Topic: Alcoholism
Scottish singer-songwriter Gerry Rafferty, who enjoyed huge success with 1970s hits "Baker Street" and "Stuck in the Middle With You", has died aged 63 after a long illness, his agent said.Rafferty, who spent his final years battling alcoholism, reportedly died peacefully at ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - People with a family history of alcoholism may be turning to high-calorie treats instead of booze to satisfy their addiction, researchers say, a change that could be fueling the obesity epidemic.Because alcohol and bingeing on junk foods stimulate the ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Proposed revisions to formal criteria for alcohol abuse and dependence would label significantly more people as problem drinkers, a new study from Australia shows."Our analyses show that the proposed changes would lead to about a 60 percent ...
Four years ago this month I went from having a very physical job and being 135 lbs to working at the public library where I sit a lot and there's always food. I'm sitting at the border of being an alcoholic, another ...
In Counterparts, the reader meets Farrington, who works as a paralegal for the boss from hell, Mr. Alleyne. After a particularly trying afternoon Farrington slips down to the local bar for a drink without having finished a very important contract for an ...
Alcohol and drug use can progress into abuse and even addiction so insidiously that sometimes people do not realize that it has become a problem for them and those around them. Dealing With Alcohol Withdrawals? Drug Abuse Screening Quiz Could You Be ...
Does your child frequently drink caffeinated energy drinks? Researchers at the Treatment Research Institute surveyed 1,000 college students, asking about their use of energy drinks and their consumption of alcohol in the past 12 months. Frequent users of energy drinks were defined ...
A panel of experts in Britain assessed 20 different drugs on the basis of the harm each does to both individual users and to others affected by their usage (society). Although heroin, crack cocaine and metamfetamine were the three drugs that were ...
Women who were sexually or physically abused as children are at increased risk for drinking problems, researchers say.. The findings show "a strong association between having a history of child abuse and problems with alcohol abuse," lead author E. Anne Lown, a ...
Researchers say non-alcoholic energy drinks may lead to serious drinking problems in young adults. The Mayo Clinic recommends getting adequate sleep, exercising regularly, and eating a nutritious diet rather than grabbing an energy drink. An increased risk of alcoholism isn't the only ...
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