Former Addicts Are Valuable Counselors at Bed-Stuy Drug Treatment Center

Former Addicts Are Valuable Counselors At Bed-Stuy Drug Treatment Center

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A successful drug treatment program in the heart of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn uses former substance abusers from the neighborhood as counselors, and their approach is having a powerful on the community. NY1's Cheryl Wills filed the following report …
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Baby Faith has a drug habit to kick

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Read Ruth Lamperd's extraordinary story of the battle to save a tiny girl born addicted to drugs. FAITH jittered and cried. … She lay in the special care nursery under blue lights and sunshades to treat jaundice common in newborns. Baby Faith has …
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WBAYCould stem cells treat autism? Newly approved study may tell

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FRIDAY, Oct. 12 (HealthDay News) — Autism researchers have been given the go-ahead by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to launch a small study in children with autism that evaluates whether a child's own umbilical cord blood may be an effective …
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