Adolescent drug treatment in Florida 1-800-839-1682 – Finding out that your child has an addiction problem can be very scary. Unfortunately, thousand of adolescents will begin using drugs for the first time this…

 

UB physician will direct National Center for Physician Training in Addiction …

Filed under: adolescent drug treatment

… National Center for Physician Training in Addiction Medicine. UB physician will direct National Center for Physician Training in Addiction Medicine. Addiction medicine for adolescents is a key focus of the center, funded by the Conrad N. Hilton …
Read more on UB News Center

 

Schools' taboo subject

Filed under: adolescent drug treatment

Students in health classes routinely and openly talk about the dangers of drug and alcohol abuse, the connection between smoking and cancers, how obesity can lead to diabetes and the ways sexually transmitted diseases can spread. But when it comes to …
Read more on ABQ Journal

 

ABAM Foundation receives M grant to establish Center for Physician Training …

Filed under: adolescent drug treatment

The purpose of the new Center will be to expand the education and training of physicians in addiction medicine, with a special emphasis on prevention and screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment (SBIRT), particularly for adolescents and …
Read more on News-Medical.net

 

For first time, drug developed based on zebrafish studies passes Phase I …

Filed under: adolescent drug treatment

"The zebrafish is a very good system for evaluating potential drugs," Zon said. "When you discover a new treatment option and can see it go into patients, it's quite a remarkable feeling." The drug, which is being developed by Fate Therapeutics under …
Read more on EurekAlert (press release)