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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder linked to adult obesity
Having childhood attention deficit hyperactivity disorder could lead to a life of obesity, even if ADHD symptoms disappear in adulthood, a new study shows. The study, which followed up on 207 middle-class men who had been diagnosed with ADHD as...
Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Weight, Body Mass Index, Culture, Overweight
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Letters: Addiction treatment that works
Re "Felons allowed to help addicts, a report finds," May 14 The fact that addiction counselors in California who are sex offenders and other types of felons are allowed to provide addiction treatment is just the tip of the iceberg in a fundamentally...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Addiction
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Mental illness in youth: a common struggle
Go to a busy street in your community and count the next 25 adolescents who walk, bike, skateboard, stroll or saunter past. Odds are that two of those 25 kids (8.3% to be exact) would own up to having experienced 14 or more days in the last month that...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Mental Illness, Culture, Health, Arts and Culture
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Lax oversight allows felons to counsel addicts, report finds
California's lax rules governing who can work as substance abuse counselors have allowed sex offenders and other felons to treat addicts with little to no scrutiny by the state, according to a report by the Senate Office of Oversight and Outcomes released...Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Chuck Muncie dies at 60; Saints and Chargers running back
Chuck Muncie, a star running back with the New Orleans Saints and the San Diego Chargers who overcame a cocaine habit that ended his career and then devoted his later life to helping others avoid drug abuse, has died. He was 60. Muncie died Monday of...
Tags: Chicago Bears, San Diego Chargers, Football, National Football League, New Orleans Saints
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Newport Beach targets rehab homes; one briefly hosted Lindsay Lohan
Newport Beach officials plan to ask a judge to close seven substance abuse recovery facilities in the city, including the rehab home where actress Lindsay Lohan stayed briefly before checking into the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage instead. The...
Tags: Justice System, Lindsay Lohan, Rentals, Alcohol Addiction, Orange County Superior Court
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Lax oversight allows felons to counsel addicts, report finds
California's lax rules governing who can work as substance abuse counselors have allowed sex offenders and other felons to treat addicts with little to no scrutiny by the state, according to a report by the Senate Office of Oversight and Outcomes released...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Addiction, Crime, Law and Justice
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'Peanuts'' Charlie Brown voice actor pleads guilty to stalking
A former child actor who voiced the Charlie Brown "Peanuts" character on TV will receive substance abuse and mental health treatment after pleading guilty to stalking an ex-girlfriend and threatening the plastic surgeon who performed her breast...
Tags: Justice System, Punishment, Health and Medical Professionals, Plastic Surgeons, Crime, Law and Justice
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California Supreme Court upholds medical pot bans
SAN FRANCISCO -- The California Supreme Court on Monday unanimously upheld the right of cities to ban medical marijuana dispensaries. “While some counties and cities might consider themselves well suited to accommodating medical marijuana...
Tags: Health Treatments, Medical Marijuana Therapy, Crime, Law and Justice
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Letters: Save Mexico -- end the drug war
Re "Obama vows alliance with Mexico," May 3 In trying to reduce the violence in Mexico, President Obama and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto are doing a hat dance around the obvious solution. As repugnant as it may be to some, decriminalizing drug...Tags: Mexico, Barack Obama
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'House of Cards,' or more like house of product placement?
These are heady days for the online on-demand entertainment service Netflix. The company’s stock recently surged 22% after a strong earnings report and news that it signed up 2 million new subscribers in the first quarter of the year. The company&...
Tags: Sony Corp., Kate Mara, Religion and Belief, Connie Britton, House of Cards (tv program)
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Brooke Mueller again loses custody of Charlie Sheen's twins
Brooke Mueller, ex-wife of Charlie Sheen, has once again lost custody of the twin boys she shares with the "Anger Management" actor, according to reports out Friday. The kids were taken from the home late Thursday night, according to TMZ, whose...
Tags: Anger Management (tv program), Mila Kunis, Charlie Sheen, Social Media, Reese Witherspoon
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