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Parents beware: Kids exposed to many hours of alcohol use in PG-13 movies

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 05, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Children are exposed to many hours of alcohol use in movies, especially films rated PG-13, a new study shows.





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Owning alcohol-branded merchandise common, associated with drinking behaviors among teens

Medicine & Health / Other

created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Between 11 percent and 20 percent of U.S. teens are estimated to own T-shirts or other merchandise featuring an alcohol brand, and those who do appear more likely to transition through the stages of drinking from susceptibility ...


Owning alcohol-branded merchandise associated with teen drinking behaviors

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A Dartmouth-led study of young U.S. teens showed that between 11 and 20 percent own T-shirts or other items featuring an alcohol brand, and those who do appear more likely to transition through the stages of drinking from ...


This One&acutes For You: ISS Space Barley Beer

This One's For You: ISS Space Barley Beer

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 04, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (14) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Critics of the Space Program can utter a sigh of relief. Finally, an innovation with a good suds head on it. A colloborative effort between the Russian Academy of Science, Okayama University ...


Study: Ads influence kids' drinking

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 03, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

U.S. researchers have determined children's exposure to alcohol advertising during early adolescence influences their later drinking habits.


X marks the spot: Sharpies get thumbs-up for marking surgery sites

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 21, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

A bit of good news out of the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Alberta for patients undergoing surgery or an invasive procedure, their surgeons and cost-conscious hospital administrators. It's standard ...


Drinks industry supplanting government role in alcohol policies in Sub-Saharan Africa

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A recent comparison of proposed national alcohol policies in Lesotho, Malawi, Uganda, and Botswana shows that the drinks industry has assumed a significant and detrimental role in designing national alcohol policies in Sub-Saharan ...


Even low alcohol consumption has a negative impact on overall health

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (9) | comments 3

Low alcohol consumption is bad for your health in general. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation studied the relationship between alcohol consumption and he ...


Packages of care for alcohol use disorders in low- and middle-income countries

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In the latest article in PLoS Medicine's series proposing the delivery of "packages of care" for mental, neurological and substance-use disorders in low- and middle-income countries, Vivek Benegal and colleagues discuss the tr ...


Flies like us: They can act like addicts, too

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

When given the chance to consume alcohol at will, fruit flies behave in ways that look an awful lot like human alcoholism. That's according to a study published online on December 10th in Current Biology that is one of the ...


Aspirin can prevent liver damage that afflicts millions

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Simple aspirin may prevent liver damage in millions of people suffering from side effects of common drugs, alcohol abuse, and obesity-related liver disease, a new Yale University study suggests.



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