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The newly revamped and redesigned website offers visitors live streaming of the nation's most riveting and controversial trials with improved functionality and special features.  Los Angeles, CA --  Wild   About   Trial ™, the leading courtroom website that covers trials in a fresh way by tweeting, and live streaming the nation’s most riveting and controversial trials right from the courthouse, announced today the launch of their revamped website that will add multiple new features. The newly redesigned website offers quick and easy access to essential information which will give their audience a unique user experience; with flawless streaming capabilities.  Wild   About   Trial  is the leading website that is changing the way trials are being covered by bringing viewers gavel to gavel coverage via live streams and gives their audience access to all court documents and legal commentary by a team of top legal analysts. In addition,  Wild   About   Trial  provides it

Dance  Resource Center Announce s 3 rd  Annual  Day   of   Dancer  Healt h Event November 11th Los Angeles, Calif., October 10, 2017 --  Dance  Resource Center, a Los Angeles not-for-profit service organization providing vital support to Los Angeles’ danc e community, will host the 3 rd  Annual  Day   of   Dancer  Healt h  on  November 11, 2017 , from  10:00am to 5:00pm  at Art Share L.A. in the Arts District in Downtown  LA . The  day  is devoted to  dancer   health  and wellness and will includ e the D ance/USA Taskforce on  Dancer   Health  Preventative  Health  Screening. Day   of   Dancer   health  is open to all  professional   dancers , aged 18 and above and is free to participants. The preventative assessment screenings are administered by licensed  health   professionals  who have expertise in working with performing artists. With their consent, the data collected during the  day  becomes part  of  a national database ( https://www.danceusa.org/tfod h-screen

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) - Summer brings an increase in teenage admissions to drug and alcohol rehabilitation clinics, according to addiction specialist Jessica Wong of the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation San Diego. Teenagers have less supervision and more time to experiment when they're out of school and parents are at work, said Wong. Wong is spreading the word about the dangers of summer through "The Top Secret Project".  Parents can tour a staged teen bedroom to learn how their children may be consuming drugs and alcohol, and the devices they're using. SLIDESHOW :  The Top Secret Project Click on the link above to see how teens are using innocent items like jewelry, gummy bears and tampons.

SAN DIEGO (NEWS 8) - Opioid addiction is a problem that many Americans don’t have an answer for. This month, federal authorities claimed one of the largest fentanyl seizures in U.S. history-- 97 pounds representing millions of lethal doses --from a house in San Diego. The San Diego County Medical Examiner’s office confirmed three adults found dead in a Vista home a few weeks prior to the bust were killed by fentanyl overdoses. Dr. Brian Couey, Clinical Director for the  Hazelden  Betty Ford Foundation, joined News 8’s Heather Myers  Wednesday  to talk about the opioid epidemic and how the foundation is working tirelessly to fight it. A recent collaborative study between the foundation and the University of Maryland suggests that people have varying levels of susceptibility to opioid addiction and misuse. The research claims that mental health, substance abuse history and family history are all considerable factors. “We can always look at a drug and vilify it… but the p

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