Posted on February 5th, 2012 by Health News
A new editorial released this week offers clarity and structure on confusing drug and alcohol addiction terminology for prescribers, users and regulators. “Through a glass darkly: can we improve clarity about mechanism and aims of medications in drug and alcohol treatments?” is published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology, the official journal of the British Association [...]
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Posted on February 2nd, 2012 by Health News
(MedPage Today) — Added sugars are as much a threat to public health as alcohol and tobacco, and should be regulated in a similar fashion, some researchers suggest.
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Posted on January 20th, 2012 by Health News
New research reinforces the fact that there is no ’safe’ level of drinking while pregnant. Medscape Medical News
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Posted on January 19th, 2012 by Health News
Observational epidemiologic studies relating wine and alcohol to health all suffer from the fact that they, of necessity, compare people who prefer certain beverages, but not the beverages themselves. While there have been many intervention trials in animals, randomized trials in humans are less common…
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Posted on January 18th, 2012 by Health News
The authors of a study published online on Tuesday that was designed to overcome the difficulties of obtaining accurate and reliable data in Fetal Alcohol Syndrome research, say their findings reinforce the warning that there is no safe level of alcohol consumption during pregnancy…
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Posted on January 11th, 2012 by Health News
(MedPage Today) — About one in every six U.S. adults binges on alcohol, according to the CDC.
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Posted on January 7th, 2012 by Health News
(MedPage Today) — A novel small-molecule agent showed promise in early studies as a treatment for smallpox and other orthopoxvirus infections, researchers said. Also in this week’s edition of Lab Notes, an ancient Chinese hangover remedy could hold the key to alcohol addiction.
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Posted on January 7th, 2012 by Health News
UCLA researchers have identified how a component of an ancient Chinese herbal anti-hangover medicine called dihydromyricetin, isolated from the plant Hovenia, counteracts acute alcohol intoxication and withdrawal symptoms.
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Posted on January 5th, 2012 by Health News
Drinking frequency question is more predictive of alcohol use disorders than are problem-based screens. Medscape Medical News
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Posted on December 17th, 2011 by Health News
A new study finds that regularly consuming fish and drinking coffee and alcohol may delay progression of relapsing-onset disease. Medscape Medical News
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