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The Disease of Addiction is on Trial - 0 views

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    Steven Kassels has been Board Certified in Emergency Medicine and Addiction Medicine. He is a Co-Founder and Medical Director of Community Substance Abuse Centers, with treatment facilities located throughout New England. He has served as the Chair of the Massachusetts ASAM Public Policy Committee; a member of the ASAM Medical Specialty Advisory Group; and as CARF Expert Medical Consultant for Opioid Treatment Programs. When giving talks, he frequently donates his author proceeds to local treatment centers and he has personally subsidized the publishing costs to keep the price affordable. "Medicine has been very good to me and it is my way of trying to give back." Steve will Skype into book groups and they can be scheduled through his website. The book is available at Amazon, iBooks and Barnes and Noble online.
Esther Jarrell

Aircraft Electrical & Environmental Systems Market - 2013-18 | MarketsandMarkets - 0 views

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    the primary functions in the aircraft more powered by electrical system; rather than conventional Pneumatic and hydraulic system aircraft will able to achieve reduced fuel burn, higher reliability, reduction in maintenance cost and more dispatch availability. Even though the challenges are enormous our modern world has come up with bleed less and efficient system. The industry is witnessing new entrants from emerging economies in narrow body segment, especially from China. Coupled with the increase in orders for existing models and new models and the need for more fuel efficient and greener aircraft the electrical and environmental systems will be charged with opportunities.
anonymous

A Different Path to Fighting Addiction - NYTimes.com - 0 views

  • The psychologists also support the use of anti-craving medications like naltrexone, which block the brain’s ability to release endorphins and the high of using the substance.
  • A 2002 study conducted by researchers at the University of New Mexico and published in the journal Addiction showed that motivational interviewing, cognitive behavioral therapy and naltrexone, which are often used together, are far more effective in stopping or reducing drug and alcohol use than the faith-and-abstinence-based model of A.A. and other “TSF” — for 12-step facilitation — programs.
  • Researchers elsewhere have come up with similar findings. In 2006, the Cochrane Library, a health care research group, reviewed four decades of global alcohol treatment studies and concluded, “No experimental studies unequivocally demonstrated the effectiveness of AA or TSF approaches for reducing alcohol dependence or problems.” Despite that research, A.A.’s 12-step model is by far the dominant approach to addiction in America.
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  • lifelong abstinence and adherence to the 12 steps mapped out in the Big Book, published four years after the organization was founded in 1935.
  • relies heavily on faith; God is mentioned in five of the 12 steps.
  • Instead of addict or alcoholic, she prefers the terms favored by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, or the DSM-V, which says that patients suffer from “alcohol use disorder” or “substance abuse disorder,” terms that convey a spectrum of severity.
  • “Substance use takes on a lot of different shapes and sizes,” Dr. Kosanke said. “There are real downsides to labeling a child with a lifetime identity, when that truly may or may not turn out to be the case.”
  • “We don’t have a judgment on how you address your substance use problem. Maybe A.A. is helpful to you and you find everything you need there. If it’s not, we genuinely believe there are many strategies for helping to resolve them.”
  • Stanton Peele, a Brooklyn psychologist who has studied substance use for decades and is a longtime critic of the A.A. model.
  • That approach runs through the book she wrote with Dr. Foote and Dr. Kosanke, “Beyond Addiction: How Science and Kindness Can Help People Change.”
  • “She’s not a problem to be solved, but a child to be loved and guided toward a better life.”
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    Gabrielle Glaser's NYT article, July 3, 2014
anonymous

What if We Really Treated Addiction Like the Disease It Is? | The Fix - 0 views

  • Dr. Howard Wetsman argues that most addiction treatment has been misguided and ineffective but that we are finally able to "throw away the cookie cutter" and "treat addiction like the disease it is."...Richard Juman, PsyD
  • We don’t really believe that addiction is a disease!
  • in spite of the language that we use in describing addiction as a disease, we don’t actually treat it like it is a disease
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  • That’s because with every other chronic disease we look at data. With addiction, we believe.
  • As long as we think of addiction as something a “normal person” has done to himself by using a drug, we will only see it as a temporary abnormality brought on by bad behavior.
  • The mindset behind this advice is that addiction is really just a long-lasting intoxication that will eventually go away, leaving the person normal again; this is not a true understanding of addiction as a disease.
  • I found that she had a polymorphism of Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase (MTHFR), an enzyme that turns folic acid from our diet into L-methylfolate, the only form that our brains can use. One use for L-methylfolate is as a co-enzyme in two stages of the production of dopamine.
  • based in biology and developed from essential principles.
  • “Addiction is a primary, chronic disease of brain reward, motivation, memory and related circuitry. Dysfunction in these circuits leads to characteristic biological, psychological, social and spiritual manifestations. This is reflected in an individual pathologically pursuing reward and/or relief by substance use and other behaviors.”
  • We can finally treat addiction like the disease it is in nature.
  • Howard C. Wetsman, MD, is the Chief Medical Officer of the Townsend Addiction Treatment Centers in Louisiana and the author of Questions and Answers on Addiction.
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    Howard C. Wetsman, MD, is the Chief Medical Officer of the Townsend Addiction Treatment Centers in Louisiana and the author of Questions and Answers on Addiction.
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F18 Super Hornet Model Airplane - 0 views

