Researchers Identify Why Alcoholism Causes Muscle Weakness – Xinhua

Researchers identify why alcoholism causes muscle weakness – Xinhua
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Researchers identify why alcoholism causes muscle weakness
Xinhua
WASHINGTON, April 21 (Xinhua) — U.S. researchers said Monday that muscle weakness from long-term alcoholism may be due to an inability of mitochondria, the powerhouses of cells, to self- repair. In research conducted with rats, the researchers found …
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Potential New Treatment for Alcoholism: Ezogabine – Forbes
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Potential New Treatment for Alcoholism: Ezogabine
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Alcoholism: The Not-So-Funny Equal Opportunist – Huffington Post
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Alcoholism: The Not-So-Funny Equal Opportunist
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I can't count the number of people who have said to me, "You're not really an alcoholic, are you?" Or the people who refuse to admit that my brother died because he was an addict, as if it was just a fluke thing — a one time mistake and he overdosed. No.

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