The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is accepting applications for up to a four year total of $15.6 million to fund STOP Act grants aimed at preventing alcohol use among underage youth in communities across the nation. The STOP Act program was created to strengthen collaboration among communities, the Federal more
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HIV/AIDS Update Sponsor: MHMRTC/Texas HIV Connection Speaker's Name: Texas HIV Connection Day: Friday 17-Feb-12 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM Location: MHMR Of Tarrant County MHMRTC 129 Harmon Road Hurst, Texas 76503 Summary: ... RegisterMapquest | Add to Calendar Posted by: Brad Lindgren
Hepatitis C (A & B): Basic Knowledge Sponsor: MHMRTC/Texas HIV Connection Speaker's Name: Texas HIV Connection Day: Friday 17-Feb-12 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM Location: MHMR Of Tarrant County MHMRTC 129 Harmon Road Hurst, Texas Summary: ... RegisterMapquest | Add to Calendar Posted by: Brad Lindgren
WEBINAR: Tuberculosis Sponsor: Texas HIV Connection Speaker's Name: Texas HIV Connection Day: Wednesday 22-Feb-12 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM Location: Texas HIV connection Summary: ... RegisterAdd to Calendar Posted by: Brad Lindgren
WEBINAR: Hep C (A&B): Basic Knowledge Sponsor: Texas IV Connection Speaker's Name: Texas HIV Connection Day: Wednesday 22-Feb-12 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM Location: Texas HIV Connection Summary: ... RegisterAdd to Calendar Posted by: Brad Lindgren
HIV/AIDS Update Sponsor: Hays-Caldwell Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse Speaker's Name: Texas HIV Connection Day: Monday 27-Feb-12 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM Location: Agri-Life Building 1253 Civic Center Loop San Marcos, TX 78666 Summary: ... RegisterMapquest | Add to Calendar Posted by: Joseph Duarte
STDs in the Lives of Substance Users Sponsor: Hays-Caldwell Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse Speaker's Name: Day: Monday 27-Feb-12 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM Location: Agri-Life Building 1253 Civic Center Loop San Marcos, TX 78666 Summary: Course Description... RegisterMapquest | Add to Calendar Posted by: Joseph Duarte
Keep healthy choices in mind as you plan Valentine's day Celebrate the love of family, friends, and good health. Whether you plan to celebrate Valentine's Day on your own or with someone else, take steps to be a healthy valentine. Challenge yourself to be active, healthy, and smoke free. Treat yourself and loved ones to a heart-healthy meal that includes plenty of fruits and vegetables and foods low in saturated fat and salt. Plan an event... [More Info] Posted by: Joseph Duarte
What a great year 2011 was for news about hepatitis C virus treatment! The last major meeting of the year featuring hepatitis research, the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) meeting (referred to as the Liver Meeting), was filled with breathtaking data on what promises to be an amazing pipeline of new HCV drugs. When I think back to the development of drugs for HIV, several years would pass between the release of one drug and the next. Also, in the beginning... [More Info] Posted by: Joseph Duarte
Author: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), Division of Unintentional Injury Prevent
Release Date: Thursday 16-Feb-12 3:00 PM
Overdose deaths from prescription painkillers have skyrocketed in the past decade. Every year, nearly 15,000 people die from overdoses involving these drugs-more than those who die from heroin and cocaine combined. Overdoses involving prescription painkillers-a class of drugs that includes hydrocodone, methadone, oxycodone, and oxymorphone-are a public health epidemic. These drugs are widely misused and abused. One in 20 people in the United States, ages 12 and older, used... [More Info] Posted by: Joseph Duarte
A new national report reveals that 45.9 million American adults aged 18 or older, or 20 percent of this age group, experienced mental illness in the past year. The rate of mental illness was more than twice as high among those aged 18 to 25 (29.9 percent) than among those aged 50 and older (14.3 percent). Adult women were also more likely than men to have experienced mental illness in the past year (23 percent versus 16.8 percent). Mental illness among adults aged 18 or older is... [More Info] Posted by: Joseph Duarte
February is African American History Month To commemorate and celebrate the contributions to our nation made by people of African descent, American historian Carter G. Woodson established Black History Week. The first celebration occurred on February 12, 1926. In 1976, as part of the nation's bicentennial, the week was expanded into Black History Month. This year's theme, Black Women in American Culture and History, invites us to pay special tribute to... [More Info] Posted by: Joseph Duarte