http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/ Y! Health Addiction News, updated continuously. en-us Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:28:30 PST Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. 5 142 18 http://health.yahoo.com/ http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/he/b/he_144.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/afp/healthuspoliticscongress_20091108195051.htmlyahoo/health/news/afp/healthuspoliticscongress_20091108195051Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:49:14 PSTAFP - Democrats Sunday girded for the next battle to push the most sweeping US health care overhaul in a half-century through Congress, after handing President Barack Obama victory in a narrow House vote.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/ap/us_drug_war_the_treatment_challenge.htmlyahoo/health/news/ap/us_drug_war_the_treatment_challengeSun, 08 Nov 2009 11:32:50 PSTAP - Based on the rhetoric, America's war on drugs seems poised to shift into a more enlightened phase where treatment of addicts gains favor over imprisonment of low-level offenders. Questions abound, however, about the nation's readiness to turn the talk into reality.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/afp/euhealthdrugsaddiction_20091105182328.htmlyahoo/health/news/afp/euhealthdrugsaddiction_20091105182328Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:18:36 PSTAFP - Cocaine's relentless march through Europe's social order showed no sign of abating in 2009, an annual report into drug use and addiction showed on Thursday.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/afp/euhealthdrugsaddiction.htmlyahoo/health/news/afp/euhealthdrugsaddictionThu, 05 Nov 2009 10:18:36 PSTAFP - Cocaine's relentless march through Europe's social order showed no sign of abating in 2009, an annual report into drug use and addiction showed on Thursday.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/afp/capeverdehealthepidemic_20091104183122.htmlyahoo/health/news/afp/capeverdehealthepidemic_20091104183122Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:29:19 PSTAFP - Businesses, schools and government offices will shut in Cape Verde Friday for a day of mobilisation to try to curb a dengue epidemic which has killed four people since Sunday, authorities announced Wednesday.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/afp/saudihealthfluhajj_20091102190717.htmlyahoo/health/news/afp/saudihealthfluhajj_20091102190717Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:00:32 PSTAFP - Saudi Arabia said Monday it is to vaccinate all its residents attending the hajj against swine flu, pressing ahead with plans to host millions of the world's Muslims despite a heightened pandemic alert.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/afp/saudihealthfluhajj_20091102125950.htmlyahoo/health/news/afp/saudihealthfluhajj_20091102125950Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:57:23 PSTAFP - Saudi Arabia is to begin vaccinating hundreds of thousands of health and hajj workers and domestic pilgrims against swine flu next week, a senior health official said on Monday, as flu deaths in the kingdom hit 62.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/ap/cb_cuba_fidel_castro.htmlyahoo/health/news/ap/cb_cuba_fidel_castroSat, 31 Oct 2009 07:08:48 PDTAP - Fidel Castro has found something to sneeze at in Washington's decision to ease visits by Cuban-Americans to his island: He says more Americans mean more swine flu.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/afp/britainpoliticsdrugshealth_20091030090231.htmlyahoo/health/news/afp/britainpoliticsdrugshealth_20091030090231Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:02:17 PDTAFP - Alcohol and cigarettes are more dangerous than illegal drugs such as cannabis, LSD and ecstasy, the British government's top drugs advisor has said.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/afp/mideastconflictgazaaddiction_20091028160606.htmlyahoo/health/news/afp/mideastconflictgazaaddiction_20091028160606Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:01:26 PDTAFP - Abu Atallah got hooked on painkillers after his house was destroyed and his 12-year-old daughter was killed by Israel's bombardment of the Gaza Strip at the turn of the year.