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Outdoor alcohol advertising and problem drinking among African-American women in NYC
Jan 12, 2009 |
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New research conducted at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health indicates that the advertising of alcohol in predominantly African-American neighborhoods of New York City may add to problem drinking behavior ...
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UK incidence of children living with substance-misusing parents considerably underestimated
Oct 08, 2009 |
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Current figures underestimate the number of children who may be at risk of harm from parental substance use. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Public Health have generated new estimates using five nation ...
Preference for Alcohol in Adolescence May Lead to Heavy Drinking
May 05, 2008 |
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Scientists at Duke University Medical Center have shown a connection between early drinking patterns and a tendency to be a heavy drinker in adulthood, in a study of adolescent rats.
'Hazardous drinking' may be a new 'check stop' on the way to alcohol dependence
Jun 17, 2008 |
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Current diagnostic guides divide alcohol-use disorders into two categories: alcohol abuse/harmful use and alcohol dependence. Some researchers and clinicians believe this is insufficient, that there should be a third, preceding ...
Helping doctors ask about drug, alcohol problems
May 04, 2009 |
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(AP) -- If more doctors started asking, would more drug and alcohol abusers 'fess up so they could get help?
Poor face greater health burden than smokers or the obese
Dec 22, 2009 |
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The average low-income person loses 8.2 years of perfect health, the average high school dropout loses 5.1 years, and the obese lose 4.2 years, according to researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. ...
Naltrexone can help heavy social drinkers quit smoking
Mar 19, 2009 |
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Naltrexone, an opioid antagonist approved in 1994 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for alcohol-dependence (AD) treatment, can reduce relapse rates among AD patients. Research on naltrexone's effectiveness on nicotine ...
Talking aloud helps solve mathematical problems more quickly, according to a study
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 18, 2009 |
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Those students who think aloud while solving a mathematical problem can solve it faster and have more possibilities of finding the right solution that those who do not do it. Likewise, drawing or making a pictorial representation ...
Brainstorming works best in less specialized efforts, study says
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 10, 2009 |
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Applying brainstorming techniques to new product development works best when the collaboration employs participants from varied specialties gathering to develop a less complex product, according to the Management Insights ...
Critical communication for caregivers
Dec 16, 2009 |
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Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia represent an exponentially growing social and health care challenge for American families - not only family members who face the progressive brain disease, but also those who ...
Half of Britons deny climate change man-made: poll
Dec 06, 2009 |
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Almost half of Britons do not believe human behaviour is the main cause of global warming, a new poll showed Sunday, a day before world leaders begin crunch climate talks in Copenhagen.
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