MARR Outcome Study (Addiction Treatment)

MARR Outcome Study (Addiction Treatment) – Every year, MARR conducts an Outcome Study to measure our effectiveness and track trends with comparable programs. The 2009 Study draws data from the Assessment Department, the Men’s Center, the Women’s Center, TRADITIONS, Right Side Up and the Family Program. While one may not normally think of numbers and studies as particularly thrilling, this year’s outcomes have really given us some news to be excited about.

Painkiller addiction: the plague that is sweeping the US

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This beautiful area of rolling, wooded hills – about as close to the pastoral idyll of rural England as you get in the US – hides levels of poverty and poor education on which drug addiction breeds. Appalachia has long been accustomed to high levels of …
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Novartis highlights key data in patients with hematologic diseases and breast …

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CTL019 (CART-19) – Outcomes and extended follow-up from a Phase I/II study in patients with advanced, refractory and high-risk CLL and relapsed refractory ALL treated with CART-19 cells (ASH abstract #717; December 10, 5:00 PM EST). … The most common …
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How Drugs Hijack Decision-Making in The Brain

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A new study by substance abuse researchers has discovered that an area of the brain called the orbitofrontal cortex is responsible for decisions made on the spur of the moment. However, this … The same is true for learning — if a person infers an …
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