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Researchers find that single question can identify unhealthy alcohol use in patients
Mar 11, 2009 |
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(Boston) Researchers at Boston Medical Center (BMC) have found that a single-screening question recommended by the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) accurately identifies unhealthy alcohol use in ...
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Researchers find medical inpatients with unhealthy alcohol use may benefit from brief intervention
Apr 23, 2009 |
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Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that some medical inpatients with unhealthy alcohol use may benefit from a brief intervention. The BUSM study appears in the May issue of Journal of St ...
Web-based screening and intervention may reduce drinking in university students
Sep 14, 2009 |
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Web-based screening and personalized interventions for alcohol use may reduce drinking in undergraduate students, according to a report in the September 14 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.
Substance abuse diagnostic test for teens can also predict high risk sexual behavior
Oct 16, 2009 |
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Alcohol and drug use are known contributors to adolescents engaging in dangerous sexual activity; leading to substantial health risks such as unwanted pregnancies, sexually transmitted illnesses, drug overdoses and alcohol ...
Treating alcohol-use disorders and tuberculosis together
Nov 19, 2009 |
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The integration of alcohol screening, treatment and referral into primary care and other medical settings is not routinely done. Nor are there any studies evaluating the effectiveness of integrating care for alcohol use ...
Alcohol abuse screening/brief interventions in community hospital emergency department
Aug 24, 2009 |
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There are an estimated 7.6 million alcohol-related emergency department (ED) visits each year in the country. A first step in identifying an alcohol problem is screening all ED patients utilizing two well-researched screening ...
Alcohol-induced flushing is a risk factor for esophageal cancer from alcohol consumption
Mar 23, 2009 |
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There is growing evidence, say researchers in this week's PLoS Medicine, that people who experience facial flushing after drinking alcohol are at much higher risk of esophageal cancer from alcohol consumption than those ...
Mental health needs of soldiers increase several months after returning from Iraq war
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 13, 2007 |
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Compared to initial screening upon returning from the Iraq war, U.S. soldiers report increased mental health concerns and needs several months after their return for problems such as posttraumatic stress disorder and depression, ...
National study finds post-traumatic stress disorder common among injured patients
Sep 11, 2008 |
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Suffering a traumatic injury can have serious and long-lasting implications for a patient's mental health, according to the largest-ever U.S. study evaluating the impact of traumatic injury. Researchers from the Harborview ...
Study shows 1 in 25 deaths worldwide attributable to alcohol
Jun 26, 2009 |
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Research from Canada's own Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) featured in this week's edition of the Lancet shows that worldwide, 1 in 25 deaths are directly attributable to alcohol consumption. This rise since ...
Packages of care for alcohol use disorders in low- and middle-income countries
Oct 27, 2009 |
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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 ...
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