We Need a Conceptual Breakthrough in the War on Drugs

Published November 7, 2012

We Need a Conceptual Breakthrough in the War on Drugs

Filed under: drug treatment news 2012

Submit this story. digg reddit stumble. Among the misconceptions fostered by AA and the disease theory of addiction is the idea of "hitting bottom" — that there is some objective state beneath which no human being will go. … Well, there were these …
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Glaxo, Roche Drugs Help Treat Breast Cancer in Brain

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GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Plc's breast cancer pill Tykerb, used with Roche Holding AG (ROG)'s drug Xeloda, helped treat the disease's spread to the brain, according to a study. The treatments shrank the size of brain tumors by at least 50 percent in two …
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Ultrafiltration Fails To Show Benefit In Acute Heart Failure

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UF was inferior to standard pharmacologic therapy as assessed by the primary endpoint of the trial, which was the bivariate change in serum cretinine and weight measured at 96 hours. Weight loss was similar between the groups (5.5 kg in the drug …
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