Singer Amy Winehouse Hospitalized After Fainting, Falling

Singer Amy Winehouse was taken to a central London hospital after she fainted, her spokesman Tracey Miller said. Ms. Winehouse, the 24-year-old British singer, only recently began performing...

World Environment Day 2008

Today is World Environment Day!   The world is encouraged to kick the habit of producing carbon dioxide.  World Environment Day started back in 1972 by the United Nations.   NowPublic member...

Josef Fritzl confesses to 'addiction'

Josef Fritzl admitted through his lawyer today that he was driven by an addiction that 'got out of control' and made him repeatedly rape his daughter.An addiction is not an excuse though. If you kill someone...

Adolescents Can Easily Be Addicted To Tobacco

Adolescents after their first cigarette very soon can experienced a loss of autonomy over tobacco according to a family health and community medicine specialist at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester. The specialist who studies tobacco dependence,...

Singer Amy Winehouse, Out of Rehab, Arrested for Assault

Almost anybody who has a tendency toward addiction can wind up in a court ordered rehabilitation or “rehab” treatment facility.Case in point: Grammy winning singer Amy Winehouse.She was admitted to the...

A gamblers diary...Day2

Day 2Oh how the times have changed:One day later and it seems my whole perspective has change, maybe I don’t have it in me to document my dissent. Its quite easy for an individual like my self to loose money,...

A gamblers diary

Exhibit patience, Control your emotions, Exhibit patience, Control your emotions. I found my shelf repeating these two confirming statements over and over as I made my way to the front gate at Woodbine Racetrack. It...

When a Spouse is Battling Demons

Moms can end up making an unfair choice between being there for her spouse and doing what's best for her kids. TMZ reports today that Michelle had been trying to help Heath battle addictions before his untimely death in January. This got the Moms in the office talking about...

Should Internet Addiction Be Treated As A Mental Illness?

Our relationships to technology are becoming increasingly complex. And there's a reason why terms like "Crackberry" and "heroinware" have become an accepted part of our vernacular -- we are becoming net junkies, text...

Addicted...Need to Go Off..Line, Commit...to 52 Nights Unplugged

Obviously since I have now been writing Serge the Concierge for close to 3 years and more recently Just Over 50 and Not Dead Yet for my Panel at South by Southwest Interactive on March 8, I spend a decent amount of time online.I do not twitter or check my e-mail while on the...

Cardiovascular Disease Is Reduced By Quitting Smoking

Did you know that inhaling cigarette smoke causes several immediate adverse responses within the heart and blood vessels? The heart rates begin to rise within a minute of starting to smoke and the blood vessels become narrower. Smoking not only causes coronary...

No, Seriously: Hooked on Gadgets

Two researchers ae conducting a study on levels of tech addiciton: how things like crack- er, Blackberries, email, instant messenger, and the like afffect our non-work lives. Nada Kakabadse and Susan Bailey, who are...

Tories "NIX" 2010 Olympics Sex Trade Co-op

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorOne can only imagine the scenario " Transgendered Tiffany, 2010 Olympic Sponsor to the Stars" or perhaps The Olympic rings emblazoned on videos " 2010 Olympic Hookers Gone...

Death Threat: Heath Ledger and Your Kid

There is a huge likelihood that a teenager you know shares these following things with Heath Ledger and Britney Spears: Vicodin, Oxycontin and Xanax and the belief that since doctors prescribed these they are OK to...

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