Scott Disick 'checks out of rehab' in Costa Rica for business commitments
Scott Disick has decided to end his treatment at a luxury rehabilitation center five days after entering the facility on Monday. Instead, the 31-year-old partner of Kourtney Kardashian is leaving Rythmia Life Advancement Center in Costa Rica to return … Read more on Daily Mail

Johnny Manziel remains in a rehab facility past his 28 days
But for Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel, it's just a beginning, which is either a good or a bad sign. According to Mark Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Browns coach Mike Pettine said Manziel remains in a facility for alcohol and substance abuse. Read more on NBCSports.com

Only residential Alameda County teen rehab center in jeopardy
The only residential drug and alcohol treatment facility for low-income teens in Alameda County is — like many of its patients — at risk. Thunder Road Adolescent Treatment Centers Inc. offers residential placement for about 350 teens a year between … Read more on San Francisco Chronicle

Ex-Sen. Dawson gets rehab for drug violation
MIAMI (AP) — Former state Sen. Mandy Dawson has been ordered into a residential treatment program after violating probation because of cocaine use. U.S. District Judge Robert Scola also sentenced Dawson on Monday to time served for violating her … Read more on San Francisco Chronicle

Street Fair Held for New Recovery Center Opening
TJ's is a not-for-profit safe place for kids and teens to recover with peers after drug or alcohol rehab. The new …… River Valley Credit Union, FOX45, and ABC22 recognize the good deeds of people and organizations who make the Miami Valley a better … Read more on WKEF ABC 22

Helping Young Addicts: TJ's Place of Hope Plans Second Location
Helping Young Addicts: TJ's Place of Hope Plans Second Location. WEST CARROLLTON– Reports often capture numbers and details of heroin overdose deaths and addiction rates in the Miami Valley, but what's being done about the root of the issue– kids … Read more on WRGT TV Fox 45

Sobriety center would be a smart step toward decriminalizing public …
Whether the problem is substance abuse or simply a night out to celebrate a 21st birthday, arresting people who for being publicly intoxicated does not solve any issue. Travis County is taking a step in the right direction by moving toward … Read more on UT The Daily Texan

Rutgers responds to NJ heroin problem
“In 2012, there were more than 8,300 admissions to state-licensed or certified substance abuse treatment programs due to prescription drug abuse, an increase of 200 percent over the past five years and nearly 700 percent over the past decade,” the … Read more on RU Daily Targum

Life-saving overdose antidote may become easy to buy
The current draft of the bill calls for buyers to receive some counseling on drug treatment programs and education about how to recognize an overdose. Pharmacists … Her husband, she explained, sometimes mixes pain medications with alcohol. Wally said … Read more on San Francisco Chronicle

A success story in cancer treatment
San Diego – 71-year-old Anastasia Custis Berkheimer, a member of "The Ukulele Babies," is now a two-time breast cancer survivor. On Monday she walked out of Scripps' brand new Proton Therapy Center to cheers and hugs. With the center opening just one … Read more on San Diego 6

Judge orders Chris Brown to remain in jail
The singer was arrested on Friday, March 14, 2014, after he was dismissed from a Malibu facility where he was receiving treatment for anger management, substance abuse and issues related to bipolar disorder. (AP Photo/Lucy Nicholson, Pool) The … Read more on U-T San Diego

'Chavez' revives labor leader's legacy for next generation
Twenty-one years after his death at age 66 in 1993, "Cesar Chavez," directed by Diego Luna and starring Michael Peña, arrives in theaters this month. Focusing on successful efforts to unionize grape pickers and lead a strike and … Many younger … Read more on San Francisco Chronicle

'Audrie's Law' targets rapes of passed-out teens
Adachi noted that under current law, a juvenile can still end up in adult court on charges of sexually assaulting an incapacitated victim – but only after prosecutors prove to a judge at a hearing that the youth isn't fit to be rehabilitated through … Read more on San Francisco Chronicle

Abilene, Big Country calendar for weekend and beyond
Alcoholics Anonymous/Narcotics Anonymous, 8 p.m., Avoca United Methodist Church. 325-773-2611 … Stroke/Aphasia Recovery Program support group, 1:30-2:30 p.m. West Texas Rehabilitation Center boardroom, 4601 Hartford St. 325-793-3535. Dystonia … Read more on ReporterNews.com

Nexus Recovery Center launches program focused on parent-child relationship
Catherine Wright, children specialist, sings a nursery rhyme to Sara Kendall's son, Jaxon, 2, during the new Pregnant and Post-Partum Prevention and Intervention program offered by Nexus Recovery Center in Dallas. The 10-week program focuses on the … Read more on Dallas Morning News

Wilson among the many indebted to Jobe
After a full year of rehab, Wilson couldn't believe how the ball felt coming out of his hand. "I was like, 'I'm a power pitcher all of a sudden,'" Wilson recalled. "Later that year I hit … Since recovering from a harrowing five-year addiction to … Read more on MLB.com

All Kids Want a Head Start
All Kids Want a Head Start. Without universal preschool, middle class families vie for the same early education treatment that those who live below the poverty line are afforded. In New York City, affluent parents sign up for pre-school while their … Read more on Daily Beast

R8 V10 Spyder Quattro S is a fresh-air supercar
All engines are available to power the Coupe, and all are FSI direct fuel-injected, outfitted with either a six-speed manual gearbox or a seven-speed S tronic dual clutch transmission with steering wheel-mounted paddle shifters and a Sport mode … Read more on San Francisco Chronicle

2014-02-14T00:00:00Z Bulletin Board Sioux City Journal
Dual Recovery Anonymous, 12-step peer support meeting, 4 to 5 p.m. Wednesdays at 625 Court St. Framework of recovery for those with addiction and emotional or psychiatric illness. …. For more information, call 712-737-5260. Family Support Group, 5 p … Read more on Sioux City Journal

Heart disease
During the past decade, our team of cardiovascular specialists at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center has been front and center in taking advantage of every advancement launched in the nation to aid in the treatment of heart patients in our service area … Read more on Hutchinson News