Mayo Clinic seeks new therapies for alcoholic hepatitis (EurekAlert!)

( Mayo Clinic ) A new study from Mayo Clinic finds the use of the drug therapy etanercept ineffective in treating alcoholic hepatitis, an acute inflammation of the liver caused by excessive consumption of alcohol.

Mayo Clinic seeks new therapies for alcoholic hepatitis (PhysOrg)

A new study from Mayo Clinic finds the use of the drug therapy etanercept ineffective in treating alcoholic hepatitis, an acute inflammation of the liver caused by excessive consumption of alcohol. The results of the study are published in the December issue of Gastroenterology.

Swiss approve pioneering legal heroin program (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)

By ALEXANDER G. HIGGINS The world's most comprehensive legalized heroin program became permanent Sunday with overwhelming approval from Swiss voters who simultaneously rejected the decriminalization of marijuana. The heroin program, started in 1994, is offered in 23 centers across Switzerland. It has helped eliminate scenes of large groups of drug users shooting up openly in parks that marred ...

Swiss approve pioneering legal heroin program (The Charlotte Observer)

(By ALEXANDER G. HIGGINS, Associated Press Writer) The world's most comprehensive legalized heroin program became permanent Sunday with overwhelming approval from Swiss voters who simultaneously rejected the decriminalization of marijuana. The heroin program, started in 1994, is offered in 23 centers across Switzerland. It has helped eliminate scenes of large groups of drug users shooting up ...

Cornerstone opens Dublin treatment center (Business First of Columbus)

A Tennessee alcohol and drug addiction recovery center is taking its first steps outside the state with a new outpatient facility in Dublin.