are often hidden from public view, can change rapidly and freque... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 15, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Wendy Williams back in rehab for substance abuse issues
The former daytime talk show host is undergoing treatment for alcohol addiction. “It’s gotten worse,” our source shares of her relapse. #wendywilliams #daytimetalkshowhost (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 14, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
