Posts Tagged ‘Alcohol’

Alcohol Abuse: CDC: Alcohol Abuse Costs U.S. 4 Billion a Year – NationalJournal.com
People who drink too much cost the U.S. economy $ 223.5 billion a year, and governments pay more than 60 percent of their health care costs, federal health experts reported on Monday. Alcohol abuse kills 79,000 people a year, the report from the …
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Alcohol Abuse: New Alcohol Program Tackles Chemical Dependency At Home – PRWeb
According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAA), 16 million people in the U.S. are dependent on, or abuse alcohol, while only one million seek help of any kind. The Last Call Program is an eight-week system that tackles both the …
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Alcohol Abuse: Morris Chafetz, 87, Dies; Altered View of Alcoholism – New York Times
Dr. Chafetz (pronounced CHAFE-etz), the first director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, became a leading spokesman for the problems of alcoholism and its treatment purely by accident. After he finished his training as a …
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Alcohol Abuse: Drunkorexia: Eating Disorder Mixes With Alcohol
Drunkorexics restrict food intake to reserve those calories for alcohol and binge drinking.
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Alcohol Abuse: New Providence businesses support Red Ribbon Week
New Providence Alliance to Prevent Alcohol and Drug Abuse and local businesses are running several programs to support the message of Red Ribbon Week during October.
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Alcohol Abuse: Beer and Booze 101 at NMU
Alcohol use and abuse was the focus of the Health Promotion Office at Northern Michigan University today. An educational alcohol workshop, ‘Beer and Booze 101’, let students ask questions about the risks and myths of alcohol.
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Alcohol Abuse: New Alcohol Program Tackles Chemical Dependency At Home
According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAA), 16 million people in the U.S. are dependent on, or abuse alcohol, while only one million seek help of any kind.Houston, TX. (PRWEB) October 21, 2011 According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAA), 16 million people in the U.S. are dependent on, or abuse alcohol, while only one million seek …
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Alcohol Abuse: Coalition pushes drug abuse danger awareness
A coalition of community groups and service providers is over the halfway mark in a 31-day campaign to remind the public of the perils of drug and alcohol abuse.
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Alcohol Abuse: Morris Chafetz, 87, Dies; Altered View of Alcoholism
Mr. Chafetz played an important role in changing the perception of alcoholism from social crime or personal failing to a disease requiring treatment.
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Suffer From Alcohol Abuse: The Hidden Costs of Alcohol Abuse in America
Want to have lots of friends and be popular? Well just drink. We need to reverse the perception – people who do not drink are often thought to have an alcohol problem. I turned down wine at a party because I was on antibiotics, and felt like I had to …
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Suffer From Alcohol Abuse: Teens' alcohol risk predicted with 2 quick questions
The tool, available from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), includes 2 questions—one that asks how often the patient uses alcohol and the other that inquires about friends' drinking habits—that have been shown to have the …
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Alcohol Abuse Program: Drug use impacts every level, even doctors
There are now about 100 people in the program from a variety of medical professions, including 36 physicians, 31 nurses, 13 pharmacists, five dentists and three physician assistants, Graham said. About half have been treated for alcohol abuse and half …
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Alcohol Abuse Program: Treatment programs forced into downsizing
The loss of beds for residential addiction treatment also comes at a difficult time, said Eric Haram, president of the Maine Association of Substance Abuse Programs. "These are the sickest of our sick folks." If addicts aren't in treatment, he said, …
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Alcohol Abuse Program: NSU and Texarkana College enter into articulation agreement
Northwestern State University and Texarkana College have entered into an agreement to create a seamless transition into fast-growing programs. The schools created an articulation agreement for the Drug and Alcohol Abuse Counseling and Addiction Studies …
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Drugs Alcohol Abuse: Jobs Corps workshop addresses addiction
According to the Centers for Disease Control, high school students who abuse alcohol and drugs increase that risk. A new monthly workshop at the Joliet Job Corps, “Understanding and Overcoming Addictions,” may be the answer. …
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Drugs Alcohol Abuse: Rats and drugs mar Occupy Oakland tent city, officials say
This comes on the heels of increasing reports of illegal drug and alcohol abuse, fighting, and sexual harassment in and around the camp of about 100 tents, Boyd said. "Basically, it's not legal for them to camp; we're accommodating it. …
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