Aspirin Shows Promise in Lowering Cancer Risk

Aspirin shows promise in lowering cancer risk
That study, combined with earlier research, is prompting patients and doctors to wonder if more people would benefit from taking a low dose of aspirin and possibly other nonsteroid anti-inflammatory drugs. In July, a national … Dr. Randall Stafford … Read more on San Francisco Chronicle

Lewis Yablonsky dies at 89; Cal State Northridge sociologist
His work treating drug addicts in Santa Monica with reformed alcoholic Charles Dederich resulted in "The Tunnel Back: Synanon" (1965), a provocative early study of the rehabilitation program before it took on cult overtones and became associated with … Read more on Los Angeles Times

Boost for Cape drug fight
Programs that the initiative is looking to support include placing drug and alcohol counselors from Gosnold on Cape Cod, the Cape's major addiction treatment provider, in local schools. Since September, Gosnold has put a counselor at six Cape schools, … Read more on Capecodonline