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Issues and Implications for Clinical PracticeTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 2:11PMDr Saxon is affiliated with the Center of Excellence in Substance Abuse Treatment and Education at the VA Puget Sound Health Care System and is Professor in the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and Director of the Addiction Psychiatry Residency Program at the University of Washington in Seattle.

Children of promise, children of pain: The Jacob Wideman caseSaturday, May 14, 2011 @ 11:53PMIt was late afternoon on Aug. 12, 1986, when a rented blue Oldsmobile with a summer-camp counselor and his four teen-age charges pulled into the University Inn in Flagstaff, Ariz. The day had not been the high point of their western trip.

Merck's VICTRELIS phase III study results against HCV presented at EASL annual meetingFriday, April 1, 2011 @ 1:12AMMerck, known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, announced results from several new data analyses from the pivotal Phase III studies evaluating the addition of its investigational oral protease inhibitor VICTRELIS to peginterferon alfa-2b and ribavirin in adult patients with chronic hepatitis C virus genotype 1 infection.

A Comparison Of Profiles Of Learning And Memory Impairments In 2 Groups Of ChildrenWednesday, March 16, 2011 @ 5:41AMChildren with heavy prenatal alcohol exposure and children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder A new study has compared the verbal learning and memory performance of children with heavy prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) with that of children with attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The children with PAE had initial problems with learning information, reflecting inefficient ...

ASUA, UAPD team up for safetyMonday, March 7, 2011 @ 1:37AMWith an inflatable inner tube around her waist, journalism junior Shannon Maule stopped people walking by the UA Mall and asked about their plans for spring break. Students signed the tube as a pledge that they would be safe during break from March 12 to March 20.

Alcohol linked to complications after joint surgeryFriday, February 18, 2011 @ 4:55PMNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The more people drink before having a hip or knee replaced, the higher their risk for complications right after the surgery, a new study suggests.

Total Joint Arthroplasty Patients Have Fewer Complications When They Lead Healthy Lifestyles, Have Positive AttitudeFriday, February 18, 2011 @ 9:14AMJoint replacement patients who improve their lifestyle and maintain a positive mindset prior to surgery are more likely to have better functional outcomes than those who do not, according to research presented at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS). Multiple studies found that patients who smoke, misuse alcohol, fail to control blood sugar levels or ...

Healthy Lifestyle, Positive Attitude Can Help Improve Patient OutcomesThursday, February 17, 2011 @ 4:16PMResearchers find total joint arthroplasty patients have fewer complications when they quit smoking Joint replacement patients who improve their lifestyle and maintain a positive mindset prior to surgery are more likely to have better functional outcomes than those who do not, according to research presented today at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS ...

Healthy lifestyle, positive attitude can help improve patient outcomesWednesday, February 16, 2011 @ 11:28PM( American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons ) Joint replacement patients who improve their lifestyle and maintain a positive mindset prior to surgery are more likely to have better functional outcomes than those who do not, according to research presented today at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.