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    Wingspan: 11.5" Fuselage Length: 15" MODEL COLLECTORS AND MILITARY ENTHUSIASTS WILL MARVEL THE QUALITY OF OUR F18 SUPER HORNET MODEL AIRPLANE The F18 Super Hornet model plane's paint scheme, markings and parts are extremely complete, reflecting the original airplane. This F18 Super Hornet model airplane is definitely the ideal piece to every aviation enthusiast and avid aircraft collector, reviving the good, old flight memories and perfect display. This top-quality F-18 Super Hornet model plane will surely be appreciated by anyone who receives this elegant desktop display as a gift. This F-18 Super Hornet model plane is definitely the ideal gift to every aviation enthusiast and avid aircraft collector, reviving the good, old flight memories for it displays perfect resemblance to the actual F-18 Super Hornet. To ensure a damage-free product straight to your doorstep, the F-18 Super Hornet model plane with its base stand is safely covered with foam and carefully packed in a box.
anonymous

The Regret of Honesty: A Policy of Truth? - 0 views

I'm an airline pilot-turned "alcoholic." In a world full of heavy drinkers, you might think that a poor career move; you'd be right. In September of 2009, after a rather rowdy three-night stay in...

HIMS Pilots United HIMS related discrimination HIMS-program HIMS process himsprogram.com Human Intervention Motivation Study Aviation Legal Aid Aviation Family Fund standard of care Special Issuance senior aviation medical examiner American Substance Abus

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anonymous

The Regret of Honesty: A Policy of Truth? - 0 views

I'm an airline pilot-turned "alcoholic." In a world full of heavy drinkers, you might think that a poor career move; you'd be right. In September of 2009, after a rather rowdy three-night stay in...

HIMS Pilots United HIMS related discrimination HIMS-program HIMS process himsprogram.com Human Intervention Motivation Study Aviation Legal Aid Aviation Family Fund standard of care Special Issuance senior aviation medical examiner American Substance Abus

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Showcase Airplane Models - Largest Selection of Finest Aviation, Maritime and Space Col... - 1 views

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    Showcase Models is the supplier of quality plane and ship replicas for the last 35 years. We provide more than 1,000 model planes and ships. We also offer a comprehensive list of model plane and ship categories from World War I, World War II, propeller-powered planes, jet-powered planes, modern aircrafts, aircraft carriers, space shuttles and shuttle carriers, commercial aircrafts, maritime vehicles, gun ship vessels, patrol boats, submarines and aircraft/ships classified by historical era, etc.
Thomas Sullivan

Aviation and Space News - 0 views

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    Are you an aviation and space enthusiast with a need to know the most current aviation and space news? If so, then this small site should be interesting to you. Also provides an aviation and space book store and interesting videos.
Esther Jarrell

Infrared and Thermal Imaging Systems Market - 2019 | MarketsandMarkets - 0 views

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    The commercial sector mainly consists of the transportation sector, security and surveillance, thermography, and other applications. The improved acceptance of integrated solutions for closed circuit television cameras, transportation, and smart phones, has fuelled the sales and demand for thermal imaging systems within these sectors that ultimately helped increase revenues.
anonymous

WEYHRAUCH LAW GROUP Provides legal support to the aviation community & pilots in the HI... - 0 views

  • 'Special Issuance,' may take several YEARS to accomplish. During this time, there is almost always NO salary, the costs associated with it are NOT reimbursed
  • It is, quite literally, the FAA's way, "or the highway." In effect, the pilot is beholden to his/her assigned medical providers (about whom she has no choice) and treatment philosophy.
  • this becomes the pilot's only mode of maintaining sobriety, and the only method about which she can be forthcoming; other modes of maintaining sobriety will elicit suspicion, and delay issuance of the below:
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    Human Intervention Motivation Study (HIMS) Related Documents: FAA Special Issuance Allowing ONLY Alcohol Breathalyzer and/or Blood Testing for Alcohol and/or Liver Function
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Famous Aircraft Carrier Set Sail for the Last Time - 0 views

