News tagged with intoxication
Toxic alcohol kills 17 in southern India
At least 17 people have died from drinking toxic home-brewed alcohol in southern India, an official said on Monday, just weeks after a similar incident claimed 170 lives.
Jan 02, 2012 |
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Drunk, powerful, and in the dark: The paradox of the disinhibited
Power can lead to great acts of altruism, but also corruptive, unethical behavior. Being intoxicated can lead to a first date, or a bar brawl. And the mask of anonymity can encourage one individual to let a stranger know ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 13, 2011 |
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Asians fighting alcoholism may benefit from new study
(Medical Xpress) -- New UCLA psychology research indicates that Asians who are struggling with alcoholism may benefit especially from naltrexone, one of three medications approved by the U.S. Food and Drug ...
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Sep 27, 2011 |
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Marker for Alzheimer's disease rises during day and falls with sleep
A marker for Alzheimer's disease rises and falls in the spinal fluid in a daily pattern that echoes the sleep cycle, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 26, 2011 |
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Powerful, intoxicated, anonymous: The paradox of the disinhibited
Power can lead to great acts of altruism, but also corruptive, unethical behavior. Being intoxicated can lead to a first date, or a bar brawl. And the mask of anonymity can encourage one individual to let a stranger know ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 22, 2011 |
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Alcohol's disruptive effects on sleep may be more pronounced among women
Researchers have known for decades that alcohol can initially deepen sleep during the early part of the night but then disrupt sleep during the latter part of the night; this is called a "rebound effect." A new study of ...
Feb 15, 2011 |
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Toward a fast, simple test for detecting cholera rampaging in 40 countries
With cholera on the rampage in Haiti and almost 40 other countries, scientists are reporting the development of a key advance that could provide a fast, simple test to detect the toxin that causes the disease. The report ...
Feb 09, 2011 |
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Doctors should be required to disclose sleep deprived status to patients before elective surgeries
While regulations have been put in place to restrict the work hours of doctors in training, no such regulations exist for fully trained physicians. An editorial in this week's New England Journal of Medicine argues that s ...
Dec 30, 2010 |
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Campus-community interventions successful in reducing college drinking
Heavy drinking among college students results in over 1800 deaths each year, as well as 590,000 unintentional injuries, almost 700,000 assaults and more than 97,000 victims of sexual assaults. In a new study published in ...
Nov 11, 2010 |
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Why are men more susceptible to alcoholism?
Alcohol is one of the most commonly abused substances, and men are up to twice as likely to develop alcoholism as women. Until now, the underlying biology contributing to this difference in vulnerability has remained unclear.
Oct 18, 2010 |
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Why drunk drivers may get behind the wheel
A new study shows the impact of alcohol intoxication on reasoning and problem-solving abilities and may explain why some people feel they have recovered enough to drive after drinking. The research, led by Peter J. Snyder, ...
Aug 18, 2010 |
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2 studies: Social factors, 'super users' and urban emergency departments
Difficulties with shelter, transportation, insurance, and health care costs are linked with heavier emergency department usage by so-called "super-user" patients in urban areas, according to research at Henry Ford Hospital.
Jun 03, 2010 |
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Binge drinking adolescent monkeys' brains seriously damaged by alcohol
(PhysOrg.com) -- Binge drinking is increasing in adolescents, and new research has shown long-lasting damage to an important area in the brains of adolescent monkeys after binge alcohol consumption, and suggests binge drinking ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jun 02, 2010 |
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Everyone looks the same - when you drink
(PhysOrg.com) -- People are much better at recognising faces of their own racial group than those of different races, but a new study suggests that drinking alcohol almost eliminates that bias.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 19, 2010 |
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Ocean geo-engineering produces toxic blooms of plankton
(PhysOrg.com) -- New research led by The University of Western Ontario warns of the potential for ecological harm caused by the fertilization of oceanic waters with the trace element iron. This fertilization ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 15, 2010 |
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Intoxication
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