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MANSFIELD -- Anyone behind in mortgage payments or receiving unemployment benefits could be eligible to receive help from Empowering and Strengthening Ohio's People, a nonprofit, HUD-certified local counseling agency. Answers and applications will be available at a free ESOP Mortgage Assistance workshop from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Aug. 20 at the Mansfield/Richland County Public Library. Space ...

Right Step Opens 20th Location Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment Now Available In Galleria Area
The Southwests largest drug and alcohol treatment company got even larger this week with the opening of Right Step Galleria at 2630 Fountainview, Suite 370, Houston, TX 77057. The center will focus on counseling adults and adolescents who are suitable for outpatient addiction treatment or who have successfully completed inpatient treatment. The center will provide confidential, quality care to ...

Obesity Counseling Should Stress Brain, Not Willpower: Study
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Obesity counseling should focus on neurobehavioral processes -- the ways the brain controls eating behavior in response to biological and environmental factors -- instead of personal choice and willpower, researchers suggest.

Obesity Counseling Should Focus On Neurobehavioral Processes, Not Personal Choice
Current approaches to dietary counseling for obesity are heavily rooted in the notion of personal choice and will power the ability to choose healthy foods and portion sizes consistent with weight loss while foregoing sweets and comfort foods. According to preventive medicine and behavioral experts at Rush University Medical Center, research supports a new counseling approach that views ...