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CO: Heart Attacks Drop After Three Years of City Smoking Ban
New research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that hospital admissions for heart attacks have dropped significantly in Pueblo, Colo., since the city put in place an indoor smoking ban three years ago. 01/08/2009
Study: Recovery Coaches Reduce Number of Substance-Exposed Births
New research suggests that recovery coaches -- caseworkers with special training in addiction, relapse prevention, case management and counseling -- can cut the number of newborns exposed to alcohol or other drugs and can play an important role in reuniting families. 01/07/2009
Teens Display Risky Behaviors on MySpace
Researchers say that half of teen MySpace sites include references to sex, drug use, or other high-risk behavior, with 41 percent of sites studied featuring drug-related information. 01/06/2009
Addiction Costs Medicaid Hundreds of Millions Annually, Study Says
More than one in four Medicaid recipients have a diagnosed addiction problem, researchers said this week, and the cost of providing behavioral healthcare and medical care for these individuals runs into the hundreds of millions of dollars annually when compared with Medicaid recipients who don't have alcohol or other drug problems. 01/06/2009
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Boston University School of Public Health 
