The Harmful Consequences of Alcohol Addiction

2010-11-29T14:53:51Z

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NIH Director Favors Merging Addiction Institutes

2010-11-29T14:48:13Z

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Alcoholism: Treatment stages for an unwilling alcoholic

2010-11-29T15:21:44Z

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What is the difference between alcohol abuse and alcoholism?

2010-11-29T15:21:40Z

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Alcoholism in children

2010-11-29T15:21:44Z

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How alcoholic drinks can cause weight gain and decrease testosterone

2010-11-03T09:35:26Z

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Alcoholism: Diagnosis of the Week

2010-11-03T09:37:47Z

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California Alcohol Treatment Centers Innovations

2010-11-02T22:09:30Z

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PARENTS: BEFORE YOUR SON OR DAUGHTER HEADS OFF TO COLLEGE, TALK TO THEM ABOUT DRINKING

2010-11-02T22:09:38Z

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Are You a Problem Hubber?

2010-11-02T21:58:02Z

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The wrath of grapes - the new alcoholism

2010-10-01T20:46:31Z

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Advisers Say NIH Should Merge Alcohol, Drug Abuse Institutes

2010-09-21T13:41:22Z

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College Life: Drinking

2010-10-14T05:42:43Z

Should drinking on college campuses be accepted as a rite of passage? According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) 1,825 college students between the ages of 18 and 24 die from alcohol-related unintentional injuries, including motor vehicle crashes annually. Nearly 600,000 students are injured while under the influence of alcohol. 97,000 students are victims of alcohol-related sexual assault or date rape. Overindulgence is too acceptable among college co-ed...

Effects of Alcohol Dependence

2010-11-02T14:31:43Z

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4 Signs That Your Drinking Is Getting Out of Control

2010-10-25T20:45:23Z

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A bottle of pills to kick the bottle

2010-08-11T12:24:11Z

LONDON (Reuters) - Does this sound like anyone you know? Darryl is 35, has a steady job, a stable home and good marriage, enjoys a few beers in front of the TV most nights -- doesn't have what most people would call a drink problem.

In the United States alone there are probably around 36 million Darryls, according to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) and Japan's Kurihama

Crossing the Line: Women and Alcoholism

2010-10-26T21:05:56Z

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Why Teens Do Dumb Things

2010-10-26T21:06:24Z

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Children Allowed to Drink at Home More Likely to Develop Alcohol Problems

2010-10-23T19:08:14Z

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Can Alcoholics Recover and Drink in Moderation?

2010-10-06T07:30:54Z

For decades the research, both formal studies and informal observations, has shown that some alcoholics could return to moderate or controlled drinking, and that many do. However, Alcoholics Anonymous and other powerful recovery programs have defined an alcoholic as a person who can never again drink in moderation. This has placed them in the curious position of maintaining that someone who returns to moderate drinking wasn't an alcoholic - not matter how obvious the evidence to the contrary....

Alcoholic Blackout - Types of Alcohol Blackouts, How They Work, and the Consequences

2010-09-09T10:17:56Z

The occurrence of an alcohol blackout is unpredictable both in severity and in timing.

When an individual experiences an alcohol induced blackout, his consciousness remains throughout the period but will be unable to have complete recollection of what happened during that time. It is as if events are never imprinted on the brain for recall. It's amnesia in a way, but it's caused by alcohol abuse and not a traumatic event or physical injury.

There are two types of alcoho...

Battle of the Booze: New Medications

2010-10-23T09:48:02Z

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Are You an Alcoholic?

2010-10-23T10:03:08Z

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other items

2010-11-02T12:41:47Z

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Neurokinin 1 Receptor Antagonism as a Possible Therapy for Alcoholism

2010-10-25T20:58:47Z

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Anti-smoking pill shows promise in curbing drinking

2010-09-09T07:58:46Z

Bar-hoppers everywhere discovered long ago that smoking and drinking go hand-in-hand.

So, why not a single pill that helps curb the two vices?

A drug called varenicline may be the answer. The tablets already have been shown to make smoking less rewarding for some. Preliminary work, done in rats, suggests they could do the same for drinking.

"The biggest thrill is that this drug, which has already proved safe for people trying to stop smoking, is now a potential drug to ...

Study: Over 30 pct. report alcohol abuse

2010-09-09T07:29:29Z

More Than 30 Pct. of US Adults Have Reported Drinking Problems, but Few Treated, Study Finds

More than 30 percent of American adults have abused alcohol or suffered from alcoholism at some point in their lives, and few have received treatment, according to a new government study. Alcoholics who got treatment first received it, on average, at about age 30 _ eight years after they developed dependence on drin...

Drinking Alcohol - The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Aspects

2010-09-10T12:13:07Z

An online medical dictionary defines alcohol as organic chemical in which one or more hydroxyl (OH) groups are attached to carbon© atoms in place of hydrogen (H) atoms. Well known alcohol includes ethyl alcohol or ethanol, methyl alcohol and propyl alcohol. Everyone, however, understood alcohol (ethanol) as wine, beer, and liquor. It has strong ability to alter people's pattern of attitude, behavior, especially those that are addicted to it. And, this is the focus of this article –...

Alcohol's link to cancer explained

2010-10-15T18:47:47Z

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