Posts Tagged ‘alcohol consumption’

Drug Might Help Heavy Drinkers Limit Their Booze
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WEDNESDAY, Feb. 19, 2014 (HealthDay News) — An anti-epilepsy drug might help problem drinkers reduce their alcohol consumption, according to new research. The study of the drug topiramate (Topamax) included 138 heavy drinkers who were divided into two groups. About half took Topamax for 12 weeks at …
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Baby Elephant Pictures + Deep Thoughts about Life
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First, the baby elephants! The orphanage rescues babies from the wild who have been orphaned, and feeds them a milk substitute for around three years. Then they go through the process of being placed back into the wild, on reserves. Unfortunately they didn’t come close enough to pet, but I really wa …
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Bottoms Up
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Inquiry into alcohol abuse in Indigenous communities – SBS
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Inquiry into alcohol abuse in Indigenous communities SBS Indigenous organisations have called for effective community consultation as the federal government launches a new inquiry into alcohol consumption in Indigenous communities. The parliamentary inquiry was initially intended to look at alcohol-related …

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Alcohol, drug abuse factors leading to probation in Cass – Brainerd Daily Dispatch
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Alcohol, drug abuse factors leading to probation in Cass Brainerd Daily Dispatch WALKER — Alcohol and drug abuse appear to be major factors causing Cass County to need to offer probation for law offenders and to provide out of home placement services for children. Michele Piprude, Cass social services manager, and Jim Schneider, … and more »

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24/7 Sobriety bill OK'd by Senate committee
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CHEYENNE — Repeat alcohol and drug abuse offenders are the target of a bill that gained initial approval from a state Senate committee Monday.
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Study: Alcohol prices, deaths linked
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Excessive student alcohol consumption may have a simple solution- a tax increase. A recent study in the American Journal of Public Health examined the effects of the alcoholic beverage tax on drinking-related deaths in the state of Alaska.
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Study uncovers surprising differences in brain activity of alcohol-dependent women
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( Indiana University ) An Indiana University study that examines the brain activity of alcohol-dependent women compared to women who were not addicted found stark and surprising differences. "We see that the network dynamics of alcohol-dependent women may be really different from that of healthy controls in a drinking-related task," said researcher Lindsay Arcurio. "We have evidence to suggest …
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Child Of Alcoholic in the News

House Speaker Will Weatherford: Expand school vouchers
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Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, is building support for a proposed expansion of the tax credit scholarship program, which provides private-school scholarships to about 60,000 low-income children in Florida. The proposal would enable corporate donors to …
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Russian Health Going Down With Vodka
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The scene – a group of men drinking large quantities of hard spirits – is far from uncommon in a country with one of the highest per capita alcohol consumption rates in the world and where alcoholic overindulgence is ingrained in the culture. But …
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MPs vote to ban smoking in cars carrying children in England and Wales
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Question by james: WHY AM I BEING SO UNDERSERVED AND WHEN WILL THIS TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION END?
When are republicans going to lay the gavel on democrats and leftists with an endless campaign as we saw and continue to see made by the likes of political propaganda machines such as Michael Moore, Hollywood A-types like Danny Glover, Sean Penn, Tokyo Rosie, Bill Maher, Jon Jewart, Woody Allen, Barbara Strieserburgerstien, and Oliver Stone among others, as well as political free air campaigns such as MSNBC, CNN, “Comedy” Central?

I think it was a job well done exposing Michael Moore’s collection of useful idiots who lined up to show their support for attacking American values and America in “Michael Moore Hates America.”

Alcohol, smoking and obesity fuel 'alarming' global cancer surge
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World Health Organisation experts issue timebomb warning and say key is prevention, possibly including tax on sugared drinks A concerted global effort to tackle the causes of cancer linked to lifestyle, such as alcohol abuse, sugar consumption and obesity, has been urged on Monday by the World Health Organisation as it predicted that the number of new cases could soar by 70% to nearly 25 million …
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Posters point out positives of alcohol-free lifestyles
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More than 1,074 students from 38 Palm Beach County schools entered the fourth annual Alcohol Prevention Poster Contest sponsored by the Substance Abuse Coalition of Palm Beach County .
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Penn study: Topiramate reduces heavy drinking in patients seeking to cut down on alcohol consumption
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