MediciNova, Inc. (MNOV) news: MediciNova: Gestation Is Slow And …
This has certainly been the case with MediciNova (MNOV), a small biopharmaceutical company headquartered in La Jolla, California and having only 17 employees. ….. With 23.9 million Americans (9.2% of the total population) using illicit drugs (NIH …
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Mary Walsh Speech Nails What's Wrong With How We View Mental Illness
The structured environment of work and school (he was a college student at the time) helped him recover, but he also relied on therapy and antidepressants to pull him out of a downward spiral. "You can change your brain chemistry enough to think: 'I …
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Substance Abuse And Mental Disorders Often Go Hand-In-Hand. What's The …
Smith adds, “The addiction treatment centers have been quicker to adopt [treating] co-occurring disorders than the other way around [psychiatric clinics adding substance abuse treatment],” he says. “For most health care providers who are not substance …
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Drug treatment funding in Maine is falling, but demand is greater than ever
In 2010, Maine spent a total of $ 47 million on substance abuse treatment ranging from sober-living situations such as halfway houses, to outpatient counseling, to hospitals or short-term stays in rehabilitation clinics. Last year the amount dropped by …
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Cervical cancer could be prevented with an HIV drug: Tablet kills the virus …
The antiviral drug lopinavir is used orally to treat HIV but it was applied directly to the cervix as a pessary in the trial. The women were treated with one capsule of the antiviral drug twice a day for two weeks. Repeat cervical smears showed a …
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Vermont gets M grant for drug treatment
Peter Shumlin and Health Commissioner Harry Chen announced Friday that Vermont will get a $ 10 million federal grant to expand early intervention and treatment programs for young adults at risk of alcohol and drug abuse. The grant will fund a five-year …
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Colorado Sets Example for Handling Legal Marijuana Laws
The governor also wants to use $ 7 million to create room for 105 more people in residential substance abuse treatment centers. “Voters and state lawmakers around the country are watching how this system unfolds in Colorado, and the prospect of …
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Fort Lauderdale Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center Hosts Next Monthly Family …
Based on the success of the first two Family Night events in December and January, the Ft. Lauderdale rehab center plans to continue helping the families of those that are attending or have attended their alcohol and drug addiction treatment programs.
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Helpline in Hobe Sound Aids in Substance Abuse Recovery
The more parents and their teens learn about addiction recovery, the better their chances of enrolling into the right rehab program and eventually achieving sobriety. Many teenage rehab centers currently implement a variety of treatment options …
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Heroin deaths reinforce need for life-saving advice
A directory of opioid treatment programs by state is available online from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration at dpt2.samhsa.gov/treatment/directory.aspx. Drug and alcohol treatment centers in the area include: • Family …
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Novartis inks deal to buy CoStim, a Cambridge biotech that focuses on oncology
Two years after launching CoStim Pharmaceuticals to develop an immunotherapy treatment for cancer, CoStim's investors have reached a deal to sell the Cambridge firm to one of the world's largest drug companies. Venture investment firms MPM Capital and …
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Obamacare insurance creates uncertainty for cancer patient
Talbert Medical Group, where Young had been going for all of her breast cancer treatment, told her repeatedly it would not accept the new insurance. After applying in late December for the new plan, which was to take effect Jan. 1, Young and Gambhir …
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Why does drug relapse happen even after decades of sobriety?
"There's no scientific reason why someone in long-term recovery (starts using) again and someone else doesn't," said Dr. Deni Carise, deputy chief clinical officer at CRC Health Group, a national provider of addiction treatment services. Addiction "is …
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