Skip to main content

Home/ General Aviation/ Group items tagged of

Rss Feed Group items tagged

anonymous

A Prescription to End Drinking - WSJ - 0 views

  • prompting addiction experts to make a push for using medications to help people quit or cut down on excessive drinking.
  • As a result, experts say, the most effective treatments are highly individualized.
  • The Food and Drug Administration has approved three prescription drugs to treat alcohol problems. But they are seldom used, largely because 12-step programs have dominated the treatment field, NIAAA experts say.
  • ...4 more annotations...
  • neurobiologist George Koob, director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), which is leading the effort to bring new, evidence-based treatments to more people.
  • “We not only use it, we encourage it. If there’s something that can improve your chances of recovery, all the better,” says Joseph Lee, medical director for youth at the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, which uses naltrexone and acamprosate.
  • newer behavioral treatments try to empower patients instead, and focus on developing skills to stay sober.
  • “Over the last 25 to 30 years, much of the neurocircuitry of addiction has been identified,” opening up new targets for interventions, says David Goldman, chief of the NIAAA’s neurogenetics lab
  •  
    A Prescription to End Drinking Data on Medicine for Alcohol Disorders Pushes Doctors Beyond 12-Step Programs -- **Also see Melinda Beck's radio interview on same page**
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.
  • ...3 more annotations...
  • “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.
  •  
    Psychiatrists Describe Trends in Medications to Treat Addiction: When Will the FAA Listen?
Alex Parker

Flying cars of the future: Why they won't be cars at all | Verdict - 1 views

  •  
    when Blade Runner was released in 1982, Ridley Scott introduced us to a dystopian vision of what Los Angeles could look like in 2019. Amongst the cyborgs, video phones and AI of this world were Spinners - flying cars. Now that we've caught up to 2019, it looks like that vision of flying cars wasn't too far off.
Wallid pilots

United scores December's best on-time rate of DIA's big 3 airlines - 0 views

  •  
    United Airlines scored the best on-time arrival rate among Denver International Airport's three biggest airlines in December, the U.S. Department of Transportation reported Tuesday. United - DIA's No. 1 carrier by passenger counts - posted an 80 percent on-time rate
Wallid pilots

Hawaiian Airlines leads all U.S. carriers in on-time performance - 0 views

  •  
    Hawaiian Airlines was No. 1 for on-time performance among U.S. airlines in December with 93.3 percent of flights arriving on schedule, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation.Airlines news
Wallid pilots

United Continental fails to end frequent flier lawsuit - 0 views

  •  
    A federal judge on Thursday rejected United Continental Holdings Inc's (UAL.N) attempt to throw out a lawsuit accusing the world's largest carrier of taking benefits away from some of its most loyal fliers.
Wallid pilots

Japan to send two officials to U.S. for Boeing battery probe - 0 views

  •  
    Japan's Civil Aviation Bureau said on Friday it would send two investigators to Seattle as part of the probe of the battery problem on Boeing's (BA) 787 Dreamliner.
Wallid pilots

Boeing 787 groundings to cost ANA $15 million - 0 views

  •  
    While the grounding of Boeing Co.'s 787 Dreamliner jets did not have a "significant impact" on the company's latest earnings, it has cost the largest operator of those aircraft in lost revenue.
Wallid pilots

Kristin Chenoweth Reduced to Tears After American Airlines Abuse - 0 views

  •  
    Kristin Chenoweth was reportedly the victim of airline abuse after boarding an American Airlines flight from Dallas to L.A. The Emmy award-winning actress was allegedly reduced to tears when a flight attendant accused her of not completing the correct paperwork
Esther Jarrell

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

  •  
    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.
Warplanes .com

P-51 Mustang crashes in the Air Races in Reno, Nevada - 0 views

  •  
    Eight people died together with Jimmy Leeward, 74, pilot of the vintage P-51 Mustang warplane during the horrible crash at the National Championship Air Races in Reno, Nevada air show last September 2011. A total of 54 people were reported injured says Reno Air Races President and CEO, Mike Houghton.
Warplanes .com

B-17 Flying Fortress crash memorial unveiled - 0 views

  •  
    The sister of a pilot who crashed at Glen Chass during World War II is on the Island for the unveiling of a memorial on Saturday, April 14th.
Warplanes .com

B-17 Flying Fortress crash memorial unveiled - 0 views

  •  
    The sister of a pilot who crashed at Glen Chass during World War II is on the Island for the unveiling of a memorial on Saturday, April 14th.
Warplanes .com

2012 is An Exciting Year for B-52 Bomber - 0 views

  •  
    2012 has been dubbed the Year of B-52 Bomber by the Air Force. The B-52 will reach several milestone this year including, the 60th anniversary of the B-52′s first flight.
Warplanes .com

Famous Aircraft Carrier Set Sail for the Last Time - 0 views

  •  
    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.
Alex Parker

Stockholm-Arlanda Airport - 0 views

  •  
    Stockholm-Arlanda airport is situated 37km north of Stockholm and 40km southeast of Uppsala in the Sigtula municipality of Sweden. It is one of the top three airports in Scandinavia by size and is the largest airport in Sweden.
Alex Parker

Kazan International Airport Modernisation - 1 views

  •  
    Kazan International Airport is located 25km south-east of the city of Kazan in the Republic of Tatarstan.
Alex Parker

Hacking Hobart: KPMG talk cyber security in wake of IS airport attack - 1 views

  •  
    In the wake of a cyber attack which forced Tasmania's Hobart International Airport to shut down after an ISIS supporter group hacked into its servers and posted defacing images, Eva Grey spoke to Matt White, senior manager in KPMG's cyber security practice, about some of the virtual dangers faced by international airports
Warplanes .com

Pacific Aircraft - 0 views

  •  
    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.
Gran Trabajo

We Deliver Your Car Right to Your Place - 1 views

Choosing for the right car transport company is daunting for many people. It's not a service that people use very often so it's hard to know what features to look for. Although there are a number o...

cheap rates Car Shipping a vehicle

started by Gran Trabajo on 07 Aug 11 no follow-up yet
‹ Previous 21 - 40 of 159 Next › Last »
Showing 20 items per page