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Men in low income neighborhoods drink more than women: Study

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TORONTO, On — March 3, 2011 — Men living in low-income neighbourhoods consume more than three times as many alcoholic drinks each week compared to women in these neighbourhoods, according to a study led by St. Michael’s researcher Flora Matheson…

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Critique 029: What should we advise about alcohol consumption? A debate amongst scientists

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A Letter to the Editor entitled “What should we advise about alcohol consumption?” was recently published by Maurizio Ponz de Leon in Intern Emerg Med.1 Dr. de Leon argues that the message of health benefits of moderate drinking “seems to me haz…

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Social class and changes in mortality from liver cirrhosis over the 20th Century

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A paper describing a dramatic change during the 20th century in England and Wales in the association between social class and mortality from liver cirrhosis features in Alcohol and Alcoholism. While deaths from cirrhosis were more common among high…

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Chinese study suggests that alcohol increases angiographically significant coronary artery disease

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Among a large number of Chinese men presenting with chest pain or EKG changes, sequential subjects undergoing cardiac angiography were evaluated for obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) lesions according to their reported recent alcohol intake….

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Alcohol consumption decreases with the development of disease

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In a cross-sectional study from the 2004 and 2007 Australian National Drug Strategy Household (NDSH) surveys, respondents were questioned about their current and past drinking, the presence of formal diagnosis for specific diseases (heart disease, t…

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Well-known molecule may be behind alcohol’s benefits to heart health

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Many studies support the assertion that moderate drinking is beneficial when it comes to cardiovascular health, and for the first time scientists have discovered that a well-known molecule, called Notch, may be behind alcohol’s protective effects. D…

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23 percent of young people get into fights when they go out at night

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Night-time violence among young Spaniards is becoming ever more common, according to a research study carried out by the European Institute of Studies on Prevention. The study shows that 5.2% of young people carry weapons when they go out at n…

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New compounds may treat both alcohol and cigarette addictions

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Researchers at the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center at the University of California, San Francisco, and Pfizer Inc., have determined that two new compounds may be effective in treating both alcohol and nicotine dependence at the same time.
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Heavy drinkers consume less over time, but not at ‘normal’ levels

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PISCATAWAY, NJ — Problem drinkers in the general population may reduce the amount of alcohol they consume over a period of years but not to the level of the average adult, according to a new study in the November issue of the Journal of Studies o…

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Why are men more susceptible to alcoholism?

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Philadelphia, PA, 18 October 2010 – Alcohol is one of the most commonly abused substances, and men are up to twice as likely to develop alcoholism as women. Until now, the underlying biology contributing to this difference in vulnerability has remai…

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2 studies present new data on effects of alcohol during pregnancy

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Scientific data continue to indicate that higher intake of alcohol during pregnancy adversely affects the fetus, and could lead to very severe developmental or other problems in the child. However, most recent publications show little or no effec…

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Personal genetic profiling services lack evidence for claims

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Direct-to-consumer personal genetic profiling services that claim to predict people’s health risks by analysing their DNA are often inconclusive and companies that sell them should provide better information about the evidence on which the results a…

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