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FDA to change how it evaluates addiction drugs
Becker's Hospital Review
The FDA on August 6 shared a new draft guidance to promote the creation and more widespread use of medication-assisted therapies to treat opioid use disorder, according to STAT. The draft guidance seeks to reframe how the agency will evaluate new ...
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The Week Magazine
A new app aims to help people recovering from addiction avoid environmental triggers
The Week Magazine
A new app wants to help people recovering from opioid addiction navigate their daily lives. The app, called Hey,Charlie, learns about environmental triggers to help people avoid situations that could put their sobriety at risk, Stat News reported Tuesday.and more »

WQAD.com
Jails, prisons slowly loosen resistance to addiction meds
WQAD.com
GREENFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Four inmates sit silently in the library of the Franklin County House of Correction one summer morning. But these men aren't here to read books. Under the supervision of a nurse and two corrections officers, they're taking ...
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US investigating treatment of addicted prisoners in Mass.The Boston Globe
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Telegraph.co.uk
Android 9 Pie rolls out with new tools to fight tech addiction: Here's everything you need to know
Telegraph.co.uk
Google released the latest version of its mobile operating system Android on Monday, and the new software includes a series of substantial changes. Android 9 Pie boasts a machine learning-powered system to save battery power, a new gesture-based ...
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USA TODAY
Google's Android P launches with a new name – it's Pie – and focuses on screen-time addiction
USA TODAY
P is for Pie. That's the yummy new moniker for the latest version of Android that Google finally revealed on Monday, the same day that Android 9 Pie comes out of its beta test phase and starts showing up via an over-the-air update on all of the company ...and more »

Pain News Network
How Common is Opioid Addiction?
Pain News Network
By Roger Chriss, PNN Columnist. As the opioid crisis continues to worsen, there is increased scrutiny of both prescribing levels and fatal overdose rates. The goal of reducing opioid prescriptions is to decrease the exposure to opioids, on the theory ...
States Take Action to Manage Opioid AddictionPracticalPainManagement.comall 7 news articles »

NPR
Demi Lovato: Addiction Is 'Not Something That Disappears'
NPR
Demi Lovato, who was hospitalized in late July following an unspecified overdose, has issued a statement addressing her ongoing struggles with addiction. "I have always been transparent about my journey with addiction," Lovato wrote in a statement ...
Pop star Demi Lovato vows to keep fighting addictionwreg.com
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Business Standard
Punjab govt flags off vans to make people aware about de-addiction prog
Business Standard
Punjab Health Minister Brahm Mohindra today flagged off five vans to make people aware about the state government's de-addiction programme. These vans would provide information about treatment facilities and the ill-effects of drugs and opiate products ...
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Delmarva Daily Times
Recovery homes in Lewes, Milford help mothers overcome addiction, stay with children
Delmarva Daily Times
Jessica Hoopes started at 13 — early, like many in the throes of drug abuse. She had her daughter in the midst of a narcotics addiction. By her early 20s, heroin swam in her bloodstream. "I was stuck in a different world when I was using," the 27-year ...

Daily Mail
Millions of people battling addiction to prescription drugs in 'hidden crisis', experts warn
Daily Mail
The UK is harbouring a 'hidden crisis' of prescription drug addictions. That's the stark warning coming from medical experts, who say increasing numbers of patients are seeking help for misuse of anxiety medicines. And, worryingly, millions of people ...and more »

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Lovato 'must continue to overcome' her addiction
RTE.ie
25-year old singer Demi Lovato has made the first statement on Instagram since the suspected overdose which saw her hospitalised in LA last month. The singer revealed that addiction is "not something that disappears or fades with time" and "it is ...
Demi Lovato vows to keep fighting addiction after hospitalizationChicago Tribune
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Chicago Tribune
Demi Lovato vows to keep fighting addiction after hospitalization
Chicago Tribune
In her first public comments since an overdose put her into the hospital, singer Demi Lovato says she remains committed to overcoming addiction. "I will keep fighting," Lovato wrote Sunday in a post on Instagram. She also thanked her fans, family, team ...
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