Former Drug Addicts Family Brings Help to Families in Northern Illinois

Former drug addicts family brings help to families in Northern Illinois
By age 21, Tyler's parents got him into a treatment center in Wisconsin. "When I was in treatment for my substance abuse my parents and my sister sat down and tried to figure out what they could do to help other families not go through the same things … Read more on WREX-TV

NIH teams with industry to develop treatments for Niemann-Pick Type C disease
Vtesse will support the ongoing phase I clinical trial for NPC at the NIH Clinical Center, led by NICHD researchers who have been evaluating the safety of the drug cyclodextrin. Vtesse also plans to collaborate with NICHD to … The use of cyclodextrin … Read more on National Institutes of Health (press release)

Visit A Loved One In Prison? It'll Cost You
Sometimes prisons themselves, but also probation and drug treatment services, transportation, and phone systems. Now, add jail visitation to the list. Until this past fall, … Carrie Wilkinson, director of the Prison Phone Justice campaign at the … Read more on Northwest Public Radio