Posts Tagged ‘alcohol abuse and alcoholism’

Diabetes And Alcohol Abuse in the News

Almost half of hospitalized heroin users self-report good health
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While about 47% of subjects self-reported their health status as good, very good, or excellent, some 68% also reported having been diagnosed with one or more chronic diseases, including diabetes, viral hepatitis, cardiovascular disease, HIV, or cancer …
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Estrogen Guards Against Effects of Fatty Liver
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… and older, there was no significant difference by sex in the risk severe fibrosis. The study had support from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease, both part …
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Alkaline diet claims get sour response from doctors
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News & Events
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National Institutes of Health Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., announced today the selection of George F. Koob, Ph.D., as Director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Dr. Koob is expected to join the NIH in January 2014.
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State gets .1M for chronic homeless on Oahu
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The state Department of Health Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division was awarded $ 2.1 million by the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
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Alcohol Abuse And Alcoholism in the News

Fraternities scuttle recruiting ban prompted by drinking deaths
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Princeton students who belonged to fraternities, especially freshmen, were more likely to be hospitalized because of drinking, said Tilghman, who stepped down as president in June. Of 60 fraternity-related deaths nationwide since 2005, 24, or 40 …
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Eating and drinking
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Last week, The Chronicle reported that the Duke Center for Eating Disorders has initiated a new treatment program for patients with moderate to severe eating disorders. Not only is the new plan a huge improvement to what Duke previously offered, but it …
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Part2 – Launch of the ‘Range and Magnitude of Alcohol’s Harm to Others’ report 24 August, 2010

Part 2 of the launch of the ‘Range and Magnitude of Alcohol’s Harm to Others’ report. This landmark report unearths a new dimension in the national alcohol d…

NIH calls for research projects examining violence
Filed under: alcoholism research

“In 2010, more than 11,000 individuals died by firearm homicide,” said Kenneth R. Warren, Ph.D., acting director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, one of several NIH institutes and centers that conduct research on violence …
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War on Drugs far from over
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LSD has been strongly linked to treatment for alcoholism, end- of-life anxiety, cluster headaches (a severe form of migraines) and depression by the Journal of Psychopharmacology, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and UC Berkeley …
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What Is Alcohol Abuse in the News

Smith will seek treatment for substance abuse, miss Rams game
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I also wanted to let it be known that, you know, this is a problem and it's something that I will get fixed and I'll do everything in my power to make sure that this never happens again. I also wanted to let everybody know that, you know, once again I …
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Penalty phase of inmate murder case begins
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… will present testimony during the sentencing phase of John McCluskey's capital murder trial that will show his mental capacity was reduced by brain abnormalities, emotional and physical abuse by his father, and a long history of drug and alcohol abuse.
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EDITORIAL: Teenage alcohol abuse data reveal scary story
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Fox Guest Unloads Over NASCAR For Allowing ‘Horrible’ Pro-Marijuana Ad To Air At Event

7/29/13 – Bishop Brad Allen, a frequent Fox News Channel guest and substance addiction recovery advocate, appeared on Fox & Friends on Monday where he explod…

Mental health gap must be addressed
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Among them, the incidence of mental health conditions and substance abuse problems is shockingly high. The associations between poor mental health and high imprisonment rates are clear. So, 20 years on, while we take great pride in the emergence of an …
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A prohibitionist utopia will not arrive when ads dry up
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(Despite the apparent certainty that comes from recycling "statistics" like this, only a few days ago, the SABC quoted Gauteng social development MEC Nandi Mayathula-Khoza as saying that alcohol abuse costs the economy R1bn a year. Choose a day …
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