'How to Change Someone You Love' Offers Help to Those Who Feel Powerless in the Face of Addiction
SEABROOK, N.J., June 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Seabrook House is proud to announce their sponsorship of "How to Change Someone You Love" seminars in coordination with Brad Lamm, BRI-I, CAI. Founder of Intervention Specialists, author of "How to Change Someone You Love" and a nationally r...Author's Unwelcome Sequel Brings Light to Addiction
...bbing and flowing tide of addiction. In an effort to better understand the profound difficulties that addicts struggle with, and why they seem so powerless to control their lives, Neal devotes the mid-section of the book to research. Neal also covers addictions in general, the history of worldwide drug us...New method to overcome multiple drug resistant diseases developed by Stanford researchers
...hough not confined to them. Chemotherapy drugs that were once highly effective when first used against a particular cancer now are often rendered near powerless when a patient's cancer resurges. Even more devastating, when an organism develops resistance to one drug, it often becomes resistant to other drug...Having Less Power Impairs the Mind and Ability to Get Ahead, Study Shows
...low-power conditions, they demonstrate that simply lacking power can automatically lead to performance that reinforces one's low standing, sending the powerless towards a destiny of dispossession. To read the full published article or speak with Kellogg School of Management professor Adam Galinsky, e-mail Me...15 Million Americans Suffer From Social Anxiety Disorder
...riends and romantic partnerships," she said. People with this disorder recognize their fear is excessive and irrational, Ross noted. "But they feel powerless to do anything about it," she said. Social anxiety disorder can start in the early teens, Dr. Mark H. Pollack, director of the Center for Anxiety ...New protein discovery helps researchers understand autoimmune diseases
...ients with APS-1 the parathyroid glands can be knocked out at a very young age, which can lead to severe cramp attacks that regular cramp treatment is powerless to alleviate. If the disease is not discovered, it therefore often leads to death. The new discovery also makes it possible to diagnose the disease ea...NEWSWEEK Cover: The Hunt for an Addiction Vaccine
... to just about every advance. So discovering that addiction involves profound changes in the brain has led to a widespread assumption that addicts are powerless over their condition-that drugs have hijacked their brains. This, in essence, rules out free will and the possibility that some addictive behavior may...San Diego Wildfires Mental Health Fund
...Apathy and emotional numbing -- Nightmares and reoccurring thoughts about the event -- Irritability and anger -- Sadness and depression -- Feeling powerless -- Changes in eating patterns; loss of appetite or overeating -- Crying for "no apparent reason" -- Headaches, back pains and stomach problems -- ...New book plants seed for biodiverse food production
... newer genetically modified organisms," Thompson notes. "The healing properties of indigenous plants also define local communities, which are becoming powerless as corporations get stronger." Thompson cites the plant hoodia, nurtured by the San peoples in Southern Africa, as an example of trade agreements ...Markets of biodiversity and equity in trade: An illusion?
...n active biopiracy. Some States of the South, supported by the non governmental organizations (NGOs), have therefore seen looming the risk of watching powerless an unbridled exploitation of indigenous peoples knowledge and resources, with insufficient means to stem the flow. Others considered that if regulated...Work-life imbalance - A global problem getting worse
... profits and people and the profits are more important. The authors argue that individuals, employers and societies around the world feel generally powerless to do much about this situation because the changes that would improve things seem to go against global economic trends. They go on to describe the si...