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Health Risks Of Alcohol Abuse in the News

Alcohol, Marijuana Dependence Risk in Women Tied to Number of Sexual …
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Women drinking higher amounts of alcohol put their health in greater risk than men, according to The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. A woman's body weighs less and has lower amounts of water and so the risk of alcohol exposure is …
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Uneven or heavy alcohol use predicts divorce
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Couples who imbibe heavily are more likely to divorce than other couples. And the risk of divorce goes up, as well, for couples in which one drinks and the other doesn't, according to new research based on a very large couples study from Norway …
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Alcohol Abuse Youth in the News

Prevention efforts focused on youth reduce prescription abuse into adulthood
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The research, published today in the American Journal of Public Health, was funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, and the National Institute of Mental Health, all components of …
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Pittsfield Prevention Partnership expands alcohol sales survey
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The Pittsfield Prevention Partnership (PPP) plans to step up one of its key youth-led programs to combat substance abuse and other risky behaviors — its underage alcohol sales survey — by doubling the number of surveys per year. "We were doing this …
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Public invited to forum on drug, alcohol abuse
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National Institute On Alcohol Abuse And Alcoholism in the News

BINGE DRINKING PUTS GIRLS, WOMEN AT RISK, CDC REPORTS
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Studies have shown that these laws reduce drunken driving fatalities by up to 9 percent and reduce binge drinking by 3 percent, according to The National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. “There are laws that prevent people from selling to …
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Top 10 Alcohol Brands of Underage Drinkers
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The research was supported by a grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. The Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth monitors the marketing practices of the alcohol industry to focus attention and action on industry practices …
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Are Alcoholism and Depression Linked?
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Minimum booze price will rein in alcohol abuse
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Evidence suggests the UK government's proposal to set a minimum price for alcohol could save thousands of lives, and billions of pounds of public money
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Missed Opportunities for Underage Alcohol Screening Found
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Physicians often fail to ask high school-aged patients about alcohol use and to advise young people to reduce or stop drinking, according to a study led by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health.
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Alcoholism Facts And Statistics in the News

The Truth About the Middle Class
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In fact, in some cases life expectancy is actually decreasing. A recent study … Even the authors admit that "the average hourly wage in real dollars has remained largely unchanged from at least 1964 — when the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS …
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Drinking and driving: Just don't do it
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Specifically with college students, according to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, “Each year, an estimated 3,360,000 students between the ages of 18 and 24 drive under the influence of alcohol.” However, statistics are not enough …
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Times Of India's 'Definition Of Manhood' Ad Tells Men To Respect Women
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Alcoholism Recovery in the News

Effective addiction treatment exists, but few get it
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Dr. Mark Willenbring, a former director of treatment and recovery research at the National Institute for Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, said in an interview, “You don't treat a chronic illness for four weeks and then send the patient to a support group …
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England players offer to help Gascoigne fight alcoholism
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LONDON — Distressed by the sight of Paul Gascoigne's renewed battle against alcoholism, England players offered Tuesday to help the troubled star's recovery as he receives treatment in the United States. Gascoigne's friends organized for him to fly to …
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Gascoigne in intensive care after detox reaction
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