Alcoholism: Alcoholism Vaccine Makes Alcohol Intolerable to Drinkers
Alcoholism Vaccine Makes Alcohol Intolerable To Drinkers
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Hugh Pickens writes "Ariel Schwartz reports that researchers are working on an alcoholism vaccine that makes alcohol intolerable to anyone who drinks it. The vaccine builds on what happens naturally in certain people — about 20% of the Japanese, Chinese, and Korean population — with an alcohol intolerance mutation. Normally, the liver breaks down alcohol into an enzyme that's transformed into …
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Ernest Hemingway's granddaughter recalls family history of alcoholism and suicide
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London, Feb 15 (ANI): Ernest Hemingway may be regarded as one of the seminal writers of the 20th century, but his legend also lives on through his image as an inveterate drinker.
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Joey Barton writes blog on Paul Gascoigne and alcohol addiction
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Joey Barton has written a moving account of his ‘intolerable battle’ with alcoholism and believes Paul Gascoigne will only ever get better if he wants to help himself.
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CrossFit – Transforming a Reservation
A couple of years ago, Mike Ute started doing CrossFit in a 7-foot-square space in the gym on the Wind River Reservation in Fort Washakie, Wyo. He found the one barbell in the entire place and some old bumper plates, and he did Fran. “I started to believe that CrossFit was going to be the way for everybody to become more fit,” says Ute, of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe. Then he told his friend of 10 years, Cody O’Neal. At 6 foot 8 and 344 lb., O’Neal was facing grim news: his doctor had told him his fate was sealed if he continued his lifestyle. “I was pretty much headin’ for an early grave—just with the alcoholism part, the diabetes part. That’s the problem here in the Washakie reservation. I was just another number of that,” he says. After six months of CrossFit, O’Neal started to show characteristics of a good CrossFit coach, says Ute, the first Native American CrossFit Level 1 trainer. “It hit him just like it hit me,” he explains. “I believe that once you yourself see change and feel better about yourself, then you can teach others.” But the changes don’t end with O’Neal and Ute. In the past couple of years, the gym has attracted dozens of people from across the reservation who are now doing CrossFit and learning about healthy nutrition. Video by Gary Roberts.
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