Posts Tagged ‘Alcoholism’

Peptide Could Be Used to Treat Alcoholism – Softpedia
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American researchers at the Scripps Research Institute (SRI) are on their way to creating new drugs for fighting alcoholism. The chemicals rely on an innate anti-stress peptide that is produced inside the brain. The group says that the molecule was …
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‘Home Run’ Film to Show Saddleback Church Saving Addicts – Christian Post
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It tells the story of Cory Brand, a baseball star who battles and defeats alcoholism with Saddleback’s Celebrate Recovery initiative. The megachurch launched the popular 12-step Christian program in 1991, and it now counts over a million graduates who have …
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Alcoholics to meet on Sunday – Times of India
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Alcoholism is not a disease – Examiner
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Alcohol in the United States kills more people than all the illegal drugs combined. The apathy to this social problem is compounded by the fact that our established medical community has the audacity to call alcoholism a “disease”? This even goes so far as …
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Judy Collins’s New Book: Suicide, Alcoholism, Nude Photos, and More – Daily Beast
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In a new book, the legendary folk singer offers a disarmingly honest look at her wild life, including her bouts with alcoholism, nude photos, her son’s suicide, and a rift with Joni Mitchell that never healed. Five years ago I got a fan email …
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Study seeks genetic links to alcoholism – NorthJersey.com
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Study seeks genetic links to alcoholism
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Rutgers University has received a $ 10 million federal grant to study the genetic links to alcoholism, an effort that includes collecting and storing more than 46,000 saliva samples from across the nation.
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Adolescent drinking may be as important a risk factor for criminal activity as illicit drug use
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( Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research ) Alcohol use has often been linked to criminal activity on the part of both perpetrators as well as victims. While this relationship has been well documented among adults, fewer studies have explored this relationship among adolescents. A new study has found a strong relationship between drinking during adolescence and the commission of crimes, and …
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Binge-drinking Mice
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A new mouse model of alcoholism better recapitulates behaviors seen in addicted humans.
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Notes from Indian Country: SuAnne died young, but her legacy lives on – Native Times
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Notes from Indian Country: SuAnne died young, but her legacy lives on Native Times For example; the chief of police was asked about alcoholism on the reservation. He replied that 80 percent of the arrests he makes are alcohol related. How did Ms. Sawyer spin this? She said, “The alcoholism rate on the Pine Ridge Reservation is 80 … and more »

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Catherine “Kay” McGrath, 87, Founder of Mercer Council on Alcoholism and Drug … – Patch.com
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Catherine "Kay" McGrath, 87, Founder of Mercer Council on Alcoholism and Drug … Patch.com She was the founder and, for more than 20 years, the executive director of the Mercer Council on Alcoholism and Drug Addiction, building the council with a $ 5000 bank loan, the use of a borrowed brownstone in Trenton and only herself on the staff to a …

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Researchers aim to link alcohol abuse, DNA with saliva sampling
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The Rutgers University Cell and DNA Repository strives to explore the relationship between excessive alcohol consumption and genetic makeup by using an unfamiliar method. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism granted the RUCDR a $ 10 …
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HEALTH MATTERS: Staying sober during the holiday season
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This presents a challenge for anyone who wants to limit their drinking and is even more difficult for the one out of every six Americans who – according to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism – has a drinking problem. …
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Alcoholism And Its Effects in the News

Study underlines potential of anti-stress peptide to block alcohol dependence
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Roberto believes that this has to do with cellular changes that alcohol dependence causes in the brain—changes that heighten sensitivity to alcohol, compounding the effects of both drinking and withdrawal. In addition, the team was able to determine …
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Notes from Indian Country: SuAnne died young, but her legacy lives on
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ABC's Dianne Sawyer came to the reservation wearing the usual network blinders. For example; the chief of police was asked about alcoholism on the reservation. He replied that 80 percent of the arrests he makes are alcohol related. …
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