Topic: Alcoholism
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will likely merge its two institutes that study addiction. And nonaddiction research would go elsewhere-for example, NIAAA's research on fetal alcohol syndrome would likely be transferred to the National Institute of Child Health and Development. The ...
Caffeinated alcoholic beverages such as Four Loko have come under fire from lawmakers and public health officials in recent weeks, following reports of hospitalizations and even some deaths tied to the potent drinks.. College students who consume nonalcoholic energy drinks such as ...
Drinking energy drinks daily or even on a weekly basis may increase your risk of developing alcohol problems.. The study helps identify a new high-risk group, says Harold C. Urschel, MD, an addiction expert in Dallas. When alcohol and energy drinks are ...
There are some real-life family dynamics that kids' TV never addresses, at least for the tween-and-under set. That's why specials like Nick News: Nick News sometimes tackles inconsequential topics like "annoying things parents do", but here Linda Ellerbee and her crew do ...
Journalists were often seen by Hollywood producers as louts with a drink in one hand and a notepad in the other. Prior to World War II the big city dailies - where multiple bylines abounded - were home to many reporters who ...
Caffeinated alcoholic beverages such as Four Loko have come under fire from lawmakers and public health officials in recent weeks, following reports of hospitalizations and even some deaths tied to the potent drinks.. College students who consume nonalcoholic energy drinks such as ...
Frequent consumption of energy drinks is associated with a higher risk of alcohol dependence in college students, according to research published online Nov. 12 in Alcoholism: Amelia M. Arria, Ph.D., of the University of Maryland School of Public Health in College Park, ...
For some alcoholics, booze provides an addictive thrill. The drug, which blocks receptors for a neurotransmitter involved in stress responses, substantially reduced cravings in a group of rehabilitating alcoholics.. But recent research has found that naltrexone tends to work best for the ...
Joan Bennett Kennedy is the ex-wife of the late Senator Senator Ted Kennedy . Joan Kennedy, the mother of Kennedy's three children, has struggled with alcoholism for many years. After a recent tirade against the press and policy, Joan Kennedy said Patrick ...