Two researchers, Barbara McCrady and Elizabeth Epstein, wanted to know whether cognitive behavioral therapy worked better for alcohol-dependent women when delivered as couples therapy than when delivered as individual therapy.
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After a state-sponsored program to stage a mock drunk-driving accident was scrapped, parents and teachers sought a different way to educate students at California’s Burbank High School about the dangers of drinking and driving. After administrators cancelled the mock accident (called “Every 15 Minutes), arguing that a one-time shock approach failed to reach today’s teenagers, [...]
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Scotland’s BrewDog Brewery is now in the process of shipping more than 400 bottles of one of the world’s strongest beers to stores in California and New York City. At 32 percent alcohol by volume, Tactical Nuclear Penguin is more than six times more potent than the average American Budweiser.
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While previous twin studies have consistently shown the importance of genetic influences on various measures of alcohol consumption, a full diagnostic assessment can be complicated and lengthy. This has led some researchers to wonder: To what extent do measures of alcohol consumption accurately index the genetic risk for alcohol dependence (AD)?
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Women and men who engage in frequent heavy drinking report significantly worse health-related practices, according to a Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research study in the journal Addiction Research & Theory. For the study, the researchers surveyed 7,884 members of the Kaiser Permanente Northwest integrated health plan in Oregon and Washington. They found that risky [...]
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A 29-year-old man from Fort Myers, Florida was arrested Wednesday after Lee County sheriff’s deputies say he was driving more than 100 mph on U.S. 41 while intoxicated to get home to his small child, whom he had left home alone in her crib.
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For those who are overweight, there is more to be concerned about than high cholesterol or blood pressure. Those who indulge in alcohol along with meals loaded with calories are increasing their health risks.
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The National Prosecuting Authority has withdrawn all drunk-driving cases based on a breathalyzer test used across the country, according to a Johannesburg newspaper report. According to The Star, the Drager machines, although not defective, were suspended two weeks ago after a change in prosecutorial guidelines caused a problem with their certification.
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A new study reveals that adolescents who watch R-rated movies are more likely to try alcohol at a young age. Published in the March issue of Prevention Science, a scientific journal of the Society for Prevention Research, the study of 6,255 children examined the relationship between watching R-rated movies and the probability of alcohol use [...]
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Black adults are less likely to drink alcohol or binge drink than other adults, a federal government study shows. HealthDay News reports that an analysis of data from 2004 to 2008 found that 44.3 percent of blacks aged 18 and older drink alcohol, compared with that national average of 55.2 percent. The rate of binge [...]
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