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Drinking and Smoking Linked to Migraines in High-School Students

Posted on June 16, 2010 in Research & News

A new study finds that drinking alcohol and smoking cigarettes were associated with migraines and tension headaches in high-school students. Coffee drinking and physical inactivity were also linked with migraines.

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Study Shows that Teen Drinking May Cause Permanent Damage

Posted on January 26, 2010 in Adolescent Drug Abuse

A recent study led by neuroscientist Susan Tapert of the University of California, San Diego compared the brain scans of teens who drink heavily with the scans of teens who don’t, and found damaged nerve tissue in the brains of the teens who drank. NPR’s Michelle Trudeau writes that the researchers believe this damage negatively affects attention span in boys, as well as girls’ ability to comprehend and interpret visual information.

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Wilderness Experiential Therapy for Young Adults

Posted on December 22, 2009 in Drug Addiction Treatment

If you are the parents of a young adult or older teen (ages 18 and older) who is addicted to drugs and/or alcohol, have tried other approaches that have failed, or your son or daughter remains resistant to treatment, you may have lost all hope of them ever getting clean and sober. Wilderness experiential therapy for young adults may offer the solution.

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