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Smoking cessation aide shows promise as alcoholism treatment
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( University of Chicago Medical Center ) A medication commonly used to help people stop smoking may have an unanticipated positive side effect for an entirely different vice: drinking alcohol. A new study by University of Chicago researchers finds that varenicline, sold as Chantix, increases the negative effects of alcohol and therefore could hold promise as a treatment for alcoholism.
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Smoking cessation drug may help treat alcoholism
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Washington, Feb 16 : Varenicline, a medication commonly used to help people stop smoking could hold promise as a treatment for alcoholism, researchers say.
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Smoking cessation meds shows promise as alcoholism treatment, study suggests
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Alcohol Neurologically Damages Women More Quickly Than Men, Study Shows – Huffington Post
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Alcohol abuse does its neurological damage more quickly in women than in men, new research suggests. The finding adds to a growing body of evidence that is prompting researchers to consider whether the time is ripe for single-gender treatment …
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Tragic drug and alcohol abuse in Hamilton County – Chattanooga Times Free Press
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The abuse of drugs and alcohol creates a range of social and individual ills, and those ills are compounded when the abuse starts at a young age. Young people can, in some cases, literally be throwing their lives away when they drink or take …
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Less drinking but more marijuana use among youth – Examiner
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Alcoholism Research in the News

Study shows drinking age should be raised – health experts
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The study, in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, looked at data gathered before 1984 when a blanket legal drinking age of 21 was applied across the US. It showed a higher risk of suicide and homicide persisted into adulthood …
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Shock rise in alcohol liver disease
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"We have a situation where there is a massive industry based around alcohol yet none of the money is put into harm reduction. There should be some sort of levy on alcohol advertisements or off licence sales to fund research for better treatment," said …
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Alcoholism: New study shows difference in alcoholism between men and women – Transworld News
A new study published in Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research suggests that alcoholism in men and women differs greatly. It has long been thought that the effects of alcohol between genders is markedly different; however the reasons have …
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Alcoholism: Gay Episcopalian bishop treated for alcoholism – msnbc.com
In a letter to New Hampshire Episcopalians posted on the church’s Web site, he said that “I am writing to you from an alcohol treatment center where on February 1, with the encouragement and support of my partner, daughters and colleagues, I …
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Alcoholism: The 2011 MTV Video Music Awards: Jo Calderone just glitter-bombed America – AfterEllen.com
For a summer of marriage pledges, comparisons of gay marriage to alcoholism, a tree, a napkin — hell, just about anything — and a spectacle of social conservatism splayed across the country, I wholeheartedly welcomed this year’s MTV Video Music …
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Alcoholism: Open verdict on alcoholic’s death – Rugby Observer
The inquest heard how divorced Miss Macintyre had struggled with alcoholism since the age of 15. A post mortem could not establish the cause of death due to the length of time before she was found, but traces of three drugs including ibuprofen were found …
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Alcoholism: New study shows difference in alcoholism between men and women – Transworld News
A new study published in Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research suggests that alcoholism in men and women differs greatly. It has long been thought that the effects of alcohol between genders is markedly different; however the reasons have been …
Alcoholism – Bing News

Alcoholism: Risk of Premature Death Increased by Impulsive Alcoholism – Med India
People with current drinking problems and poor impulse control are more likely to die in the next 15 years, a new study has revealed. However, they could prevent it with a little help from their friends as the study also found that a strong social support …
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Alcoholism: Ex-con got on tax-scam jury – New York Post
This juror could wind up on trial herself. A suspended lawyer with a history of alcoholism and a string of arrests is under investigation by the feds after allegedly lying her way onto a jury that convicted five people in a massive tax-shelter scam.
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Alcohol Abuse: Study shows how binge drinking harms memory – USA Today

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Alcohol Abuse: Army Tests Confidential Alcohol Abuse Program – NPR

Army Tests Confidential Alcohol Abuse Program NPR Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state is one of six military installations where the Army has instituted a pilot alcohol treatment program. About 20 percent of Army personnel report problem drinking. … and more »

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Alcohol Abuse: Laws have helped; act to be reviewed – Pacific Daily News