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    The USS Enterprise starts the final voyage of its 50 years of service as it set sail for its 22nd and last deployment. The USS Enterprise is the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. It had been commissioned by the US Navy in 1961 and it is the Navy's largest and oldest combat vessel.
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Supermarine Spitfire MK-IX Model Airplane - 0 views

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    Express your admiration by displaying an Supermarine Spitfire MK-IX aircraft model in your home. Warplanes produce Supermarine Spitfire MK-IX desktop model planes that perfectly capture its fierceness and intensity. This aircraft model is modeled using various high-quality grade materials by our master craftsmen. The Supermarine Spitfire MK-IX wood model plane is carved from solid mahogany and entirely hand painted, designed to match the original aircraft. A coat of clear lacquer protects the aircraft and gives it a glossy finish.
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Custom Piper Apache Model Plane - 0 views

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    Warplanes's Piper Apache Custom Model Airplane exhibits unmatched, unequaled quality and intricate design to achieve exactness and accuracy of the actual model. It also comes with a sturdy, durable base stand which comes in different colors of your choice logo and brass plate of your personal inscription.
Alex Parker

App, app and away - the 10 best airport apps - 1 views

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    Around 2.3 billion people fly every year; a significant proportion of these travellers carry smartphones and could benefit from apps designed for travellers in airports. As well as helping passengers navigate round the airport and fast-track through boarding, airport apps offer novel and quirky ways to inform and entertain in the dull hours before air crew request that all electronic devices are turned off.
Alex Parker

Ebola screening at UK airports - with Public Health England director Paul Cosford - 2 views

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    Airports across the UK are still on high alert after Scottish nurse Pauline Cafferkey became the first person to be diagnosed with the deadly Ebola virus on UK soil. We ask Professor Paul Cosford, director for health protection and medical director for Public Health England, if screening procedures at Heathrow and other UK hubs are sufficiently robust to protect passengers and staff.
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    Airports across the UK are still on high alert after Scottish nurse Pauline Cafferkey became the first person to be diagnosed with the deadly Ebola virus on UK soil. We ask Professor Paul Cosford, director for health protection and medical director for Public Health England, if screening procedures at Heathrow and other UK hubs are sufficiently robust to protect passengers and staff.
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Pacific Aircraft - 0 views

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    Pacific Aircraft Models offers the best selection of scale model planes, model helicopters and military plaques. Museum quality and perfect craftsmanship clearly and vividly captures the core essence and heart of aviation. Our scale model airplane, model helicopter and model aircraft emanates the true embodiment of significant and interesting times of aviation history.
Thomas Sullivan

Flight Schools - A Directory for the American Pilot - 0 views

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    If you are an American pilot or live overseas and would like to train to be a pilot in the United States, this site should be useful. A pilot portal which includes a flight school directory, aviation directory, and weather information.
anonymous

Psychiatrists Describe Trends in Medications to Treat Addiction: When Will the FAA List... - 0 views

  • More evidence that the FAA is misguided in their ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach in administering the HIMS (Human Intervention Motivation Study) program…
  • and stressed that “there is no ‘one-size fits-all’ treatment, … [and] efficacy of the treatments may vary from person to person.”
  • since drug addictions are very common disorders in both general and psychiatric patient populations, she hoped the session succeeded in “conveying some important messages about the treatment of addiction” that psychiatrists could take home and use in their practices.
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  • “Pharmacotherapies for AUD are highly underutilized. Only 8 percent of adults with AUD are currently being treated for the illness” with these medications, said Steven Batki, M.D., a professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco, who pointed out that there is no universal treatment that is as effective in all patients with AUD.
  • Though there are multiple pharmacotherapy options available to treat substance use disorders, some addiction experts maintain that these medications are often underutilized
  • these disorders are too seldom treated with pharmacotherapies approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), some addiction experts maintain.
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    Psychiatrists Describe Trends in Medications to Treat Addiction: When Will the FAA Listen?
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Microscopic crystals included in NTSB probe of Boeing 787 battery incidents - 0 views

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    The crystals known as dendrites, which can cause lithium-ion batteries to short-circuit and fail, aren't a central focus but are among areas under investigation in Boeing 787 fire and smoke incidents, the NTSB said.Airlines news.
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