Preference For Alcohol In Teens May Lead To Heavy Drinking
Scientists have shown a connection between early drinking patterns and a tendency to be a heavy drinker in adulthood, in a study of adolescent rats.
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New Addiction Drug Treatment Offered For Meth Addicts
With Arizona facing a critical crisis of methamphetamine use, Dr. Gregory Ellison has identified a very promising new addiction treatment option that shows high success rates and is performed on an out-patient basis in 10 hours over five sessions.
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Pediatricians Alerted To Developmental Nature Of Underage Drinking
In a special supplement to Pediatrics, physicians will have access in one place to the reviews and analyses of current research on biological, behavioral, and environmental changes during childhood and adolescence that foster the initiation, maintenance, and acceleration of illegal use of alcohol by underage youth.
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Market For Alcoholism Therapies Is Underestimated
Physician experts discuss the key controversies surrounding development of drugs for alcoholism, and why they think the biopharmaceutical industry is underestimating the size of this market.
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Scientists Link Chromatin Changes With Alcohol Withdrawal Anxiety
Changes to genetic material in the brain may help induce the anxiety that is characteristic of alcohol withdrawal.
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How Much Does Heavy Drinking Affect Your Body?
It's the time of year when more than 1.5 million high school and college students head for warm climates to soak up the sun and drink large quantities of alcohol.
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Using Web To Tackle Young People's Drinking
Health researchers are helping young people take the first steps towards reducing dangerous alcohol intake through an online personal analysis of their drinking behaviour.
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Drunkorexia: Starving and Boozing
First there was diabulimia. Now there is drunkorexia - another new and buzzworthy term for some not-so-new behavior.
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Drug Addicts May Loose Benefits If Not Seeking Treatment
Drug addicts in UK may loose benefits for next six month if they refuse to receive proper treatment.
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DNA Predicts Reaction To Drug That Fights Alcohol Dependence
Inherited genetic makeup often plays a role in determining the risk level for alcoholism.
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The Arrest Of Heidi Fleiss Reminds Of Drunk Driving Safety
Driving safety is again the focus of the public attention as Heidi Fleiss is arrested charged with possession of prescription drugs and driving under the influence.
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Former substance abusers rarely relapse after organ transplantation
Only about 6 percent of former alcoholics and 4 percent of former illicit drug users will relapse into their addictions in any given year following an organ transplant.
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Parental drinking, parenting practices influence adolescent drinking
Findings underscore the impact of parental alcohol drinking and parenting practices on adolescent drinking.
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Chronic alcohol drinking can lead to severe pneumonia after surgery
Consistent alcohol consumption can impair immunity functions following surgery.
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Does Desire For Drugs Begin Outside Awareness?
Cocaine-related images trigger the emotional centers of the brains of patients addicted to drugs - even when the subjects are unaware they've seen anything.
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Doctors Underestimate Power Of Screening For Problem Drinking
A 10-minute screening and talk with a doctor about problem drinking delivers almost as much bang for the buck to the health system as childhood immunization.
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Screening For Problem Drinking Is Cost-Effective Clinical Preventive Service
Sreening for problem drinking is as cost-effective as some of the most used preventive services like childhood immunization, screening for colon cancer and hypertension, and taking aspirin to prevent stroke or heart attack.
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Hangover Cures for the New Year
Some doctors recommend that those who are susceptible to hangovers drink a large glass of milk before going out drinking. This is just one way to cure New Year's hangover.
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Brief Intervention Helps Emergency Patients Reduce Drinking
Asking emergency department patients about their alcohol use and talking with them about how to reduce harmful drinking patterns is an effective way to lower rates of risky drinking in these patients.
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Vermonters Encouraged To Enjoy A Sober Holiday
Health Department reminds Vermonters that the healthiest way for adults over the legal drinking age of 21 to enjoy the holiday season is to drink responsibly, or not to drink at all.
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Driving After Holiday Drinking May Take You To Intoxicated Drivers Center
It is the season to be jolly, to attend parties and functions where adult beverages are freely offered; but drink and drive and you might end up at the Ocean County Health Department's Intoxicated Drivers Resource Center
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Prenatal Alcohol Exposure Shapes Sensory Preference
Two studies help explain why teens exposed to fetal alcohol are at high risk for heavy drinking and perpetuating a family cycle of alcohol addiction.
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Drink Up Before You Go Caroling This Season
If you're planning to hit the streets and sing Christmas carols around the neighborhood during the holiday season make sure to drink plenty—of water, that is.
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That Drink Could Come Between You And Christmas
With Christmas fast approaching remember it takes less than you think to become a drink driver.
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Holiday Blues Trigger Increased Alcohol, Drug Use
Better Tomorrow has seen a 50 percent increase in requests for drug and alcohol interventions across the country since October, a spike clinic therapists attribute to the holiday blues.
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Abstinence Offers Alcoholics Best Chance For Lasting Recovery
Recovering alcoholics whose chosen strategy is to abstain from drinking are least likely to relapse.
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Hythiam's Prometa Alcohol Treatment
New Addiction treatment drug from Hythiam called Prometa claims treatment from alcoholism and other addictions, but Prometa is not FDA approved.
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Teach Your Kids How Drinking Alcohol Can Hurt Them
It's time for parents to have ‘The Talk’ with adolescents about why they shouldn't drink alcohol.
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Scientists Identify Gene That Influences Alcohol Consumption
A variant of a gene involved in communication among brain cells has a direct influence on alcohol consumption in mice.
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Alcohol hand rubs ingesting risk
Alcohol dependant people and alcoholics could be at risk from ingestion of alcohol hand rubs in hospitals or care homes.
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Warning for women who binge drink
Lower abdominal pain in women after binge drinking.
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Culture Can Affect Access To Alcohol, Drug Abuse Treatment
Cultural stereotypes about Hispanics could impede Latino youth from seeking help for drug and alcohol abuse.
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Big Boost In Numbers Getting Drug Treatment
Record numbers of drug users are now getting treatment meaning the Government target has been achieved two years early.
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American Indians Address Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Minnesota Public Radio as part of a six-part series on fetal alcohol syndrome examined how the condition affects American Indians in the state.
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Illinois To Expand Drug Treatment, Recovery Options
Illinois Department of Human Services will expand options for over 6000 people seeking drug and alcohol treatment.
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Alcohol Consumption Linked To Breast Cancer Risk
One of the largest individual studies of the effects of alcohol on the risk of breast cancer shows that it makes no difference whether a woman drinks wine, beer or spirits (liquor).
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Acting Surgeon General To Prevent Underage Drinking
New Mexico is one of seven states Dr. Moritsugu is visiting to encourage parents to do more to stop America's 11 million current underage drinkers from using alcohol.
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Report Sheds Light On Substance Abuse In Iowa
What toll is substance abuse taking on Iowa?
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Call For New Approach To Reduce Heavy Drinking
Researchers call for new approach to curb pub violence and reduce heavy drinking.
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Health Unit Raises Awareness About Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder occurs in children whose mothers consumed alcohol during pregnancy.
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