Wings of Life Will Feed Hundreds on Thanksgiving, Days After (Video, Photos)
Wings of Life will feed hundreds on Thanksgiving, days after (video, photos)
Filed under: drug treatment news 2012
22, 2012. Watch video. MOBILE, Alabama — Wings of Life, a Christian drug and alcohol rehabilitation treatment center at 800 St. Louis St., will provide Thanksgiving dinners to hundreds beginning Thursday. Gary Kroll, a minister at Wings of Life, said …
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Actelion says lung drug macitentan submitted in Europe
Filed under: drug treatment news 2012
It plans to sell the drug under the brand name Opsumit. Actelion, which submitted the treatment to the U.S. health regulator a month ago, issued data last month showing macitentan prolonged overall survival by more than a third in a clinical trial. The …
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Some south communities picking up the pace in battle against opiate abuse
Filed under: drug treatment news 2012
Contrary to the national pattern, more adults in Massachusetts entered substance abuse treatment for addiction to heroin than alcohol, 39,212 compared to 38,305, the report stated, drawing on figures for 2011 from the Massachusetts Department of Public …
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Diabetes Drug Could Be Effective in Treating Addiction, Researchers Find
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… Could Be Effective in Treating Addiction, Researchers Find. ScienceDaily (Oct. 23, 2012) — Vanderbilt researchers are reporting that a drug currently used to treat type 2 diabetes could be just as effective in treating addiction to drugs …
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