Posts Tagged ‘Family’

Children pay cost of family alcohol abuse
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Children are victims of alcohol-related harm in more than one-fifth of Australian households, study finds.
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Scotland seeks 50p alcohol price
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The Scottish government has confirmed that it wants to set a minimum price for alcohol of 50p per unit.
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Minimum alcohol price in Scotland to be set at 50p a unit
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A bottle of wine will be at least 4.69 and four cans of lager 3.52 under Scottish ministers' proposals
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Scotland sets minimum alcohol price to cut abuse
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The Scottish government unveiled plans today to set the minimum price of alcohol at 50p per unit. Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon said the controversial measure would save 500 lives a year.
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Alcohol Abuse And Family in the News

GUEST OPINION: Drug use, abuse or addiction?
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A few weeks ago, an old friend recently succumbed to a long fight with mental illness and she intentionally overdosed on painkillers — mental illness is a serious risk factor for drug abuse. Another person close to my family, who has long suffered …
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Drug Abuse Symposium Wednesday Night to Connect Addicts, Families with Helpful …
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… May 2 to help “link” those in need to available substance abuse assistance. By Ben Feldheim Kathy Passafiume is concerned about families, particularly those who aren't seeking any help when a loved one is struggling with drug or alcohol addiction.
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Diagnosis Of Symptoms in the News

Family Secrets: What My Son's Diagnosis Revealed About Our Past
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The doctors who examined him at UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute told me he should stay for a month so they could make a proper diagnosis and stabilize what they called his psychotic symptoms. Having raised two athletic sons I'd been in an emergency …
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MRI Brain Changes Seen in Early Infants with Autism
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… the development of clinical symptoms. The infants studied were already considered at high risk for the condition because their siblings were diagnosed with autism. Researchers tracked brain changes in infants at 6 months-, 1 year-, and 2 years old.
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How To Stop An Alcoholic in the News

Online program Stop Spinning My Wheels helps family members and spouses of …
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Rychtarik's work into the clinical research to improve help for women with problem drinking and alcoholic partners has spanned over 20 years. “Up until the Stop Spinning My Wheels Program, however, this work has focused only on face-to-face counseling …
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Ex-mayor named acting ABC director, council could pick replacement on Feb. 20
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TRENTON — Former Fair Haven Mayor Michael I. Halfacre is now the acting director of the state Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control. Halfacre's appointment officially was announced Friday by Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa. His next stop on the …
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Port Allen to toughen law on Sunday liquor sales
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Family History of Alcoholism May Affect Teens’ Decision-Making
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A family history of alcoholism may affect teenagers’ decision-making, researchers at Oregon Health and Sciences University have found. They discovered these adolescents have a weaker brain response during risky decision-making compared with teens without such a family history.
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Family history of alcoholism linked to teenage risk-taking
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Adolescents with a positive family history of alcoholism exhibited more impulsive behaviour, a trait associated with alcohol abuse report scientists from Oregon Health and Science University.
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If alcoholism runs in my family, am I at greater risk?
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Just as with other diseases such as diabetes and heart disease, alcoholism can also run in families
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MCA, OUP collaborate to publish Alcohol and Alcoholism journal
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Oxford University Press (OUP) is pleased to announce that it has entered a new long-term collaboration with the Medical Council on Alcohol (MCA) to jointly publish the journal Alcohol and Alcoholism.
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