Alcohol Treatment and Rehab:
Articles on Alcohol Treatment, Alcohol Abuse, Signs and Symptoms of Alcoholism.
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Apr 21st, 2009
The average wine drinker in England now consumes around 2,000 calories from booze alone each month, new figures out today show. Over a year this is equivalent to 38 extra roast beef dinners or almost 184 bags of crisps.
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Apr 20th, 2009
The National Institute on Drug Abuse unveiled its first comprehensive Physicians’ Outreach Initiative, NIDAMED, which gives medical professionals tools and resources to screen their patients for tobacco, alcohol, illicit, and nonmedical prescription drug use.
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Apr 20th, 2009
The therapeutic effects of the blockbuster leukemia drug imatinib may be enhanced when given along with a drug that inhibits a cell process called autophagy.
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Apr 9th, 2009
The Government of Canada is supporting a project under the Drug Strategy Community Initiatives Fund that will help prevent Alberta youth from using illicit drugs.
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Apr 6th, 2009
Flavored alcoholic beverages – or alcopops – are becoming more popular, especially among young people, and it’s raising people’s concerns about underage drinking.
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Apr 2nd, 2009
The Government of Canada is supporting two projects that will strengthen drug prevention and health promotion strategies for youth in Brant, Ontario.
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Mar 30th, 2009
The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety of Northern Ireland published a Statistical Bulletin presenting key findings from the second Drug Prevalence Survey.
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Mar 26th, 2009
The latest findings on teenage drinking, smoking and drug use across Europe are released today. The European School Survey Project on Alcohol and other Drugs is a study of 15 and 16 year old teenagers in 35 European countries. It is by far the most detailed international study on this subject.
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Mar 23rd, 2009
Many people of East Asian descent possess an enzyme deficiency that causes their skin to redden, or flush, when they drink alcohol. Scientists now caution that heavy alcohol consumption greatly increases the risk for esophageal cancer among such individuals, who comprise about 8 percent of the world's population.
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Mar 23rd, 2009
The Government of Canada is supporting projects under the Drug Strategy Community Initiatives Fund that will strengthen drug prevention among youth in British Columbia.
