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Drug-addicted anesthesiologists pose danger

Anesthesiologists – the doctors who keep patients alive during surgery, who essentially take over our breathing – make up just three per cent of all doctors, but account for 20 to 30 per cent of...

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More Bars = More Domestic Violence

Neighborhood bar density linked to intimate partner violence-related visits to hospital emergency department Intimate partner violence (IPV) has been linked to heavy drinking, and alcohol outlet...

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Top Reasons for Not Getting Alcohol or Drug Treatment

Lack of Motivation to Quit and Health Coverage Are the Top Reasons for Not Receiving Needed Alcohol or Drug Treatment An estimated 20.5 million people needed but did not receive alcohol or drug...

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Genetics and Family Environment Influence Drug Abuse

Risk for Drug Abuse in Adopted Children Appears Influenced by Family, Genetics In a national Swedish adoption study, the risk for drug abuse appears to be increased among adopted children whose...

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Eat Chocolate to Lose Weight

Regular Chocolate Eaters are Thinner Katherine Hepburn famously said of her slim physique: “What you see before you is the result of a lifetime of chocolate.” New evidence suggests she may have been...

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Alcohol Abuse Screenings at the Dentist

Health experts have warned that people who consume alcohol excessively are exposed to an extremely high risk of developing dental disease and mouth cancer. Experts have also noted that in order to be...

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Emotional Eating

Overeaters Anonymous Offers Support for Emotional Eating Overeaters Anonymous World Service Office If you have struggled with your weight, you probably accept that you have a weight problem. But you...

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Guide for Parents on Talking to Kids About Alcohol

Science can be a powerful tool for parents and educators seeking to persuade middle-school students not to drink alcohol, says a new book from the American Association for the Advancement of Science...

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Teens Use Diverted Medical Marijuana

74 Percent of Teens in CO Substance Abuse Treatment Programs Used Diverted Medical Marijuana Three-quarters of teenage patients in substance abuse treatment programs in Denver, Colorado said they used...

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Synthetic Drugs Outlawed

Obama Signs Legislation Banning Synthetic Drugs President Obama on Monday signed legislation that bans synthetic drugs. The law also expedites the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of new...

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Parents and children both affected by substance misuse

Children and teenagers recognised too as perpetrators A new report has identified parents as sufferers of abuse and violence from substance misusing children. The report by Adfam and Against Violence...

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Marijuana sent 11,000 to Emergency

Synthetic Marijuana Sent 11,000 People to Emergency Rooms in 2010 More than 11,000 people ended up in emergency rooms after using synthetic marijuana in 2010, according to a new government report. Most...

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Reason, Season, or a Lifetime

People come into your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. When you figure out which it is, you will know exactly what to do. Some people come into our lives and quickly go.. Some people become...

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Deaths Fall When Alcohol Price Increases

Drop in alcohol related deaths by nearly a third follows minimum alcohol price increase of 10% A new study made available online today in ‘Addiction’ shows that, between 2002 and 2009, the percentage...

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Heavy Drinkers

8 Percent of Men, 3 Percent of Women are Heavy Drinkers, Study Finds A new study finds 8 percent of men and 3 percent of women are heavy drinkers, according to government guidelines. On any given day,...

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Al‑Anon Works

Building Healthy Relationship With One’s Self In Al-Anon As a family recovery coach, my radar goes up when I hear clients talking about how much someone else’s drinking is bothering them. What the...

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Drug Addiction Treatment

Principles of Drug Addiction and Alcoholism Treatment: A Research-Based Guide (Third Edition) Principles of Effective Treatment 1. Addiction is a complex but treatable disease that affects brain...

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Alcohol and Pregnancy

Alcohol and Pregnancy: The Long-Term Consequences Now, there’s more evidence of the dangers of heavy drinking while pregnant. New research shows that children whose mothers drank while pregnant had...

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Teen Drinking in College

Talk to Your Teens About Drinking Before They Start College Parents who discuss drinking with their teens before they start college can influence their children’s drinking behavior once they are at...

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Treat, Don’t Blame Addicts

Why We Should Treat, Not Blame Addicts Struggling to Get ‘Clean’ Journalist David Sheff’s son Nic began using marijuana and alcohol at the age of 12, then heroine and crystal meth. Sheff was baffled;...

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