Updates on Health News
Big Tobacco Giant Altria Funds Lexaria’s Edible Nicotine Project Forbes
Lexaria Bioscience announces a partnership with Big Tobacco’s Altria to fund research and development of DehydraTech – technology for oral nicotine.
Number of people taking HSE online test for drug addiction doubles The Times
The HSE has reported a doubling in the number of people completing an online drug-addiction screening test that helps substance abusers to quit.Drugs.ie, an …
Using neuroscience to prevent drug addiction among teenagers The Guam Daily Post
One way to deter harmful recreational drug use by teenagers is to treat them like adults. Rather than simply tell them to “Just Say No” to alcohol, tobacco or illicit.
Grace House opens in Canton for women recovering from drug, alcohol addiction WatertownDailyTimes.com
CANTON — A two-story house on the corner of East Main and Church streets has been transformed into a well-furnished, inviting home for women recovering …
Vaping has created teen nicotine addicts with few treatment options CBS News
The options for treating nicotine addiction in children is limited at a time when teen vaping is exploding in popularity.
Drug addiction: Mum mourns the loss of son to a heroin overdose Kidspot
They say it takes a village to raise a child – but now I’m learning it also takes a village to bury a child.”
Health: Keep a new year’s resolution to break nicotine addiction Fort Morgan Times
Smoking remains the single largest preventable cause of death and disease in the world, according to the Northeast Colorado Health Department.
As teen vaping soars, treatment for nicotine addiction lags Press Herald
WASHINGTON — The nation’s top health authorities agree: Teen vaping is an epidemic that now affects some 3.6 million underage users of Juul and other …
David and Nic Sheff Help Adolescents Navigate Drugs, Alcohol, and Addiction in New Book TheFix.com
Nic Sheff: “It’s what I say to kids who are struggling like I struggled. Hold on. Don’t give up. Get help, and it’ll get better.”