Groundbreaking neuropsychopharmacologist Dr. Carl Hart. He is the first tenured African-American professor in the sciences at Columbia University. Read More

Thursday, February 13, 2014

Imagine a treatment for drug addiction and alcoholism that uses no drugs, requires no trained personnel, resources or insurance and makes no money for anyone. This "people's program" is the anonymous 12-Step groups which have quietly saved millions for 79 years. But lately, Big Pharma sees potential in all that free healing. Increasingly, it is "partnering" with rehab facilities to monetize addiction recovery, especially by facilitating dual diagnoses that require expensive pills. A patient is no longer just an alcoholic, he is an alcoholic with bipolar disease  or major depressive disorder.  Ka-ching. Read More

I'd planned the night's events weeks in advance: I would enter the club in my perfect boho blouse and boot-cut jeans and down a glass of Pinot to loosen up before debuting my fierce hip-hop moves to the associates and partner under which I slaved. Then I would regale them with a few humorous yet tasteful anecdotes and as they laughed, their love for me would deepen. Read More

U.S. government has been enabling billions of dollars worth of drugs to flood into the country from Mexico because of shady deals with the notorious Sinaloa cartel.

When the officer smelled alcohol, Cassidy, 63, was asked to take a field sobriety test which showed he was more than twice the legal limit,TMZ reports. Read More

"Sugar is the new tobacco," according to Action on Sugar spokesman Simon Capewell. Former MP Health Secretary Andrew Lansley thinks otherwise. He calls the analogy inappropriate.  Lansley points to the need for sugar consumption, as it is an essential component in nutrition. He notes the problem with sugar is excess. Read More

If you were one of the nearly three-quarters of workers logging on to work emails instead of switching off over the holidays, it could be unhealthy and counterproductive, researchers warn..  Read More

The recent hit movie Don Jon made light one aspect of what is a serious emotional and psychological - sexual addiction. Simply put, sexual addiction is an overwhelming obsession with all things sexual, to the point that it has a negative effect on other facets of a person's life, such as their health, work, or family or personal relationships. Read More

Buprenorphine is a medication - often sold under the brand name Suboxone - that prevents symptoms of withdrawal from opioids. That includes street drugs such as heroin or prescription painkillers such as OxyContin and Vicodin. Read More