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Report says most health professionals don't Discuss drinking with pregnant women
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Alcohol use is a health issue, and good, simple tools are available to health providers about how to be effective in discussing alcohol with their patients. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism has developed materials designed to help …
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Alcohol, tobacco, drug use far higher in severely mentally ill
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In the largest ever assessment of substance use among people with severe psychiatric illness, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the University of Southern California have found that rates of smoking, drinking and …
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The Quiet Epidemic of Senior Drug Abuse
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Senior Drug Abuse The elderly may be the last population you'd imagine would have issues with drugs and alcohol. Think again. New data shows the number of seniors with drug problems are on the rise. But the causes are complex and the solutions aren't …
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