Alcohol Abuse: Youth Draw on Their Own Resources to Reduce Alcohol Abuse – Northern Star

Youth draw on their own resources to reduce alcohol abuse – Northern Star
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Youth draw on their own resources to reduce alcohol abuse
Northern Star
The organisation Spirit Dreaming is using this knowledge in an attempt to reduce harmful drinking among younger people on the Northern Rivers. The group was awarded a Good Practice Grant of $ 20,000 by the Foundation for Alcohol Research and 

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Gastric Bypass Surgery Linked to Alcohol Abuse – Medscape
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Gastric Bypass Surgery Linked to Alcohol Abuse
Medscape
"The increase in alcohol use disorder symptoms we observed following RYGB surgery may have been a result of an increase in alcohol sensitivity following surgery combined with resumption of higher levels of alcohol consumption in the second 

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Kudzu Extract Curbs Alcohol Intake – Medscape
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Kudzu Extract Curbs Alcohol Intake
Medscape
May 22, 2012 — The isoflavone puerarin, extracted from kudzu, the invasive Chinese vine that runs rampant in several parts of the United States, was found to slow the rate of alcohol consumption in a small pilot study and may be useful to deter binge

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Bariatric Surgeries Associated With Increased Alcohol Risk – Medscape
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Bariatric Surgeries Associated With Increased Alcohol Risk
Medscape
May 15, 2012 (Lyon, France) — Bariatric surgery is associated with an increased likelihood that patients will report and be diagnosed with problems related to alcohol consumption. Different levels of risk are associated with different gastric surgery

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