From Addiction to Recovery

As it stated in fox5ny U.S. surgeon general: addiction is illness, not moral failing - Story U.S. surgeon general: addiction is illness, not moral failing - Story - The first Surgeon General's Report on Alcohol , Drugs, and Health in America has been released.It shows just how devastating the addiction epidemic has become in the United States.The toll is both human and economic. coupled with latimes U.S. surgeon general issues 'a new call to action' on addiction U.S. surgeon general issues 'a new call to action' on addiction When Dr. Vivek Murthy left his Massachusetts hospital to become U.S. surgeon general, the nurses who had known him since he was a resident had a parting plea: Do something about addiction .On Thursday, Murthy tried to make good on that request with the release of a first-of-its-kind report calling for "a cultural shift in how we think about addiction.""For far too long, too many in our country have viewed addiction

referring to time Surgeon General's Report Call Substance Abuse Moral Test Surgeon General's Report Call Substance Abuse Moral Test Surgeon General Vivek Murthy called addiction to drugs and alcohol "a moral test for America," given the more than 20 million people in the country with substance abuse problems in a new report released Thursday.The report is the first from his office to address substance abuse and Murthy hopes that it will influence how the public treats the issue much like the Surgeon General's report on tobacco began a move away from the product 50 years ago."We can never forget that the faces of substance use disorders are real people," Murthy wrote in a letter accompanying the report. not to mention wuft Florida Mental Health And Substance Abuse Program Grant Renewed – WUFT News Florida Mental Health And Substance Abuse Program Grant Renewed – WUFT News Meridian Behavioral Healthcare , the primary provider of services fo

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as informed in aol Surgeon general issues landmark report calling addiction a brain disease Surgeon general issues landmark report calling addiction a brain disease Before you go, we thought you'd like these...Nearly 21 million Americans were directly affected by drug or alcohol addiction last year — roughly the same amount of Americans who have diabetes, according to a new report from US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy on addiction.Yet just one in every 10 of those people got treatment."We would never tolerate a situation where only one in 10 people with cancer or diabetes gets treatment, and yet we do that with substance-abuse disorders," Murthy told the Washington Post. in addition kansascity Kansas City responds to surgeon general report on drug, alcohol addiction Kansas City responds to surgeon general report on drug, alcohol addiction Gusewelle reads 'Other Music, Other Rooms' Pause0:54 Out-of-control car careens toward Merriam police officer wo

according to newschannel5 Surgeon General Urges Public To See Addiction As A Disease Surgeon General Urges Public To See Addiction As A Disease The surgeon general's first report on addiction urges the country to see it as a disease instead of a character flaw.In the report released Thursday, he wrote, "It is a chronic illness that we must approach with the same skill and compassion with which we approach heart disease, diabetes and cancer."More people in America have substance abuse disorders than all forms of cancer combined. not to mention fox59 US Surgeon General: Addiction is a brain disease that must be treated as a chronic illness US Surgeon General: Addiction is a brain disease that must be treated as a chronic illness Please enable Javascript to watch this videoINDIANAPOLIS, Ind.Surgeon General is speaking out about the ongoing and growing drug addiction problem in the country.In a new report released Thursday, Vivek Murthy called

referring to reuters Amgen, Novartis aim for big, crowded migraine market after new drug data Amgen, Novartis aim for big, crowded migraine market after new drug data An Amgen sign is seen at the company's office in South San Francisco, California in this October 21, 2013 file photo.REUTERS/Robert Galbraith/FilesAmgen Inc and Novartis said late on Wednesday that episodic migraine sufferers reported fewer debilitating headaches per month after using the companies' investigational drug erenumab, compared to trial participants who got a placebo.The companies are racing rivals including Eli Lilly, Alder Biopharmaceuticals, Allergan and Teva Pharmaceuticals to have a new, more effective migraine treatment approved by U.S. and European regulators. coupled with theverge This new drug promises fewer days a month with migraines This new drug promises fewer days a month with migraines A drug to prevent migraines led to three fewer days a month with the cripp