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Alcoholism
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Alcoholism is an illness marked by consumption of alcoholic beverages at a level that interferes with physical or mental health, and social, family, or occupational responsibilities.
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Alcoholism Overview
Alcohol problems vary in severity from mild to life threatening and affect the individual, the person's family, and society in numerous adverse ways.
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Alcoholism
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disease characterized by impaired control over the consumption of alcoholic beverages.
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Alcoholism is a chronic, often progressive disease that can be fatal. The condition involves a preoccupation with alcohol and impaired control over alcohol intake.
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Alcoholism, also called "alcohol dependence," is a chronic, progressive disease marked by a high tolerance for alcohol and a physical dependence on it.
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Alcoholism Research Alternative & Complementary Therapies
Ayurvedic
Traditional Chinese Medicine
Acupuncture
Prayer, drugs, alcoholism and depression ...
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Alcoholism is a type of drug addiction. There is both physical and psychological dependence with this addiction.
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Alcoholism can be linked to a long list of psychological, interpersonal, social, economic and medical problems.
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Alcoholism is one of the most common illnesses seen by health care providers.
How does it occur?
The cause of alcohol dependence is not known. It is more likely if you have: ...
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Teenage Alcoholism Can Have Lifelong Effects
Neighborhood Liquor Stores Raise Risk for Violence
Combination Treatments Help Alcoholics Stay Sober
In a Bad Mood? Eat Your Fish ...
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Alcoholism affects our mental as well as our physical wellbeing
Drug addiction
Generally seen as the most serious of all drugs of abuse ...
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Alcoholism, aging, candidiasis, stress, allergies, thyroid problems, hypoglycemia, diabetes, and poor circulation are factors in memory loss. Others are cited below.
TREATMENT" ...
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alcoholism or heavy drinking, now or in the past
diabetes (or family history of diabetes). Isotretinoin may also change blood sugar levels.
family history of high triglyceride levels in the blood ...
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Alcohol dependence (alcoholism) means that you are not able to quit drinking on your own, even when you want to. If you are dependent on alcohol, you are physically and emotionally addicted to it.
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Alcoholism is a risk factor for nutritional deficiency.
Serum chemistries may show abnormalities (see chem-20).
Nerve conduction tests and EMG (a test of electrical activity in muscles) may be used to determine the extent of neurologic damage.
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Alcoholism (Alcohol Dependence)
Alcohol Withdrawal
Amphetamine Addiction
Barbiturate Overdose (Barbiturate Intoxication)
Barbiturate Intoxication
Cannabis Abuse (Marijuana Abuse)
Cocaine Addiction (Cocaine Abuse)
Cocaine Abuse
Coma ...
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National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) - mission is to "conduct research focused on improving the treatment and prevention of alcoholism and alcohol-related problems to reduce the enormous health, social, ...
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Writing in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, the scientists examined the sleeping patterns of women aged between 22 and 25 who drank alcohol before going to sleep, over the course of three nights.
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schizophrenia
depression
seizures
alcoholism
diabetes
thyroid disorder
others in which birth defects may be associated either with the disease process or with common medications prescribed for the disease ...
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CIRRHOSIS: End-stage liver disease caused by hepatitis, alcoholism, or an obstruction of bile flow. Cirrhosis can cause jaundice, gastrointestinal problems, edema, liver failure, and death.
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Biologic factors include family history of psychiatric disorders such as depression, schizophrenia, alcoholism, drug dependence, and conduct disorder. Genetic predisposition to low levels of serotonin are associated with depression.
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Diseases-such as diabetes, kidney disease, chronic alcoholism, multiple sclerosis, atherosclerosis, vascular disease, and neurologic disease-account for about 70 percent of ED cases. Between 35 and 50 percent of men with diabetes experience ED.
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Nerve compression is more common in people with , alcoholism, diabetes, and/or thyroid problems.
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Some studies indicate that as little as one or two drinks each day may increase risk of miscarriage, stillbirth or birth defects, many physicians and other experts (including the Surgeon General and the National Council on Alcoholism) advise ...
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It can also be caused by lead or other heavy metal poisoning, thyroid problems, alcoholism and several other conditions. I'm confident that your doctor and the neurologist checked for these conditions and just didn't mention this to you.
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of behavorial treatments alone and in combination with medications (naltrexone [ReVia], acamprosate [Campral]) in patients 18 years of age and over with diagnosed alcohol dependence. Sponsor: National Institute on Alcohol and Alcoholism (NIAAA).
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