This Brief explores emerging trends in drug use and distribution. This timely Brief examines recent examples of emerging drugs including salvia (from the plant Salvia divinorum), bath salts (and other synthetic stimulants) and so-called research chemicals (primarily substituted phenethylamines, synthetic cousins of ecstasy), which have tended to receive brief levels of high intensity media coverage that may or may not reflect an actual increase in their usage. Over the past decade in parti...

You have the power to impact your health and wellness!Scientists are beginning to understand that our thinking has a deep and complicated relationship with our eating. Our thoughts before, during, and after eating profoundly impact our food choices, our digestive health, our brain health, and more. Yet most of us give very little thought to our food beyond taste and basic nutritional content.In this revolutionary book, Dr. Caroline Leaf packs an incredible ...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERMore people than ever before see themselves as addicted to, or recovering from, addiction, whether it be alcohol or drugs, prescription meds, sex, gambling, porn, or the internet. But despite the unprecedented attention, our understanding of addiction is trapped in unfounded 20th century ideas, addiction as a crime or as brain disease, and in equally outdated treatment.Challenging both the idea of the addict's "broken brain" and t...

Winner of the IPPY Award gold medal for Most Progressive Health BookOn December 2, 2004, Gwen Olsens niece Megan committed suicide by setting herself on fireand ended her tortured life as a victim of the adverse effects of prescription drugs. Olsens poignant autobiographical journey through the darkness of mental illness and the catastrophic consequences that lurk in medicine cabinets around the country offers an honest glimpse into alarming statistics and a health...

Buprenorphine, often better known by the brand name Suboxone®, is currently the preferred drug for helping people recover from opiate addiction. But how is the drug best used? Is it something that should be used on a short-term or long-term basis? Can patients really taper off the drug, and if so, how do they go about it with a minimal amount of problems? And what other things should Suboxone patients be doing to ensure they have a positive experience with the drug? In this compelling book...

• The world's leading experts on Ecstasy assess its therapeutic potential, social implications, and the dangers of unsupervised use.• Includes chapters by Andrew Weil, Ralph Metzner, Douglas Rushkoff, Rabbi Zalman Schachter, Rick Doblin, and others.• An ideal guide for parents and educators seeking a credible source of information.Use of the drug Ecstasy, once confined to the teen rave scene and college campuses, is exploding across America, from high schools to ups...

Could someone you know have ADHD? Maybe they're inattentive. Or they might be hyperactive and impulsive. They might have all those traits.There are three groups of symptoms:InattentionHyperactivityImpulsivityGet the facts on all of them, and learn examples of behaviors that can come with each.InattentionYou might not notice it until a child goes to school. In adults, it may be easier to notice at work or in social sit...

Anxious Americans have increasingly pursued peace of mind through pills and prescriptions. In 2006, the National Institute of Mental Health estimated that 40 million adult Americans suffer from an anxiety disorder in any given year: more than double the number thought to have such a disorder in 2001. Anti-anxiety drugs are a billion-dollar business. Yet as recently as 1955, when the first tranquilizer -- Miltown -- went on the market, pharmaceutical executives worried that there wouldn't't...

Are you suffering from a strange disease, that keep pulling your hair out? Well, it's called trichotillomania, and you are not alone. This ebook compiles tons of tips from REAL trichotillomania sufferers, sharing their stories and more importantly, how to cure it. Read through this ebook, make notes and you will realize you are not alone. It's a common disease, and you'll see different treatments to it. Don't be despaired if you are one of the victims. There's a cur...

In her provocative new book, New York Times-bestselling author Judith Warner explores the storm of debate over whether we are overdiagnosing and overmedicating our children who have "issues."In Perfect Madness: Motherhood in the Age of Anxiety, Judith Warner explained what's gone wrong with the culture of parenting, and her conclusions sparked a national debate on how women and society view motherhood. Her new book, We've Got Issues: Children ...

Marion Nestle, acclaimed author of Food Politics, now tells the gripping story of how, in early 2007, a few telephone calls about sick cats set off the largest recall of consumer products in U.S. history and an international crisis over the safety of imported goods ranging from food to toothpaste, tires, and toys. Nestle follows the trail of tainted pet food ingredients back to their source in China and along the supply chain to their introduction into feed for pigs, chickens, and...

A Change of Heart is a detailed account of the revolutionary Framingham Heart study — which, over the years, has provided conclusive evidence that cardiovascular disease is largely the result of measurable and modifiable risk factors. First begun in 1948, not long after Franklin Delano Roosevelt succumbed to a massive stroke, the study of over 5,000 citizens of Framingham, Massachusetts, changed the course of medical history. The lessons learned in Framingham allow each of us to c...