"Health & Medical News"

By Bob Curley

An upcoming HBO series on addiction is being viewed as a unique opportunity to educate the public about a disease that affects more than 22 million Americans — and many more family members — but is widely misunderstood.? 

The 14-part HBO documentary series is the linchpin of the “Addiction” project, but it’s far from the only component. A collaboration between HBO, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, the campaign also includes a companion book, a comprehensive addiction information website at HBO, and a national community-outreach program coordinated by Join Together, Faces and Voices of Recovery, and Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA). A four-DVD version of the documentaries will be sold for a minimal price at retail outlets and online.

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Talk about fantasy fashion: “It’s Disney, princess-inspired and very fun,” the 23-year-old Nicky Hilton said of her spring Chick by Nicky Hilton collection that helped kick off Los Angeles fashion week. Nicky Hilton is an American fashion model, socialite, and fashion designer and an heiress to a part of the Hilton Hotel chain.
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For some this is an invitation to rush out and indulge our senses. But for others it heralds just one thing - hay fever.
Most of us relish the return of warmer weather and can’t wait to get outside and bask in the beautiful spring sunshine. But others just want to head indoors until the hay fever season is over.

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