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NIH develops improved mouse model of alcoholic liver disease
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Scientists may be better able to study how heavy drinking damages the liver using a new mouse model of alcohol drinking and disease developed by researchers from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health. The model incorporates chronic and binge drinking patterns to more closely approximate alcoholic liver disease in humans than any …
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College Students Alcohol Abuse in the News

Culture of alcohol shares blame
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It's the kind of story that scares every parent: A promising college student dies while highly intoxicated in the cold. Our hearts go out to the family of Neala … culture of alcohol exacts a heavy toll. Alcohol abuse is linked to domestic violence …
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University of Iowa to Study the Effects of Alcohol Abuse by Mothers on their …
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The five-year grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, a branch of the National Institutes of Health, will allow researchers to examine fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, a wide-ranging set of adverse effects that fetuses may …
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University of Iowa to Study the Effects of Alcohol Abuse by Mothers on their … – Patch.com
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University of Iowa to Study the Effects of Alcohol Abuse by Mothers on their … Patch.com The five-year grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, a branch of the National Institutes of Health, will allow researchers to examine fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, a wide-ranging set of adverse effects that fetuses may …

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Possible Alcohol & Medication Interactions

Possible Alcohol & Medication Interactions Many medications can interact with alcohol, leading to increased risk of illness, injury, or death. For example, it is estimated that alcohol-medication interactions may be a factor in at least 25 percent of all emergency room admissions (1). An unknown number of less serious interactions may go unrecognized or unrecorded. Links Department of Health and Human Services, Drugs, viewed 19th August 2011, www.fda.gov Department of Veteran Affairs, Alcohol and Medications, viewed 19th August 2011, www.therightmix.gov.au National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Alcohol Alert, viewed 19th August, pubs.niaaa.nih.gov National Institute of General Medical Science, Medicines by design, viewed 1st February 2012 publications.nigms.nih.gov

Alcohol and cancer connection overlooked
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Scientists identify molecular events that underlie FASD – National Institutes of Health (press release)
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Scientists identify molecular events that underlie FASD National Institutes of Health (press release) Scientists have identified a molecular signaling pathway that plays an important role in the development of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD). The new research in cells and mice, supported by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism …

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Cause Of Alcohol Abuse in the News

Alcohol Causes 1 in 30 Cancer Deaths in the US
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Reducing alcohol consumption is "an important and underemphasized cancer prevention strategy," write Dr. Nelson and colleagues. In fact, a recent study (Sci Transl Med. 2012;4:127rv4) places alcohol as the eighth most common cause of cancer in the …
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The Fifth African Healthy Lifestyle Day
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Another cause of our ailment is the abuse of alcohol and tobacco. Alcohol abuse is a major source of concern, but what makes it worse is the fact that many people who abuse it also smoke tobacco, and some other go on to use marijuana, cocaine and others.
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Helen Zille's State of the Western Cape Address
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