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rehabilitation center stories: 7 news summaries

(Newser) - Hooded gunmen killed 17 people after storming a Mexican drug and alcohol rehab center in Ciudad Juarez yesterday, Sky News reports. The men, believed to be hitmen from a drug cartel, forced the patients to line up in a corrider before gunning them down. Gangs have targeted rehab clinics in... More »

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Mexico • rehabilitation center • massacre • Mexican drug war • drug cartel • shooting • Mexican drug cartel

 Ronnie Wood Rolls Into Rehab 

Rolling Stone seeks help after boozy jaunt to Ireland with teen waitress

Jul 17, 08 5:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rapidly aging rocker Ronnie Wood has checked back into rehab—his seventh time—for help with his drinking problem, the Independent reports. The 61-year-old Rolling Stone returned to the UK to straighten out, apparently in a bid to save his marriage. He had fled to Ireland with a 19-year-old Russian... More »

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rehab • Rolling Stones • rock stars • alcohol abuse • rehabilitation center • Ronnie Wood

Rocker Tyler
No Longer Livin'
On the Edge

Aerosmith dude
checks into celeb
rehab center

May 22, 08 3:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler has checked into a California rehab facility, E! Online reports. The singer is being treated for undisclosed substance abuse at the center where Dr. Drew's Celebrity Rehab was filmed. The dad of actress Liv Tyler had been clean for over 20 years since his wild '70s... More »

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rehab • rock stars • rehabilitation center • substance abuse • singer • Aerosmith • Steven Tyler

Nursing Homes Misuse Meds to Control Patients

'Off label' antipsychotic use drives up costs, sparks concern

Dec 4, 07 3:05 PM CST
(Newser) - Understaffed US nursing homes are increasingly turning to antipsychotic drugs to control elderly residents, even though most display symptoms of dementia rather than the psychotic disorders the drugs are intended to treat, the Wall Street Journal reports. Such “off-label” usage defies FDA warnings that elderly patients using the... More »

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elderly • dementia • antipsychotic drugs • nursing homes • rehabilitation center • psychosis • eldercare • elder abuse • senior citizens • Alzheimer's Disease

Lohan Hopes Third Time's a Charm in Rehab

Starlet takes substance-abuse woes to posh Utah lodge

Aug 8, 07 1:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan checked into a luxe Utah rehab facility over the weekend, the Insider reports, on the heels of an arrest for drunk driving and drug possession. Boasting a battery of therapies and a price tag of at least $30K, the Cirque Lodge is rumored to have hosted celebs David... More »

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rehab • drugs • alcohol • Lindsay Lohan • DUI • rehabilitation center • drunk driving • celebrity • Cirque Lodge • heli hiking

Celebs Turning Rehab Into Joke: Experts

Lohan, Spears 'waltzing' in and out of treatment sends wrong message

Jul 26, 07 10:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - The debauched lifestyles of celebrities like Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears are turning substance-abuse rehab into a punch line, making light of a process that helps thousands of people each year, say experts. Lohan was arrested on suspicion of DUI this week just days after finishing rehab; in February, Spears... More »

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Britney Spears • rehab • drugs • alcohol • Lindsay Lohan • DUI • alcohol abuse • rehabilitation center • drunk driving • celebrity • treatment • addiction • substance abuse • Robert Downey Jr.

Swank Rehab Center Sues Courtney Love

The court forced  her into rehab. Now will it make her pay the bill?

Apr 2, 07 1:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Courtney Love, mother to Francis Bean, widow to Kurt Cobain, and unexplainable guest at Comedy Central's Pamela Anderson roast, is in the courts again. No drugs or assault on the docket this time: Beau Monde International, a plush rehab facility where Love spent three months in 2005, is trying... More »

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Courtney Love • rehab • Beau Monde • Kurt Cobain • Los Angeles • drug use • rehabilitation center • celebrity • Frances Bean Cobain

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