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Alcohol Abuse, Addiction Hits 3 of 10 Americans

...icans suffer some form of alcohol abuse or alcohol addiction during their lives, according to a new study of drinking and dependency. Some 12.5 percent of more than 43,000 people surveyed reported having succumbed to alcohol dependence during their lives, including 3.8 percent who had had the problem during...

Drinking Problem Plagues 30% Americans

...king behavior all the way to serious physiological addiction to alcohol. Columbia University Medical Centre analyzed a survey of 43,093 people done in 2001 and 2002. Dr Deborah Hasin, from the Columbia University Medical Center and her colleagues analyzed the data from face to face interviews with a represe...

Just One Cigarette can Cause Nicotine Addiction

...sity researchers say that the symptoms of nicotine addiction can appear even when youth are smoking as little a...otine-induced alterations in the brain can trigger addiction with the first cigarette," commented lead researcher Dr. Joseph R. DiFranza, Professor of Family Med...

New Strategy to Counter Problem Drinking

... an attempt to get the drug out of the sole use of addiction specialists and into the hands of primary providers, Anton said....

Ginger Spice Determined to Win Bulimia Battle

...t's the reason why Ginger Spice attended a private addiction clinic and an over-eaters' group recently, reports The Sun. Geri, who has confessed battling bulimia in the past, looked bloated and exhausted as she made her way between the London sessions. Accompanied by pet shitzu Harry, Geri spent 15 minutes...

Two In One Drug For Smokers And Drinkers

...hat there is no such thing as a magic cure-all for addiction and that varenicline and such drugs may find more immediate use in treating diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's....

Extrovert People Drink More Alcohol

... to men in particular. Among young people, alcohol addiction is not yet an issue but excessive alcohol use is directly related to, for example, aggression, vandalism and traffic accidents. Hence, it is important to gain a better understanding of the processes that determine how much alcohol a person consumes i...

Meth Users Involved in Violence, Sexual Risk-Taking: Study

...esearch is needed about how meth use is related to addiction of other substances." PIRE, or Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, is a national nonprofit public health research institute with centers in eight U.S. cities that is supported primarily by federal and state research and program funds....

Study Finds Genetic Link Between Smoking Addiction and Major Depression

...e genetic and environmental influences on nicotine addiction and major depression. Some people with a history...s risk of developing major depression and nicotine addiction are found in those who have conduct disorder, such as stealing, vandalizing, running away from home ...

Food Cravings are Linked to Weight Managenemt

...dely assumed. What is commonly called carbohydrate addiction should probably be relabeled as calorie addiction, she added. Some of the most commonly craved foods among study participants were foods that have high sugar plus fat, such as chocolate, and salty snacks, such as chips and French fries. The crave...

Purdue Pharma Agrees to Pay $600 Million Fine for Misbranding Oxycontin

...e who said their lives were changed forever by the addiction potential of OxyContin, a trade name for a long-ac...ase formulation, posed a lower threat of abuse and addiction to patients than traditional, faster-acting painkillers like Percocet or Vicodin. That claim beca...

Pediatric Use of ADHD Drug may Affect Developing Brain

...s strongly linked to higher executive functioning, addiction and appetite, social relationships and stress. These alterations gradually disappeared over time once the rats no longer received the drug," notes the study's senior author Dr. Teresa Milner, Professor of Neuroscience at Weill Cornell Medical College...

Weight Management Achieved by Controlling and Not Suppressing Food Cravings

...dely assumed. What is commonly called carbohydrate addiction should probably be relabelled as calorie addiction, she added. Some of the most commonly craved foods among study participants were foods that have high sugar plus fat, such as chocolate, and salty snacks, such as chips and French fries. The cr...

Lindsay Lohan Gets Another Vodka Deal!

...er spent 30 days at the Wonderland Center, another addiction treatment place in Laurel Canyon, in January and February. "It's a tough time for her right now. Everyone is hoping that this is a learning lesson to all," another close friend said. Lohan was arrested and cited for driving under the influence afte...

Video Game Addiction to Be Termed as a Medical Condition

...e later this month whether internet and video game addiction is a real disease. The doctors will vote on the i...deo Games and recommended that Internet/video game addiction be added as a formal diagnostic disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder...

Vaccines That Kick Drug Habits, Minimize Withdrawal Symptoms Developed

...es that not only fight cocaine and methamphetamine addiction but also minimize its withdrawal symptoms. The study was conducted by a team of researchers led by Dr. Thomas Kosten and Jay H. Waggoner at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM). As part of the study, researchers examined the effect of the vaccines o...

Fergie Used to Talk to a Basket When She was Hooked on Meth

...t when she was addicted to crystal methamphetamine addiction eight years ago, that she used to talk to a basket . The Black Eyed Peas' singer revealed that she talked to the basket thinking someone was sitting inside it, and would come and catch her. "I remember thinking somebody was inside of it, going to ...

Drug Addiction Slowing Down: UN Report

Drug addiction worldwide appears to be slowing down for almost ev...round for optimism that the run-away train of drug addiction is being slowed down." Costa warned against complacency, however, saying that the drug problem had ...

Pete Doherty "not Ready" to Quit Drug Use

... The Babyshambles frontman's fight with substance addiction is well-known, but his mother insists that once he puts a full stop on the habit, he will "rise up again". "Pete's not ready to give up yet. He will have to hit rock bottom before he can rise up again," Contactmusic quoted Jacqueline, as saying. ...

This 'Grass' is Not Green - Say, 'No Thanks, I Am Fine Without Drugs'

...tively seek drug abusers and bring them to the de- addiction centers. Support groups are underway to roll out the process of assisting abusers to get back on track. Finally A concerted effort across nations is imperative to obliterate the scourge. This is not a problem specific to a country. It is a glob...

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