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Weight Loss Surgery May Boost Problem Drinking
Almost 10% of patients undergoing bariatric surgery to combat obesity had symptoms of an alcohol use disorder 2 years after surgery, a large prospective cohort study showed. The prevalence of alcohol...
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Heavy Drinking May Lead to Early Stroke
Drinking three or more alcoholic beverages a day may raise the risk for spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage at a much younger age than typical, researchers found. These strokes occurred at an average...
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Eyeball Shots and Butt Chugging
5 Shocking Ways Your Kids Try to Get Drunk – ABC News. Link presented without additional comment.
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FDA Warns Against Combining Alcohol, Other CNS Depressants With Xyrem – AAFP...
According to the Dec. 17 statement, the FDA recently evaluated reports of patients who died while taking Xyrem — which is used to reduce instances of cataplexy and to manage other symptoms of...
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Binge Drinking Among Women and High School Girls — United States, 2011
Results: Among adult women, the prevalence of binge drinking was 12.5%, and among those who binge drank, the frequency of binge drinking was 3.2 episodes per month and the intensity was 5.7 drinks on...
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Ethanol Toxicity Medication – Thiamine (Vitamin B1)
An essential coenzyme of carbohydrate metabolism. Given to all patients with suspected chronic alcohol abuse. via Ethanol Toxicity Medication.
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Even The Price of Beer Is Rigged
Beer is big business in Germany. In terms of global beer production in 2012 (the 2013 rankings haven’t come out yet), Germany ranked in fifth place with 94.6 million hectoliters. OK, fifth place is...
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Binge Drinking Boosts Mortality Risk in Older Adults
Binge Drinking Boosts Mortality Risk in Older Adults. They examined the association between episodic heavy drinking and total mortality among 446 regular moderate drinkers aged 55 to 65 years at...
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Wine, Beer or Spirits? – Global Consumption Map
Wine, Beer or Spirits?. HT – Helen Vangikar and Jim Wigmore. A whole bunch of winos in France and Italy.
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Alcohol Involvement in Opioid Pain Reliever and Benzodiazepine Drug...
Alcohol Involvement in Opioid Pain Reliever and Benzodiazepine Drug Abuse–Related Emergency Department Visits and Drug-Related Deaths — United States, 2010. The analyses showed alcohol was involved in...
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Alcoholism after gastric bypass: Is it in your mind or gut? » Scienceline
In 2012, a large study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association reported that the percentage of patients abusing alcohol increased from 7.6 percent before surgery to 9.6 percent two...
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SUD CAGE and AUDIT
Excessive alcohol use adversely affects an estimated 38 million (30%) adults in the United States, but surprisingly, only 1 out 6 say they talk to their doctor, nurse, or healthcare professional about...
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American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR): CRU: Report: Obesity and 3...
The report also reaffirms the clear link between alcohol consumption and liver cancer, and for the first time quantifies the amount at which risk for liver cancer rises. “We now have a little more...
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Concurrent Cocaine, Alcohol Use Linked to Suicidality
Source: Concurrent Cocaine, Alcohol Use Linked to Suicidality Original Source: Substance Use as a Mediator of the Association Between Demographics, Suicide Attempt History, and Future Suicide Attempts...
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Drunkorexia
Source: Drunkorexia: New Trend Sweeping College Campuses Read the comments to the article. Priceless.
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Drinking Alcohol Linked to 7 Types of Cancer
Source: Drinking Alcohol Linked to 7 Types of Cancer For a copy of the study go to: Source: Alcohol consumption as a cause of cancer – Connor – 2016 – Addiction – Wiley Online Library I am so screwed.
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