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Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
At the epicenter of America's opioid epidemic, Huntington, West Virginia’s growing addiction problem has overwhelmed everyone from first responders to business owners to newborns. So far, the city's robust efforts to fight back haven't been enough to curb the overdoses. Hari Sreenivasan reports as part of our series, America Addicted.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
It is ideal to start making healthy lifestyle choices before you even know you’re pregnant—when you are trying to conceive or doing nothing to avoid becoming pregnant. These lifestyle choices include stopping smoking and using other nicotine products, avoiding alcoholic beverages, stopping or getting treatment for drug addictions, and being sure that prescription and over-the-counter medications that you use are safe for developing a pregnancy....
31) Why People Smoke
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Understand the reasons why people smoke.
Pub. Date
[2012], c2007
Language
English
Description
Many people have problems with eating, drinking, and doing drugs, or they simply have a hard time saying 'no.' Some people are horrible procrastinators and control freaks. Whatever the bad habit may be, this engaging program covers them all and shows viewers the many steps to move beyond their issue.
Pub. Date
[2012], c2006
Language
English
Description
Riveting real-life television, Intervention explores the lives of people dependent on drugs, alcohol, or other destructive behaviors and the people who intervene to save them. Once a homecoming queen who wished to pursue a career in fashion design, Cristy began using alcohol and crystal methamphetamine and became addicted at age 13. Now stripping at a local bar to earn money for drugs, Cristy has also been diagnosed with a psychological disorder.
34) One-Man Rehab
Pub. Date
[2012], c2009
Language
English
Description
Riveting real-life television, Intervention explores the lives of people dependent on drugs, alcohol, or other destructive behaviors and the people who intervene to save them. This episode focuses on sober living arrangements that can help addicts once they detox, but are still at high risk for relapsing. We are introduced to Tara, who wants to remain meth-free so she can reunite with her daughter, whom she has not seen in a year. We also meet Mike,...
35) Illegal Drugs
Pub. Date
[2013], c2011
Language
English
Description
Drugs are chemicals. They work in the brain by tapping into its communication system and interfering with the way nerve cells normally send, receive, and process information. Different drugs - because of their chemical structures - work differently. In fact, some drugs can change the brain in ways that last long after the person has stopped taking drugs, maybe even permanently. This is more likely when a drug is taken repeatedly. Some drugs, such...
Pub. Date
[2013], c2001
Language
English
Description
Regardless of everything known about the dangers of smoking cigarettes, a young generation of American women is picking up the habit. In this program, ABC News correspondent Dr. Nancy Snyderman reports on not only how the tobacco industry has targeted women since the 1920s but how research indicates that women face twice the risks from smoking that men do. Experts such as Dr. Diane Stover of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Medical Center discuss how...
37) Living Skills
Series
Pub. Date
[2012], c1993
Language
English
Description
Managing Money encourages viewers to explore their relationship with money, change their thinking about it, and learn the benefits of budgeting. A budget shows how much is spent on necessities and the money that is left over to spend on other things. Fixed monthly expenses (necessities that are the same price each month) and flexible monthly expenses (groceries, clothing, entertainment, etc.) should be calculated frequently. Exercises help individuals...
Pub. Date
[2013], c2000
Language
English
Description
Most Americans readily accept that alcoholism is a disease and that the only treatment is abstinence. But in an eye-opening report, ABC News medical correspondent Nancy Snyderman questions the established beliefs and conventional theories about drinking, opening the door to a heated and even hostile debate within the medical and treatment communities. Metabolic, genetic, and neurochemical models of alcoholism are challenged, and alternatives to twelve-step...
Pub. Date
[2010], c2000
Language
English
Description
This edition of Investigative Reports - the first video on Alcoholics Anonymous ever filmed by a producer outside of the umbrella of the AA organization - takes viewers inside AA meetings and the AA General Services Office, the overseeing body that assists the fellowship worldwide. Interviews with AA "old-timers," AA's managing director, leading national health authorities, and the organization's outspoken critics provide a detailed and balanced look...
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