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Cocaine: The Nicknames
Source: About.com Alcoholism - March 21, 2012 Category: Addiction Source Type: news

Team finds atomic structure of molecule that binds to opioids in the brain
(Scripps Research Institute) Scientists have for the first time determined the three-dimensional atomic structure of a human opioid receptor, a molecule on the surface of brain cells that binds to opioids and is centrally involved in pleasure, pain, addiction, depression, psychosis, and related conditions.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - March 21, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Parents need to step up, says addiction expert on synthetic K2 Pot problem
Source: Monsters and Critics Consumerhealth News - March 20, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

The Narcissistic Ex, Part V
The mind is tricky and sometimes it can backfire on you.When you have to deal with a difficult person, a difficult decision or you're having a tough time parenting, it's essential to think clearly. And who always does, right? In this series, we've been discussing the problem of divorcing a person displaying narcissistic features. And, it's not easy.read more
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - March 20, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Mark Banschick, M.D. Tags: Addiction Personality Psychiatry Relationships dangerous person deep breath depressed patient difficult decision divorce green behind the ears hubris humility moment in time narcissism nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nyquil overco Source Type: news

Can't Get In: Barriers to Addiction Treatment Entry
What keeps people who need it out of addiction treatment? Barriers inside and out, that's what! But there's quite a bit we can do about it, and several occurrences where we don't need to.read more
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - March 20, 2012 Category: Addiction Authors: Adi Jaffe, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Psychiatry Self-Help Therapy abuse addiction treatment addres adi barriers drug abusers environmental circumstances external barriers heroin internal barriers jaffe montgomery county ohio National Institute on Dru Source Type: news

Understanding the Dynamics of Workaholism-Narcissism
Normal levels of narcissism are fundamental to the development of our self-respect, self-love, and pride. Unfortunately, perfectionism and obsession can lead to high levels of ego-inflated self-absorption that encourages the development of neurotic narcissistic traits.read more
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - March 20, 2012 Category: Addiction Authors: Barbara Killinger, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Self-Help Do you recognize these narcissistic traits? Source Type: news

All In the Family? Settling the (Materialism) Nature vs. Nurture Debate
Given the implications for individuals and society in general, it certainly seems like we should be striving to determine the sources of materialistic desires and tendencies. And yet, there is no consensus about the origins or causes of materialism. Do materialistic desires result from our upbringing? Our culture? Our genes?read more
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - March 20, 2012 Category: Addiction Authors: Ryan T. Howell, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Behavioral Economics Environment Media advertising alienation discontent environmental factors excess consumption fyodor dostoyevsky genes giddens happiness heritable human potential humanistic theorists identical Source Type: news

Synthetic Marijuana Usage Alarms American Pediatricians
Synthetic types of marijuana, commonly known as blaze, spice, and K2, are being consumed by a growing number of adolescent children and young adults, and are sending many of them to the emergency room, researchers from the Children's National Medical Center, Washington D.C., reported in the journal Pediatrics. The authors explained that these synthetic cannabinoids are made in illegal laboratories and sold in convenience stores and gas stations in several communities in the USA...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 20, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs Source Type: news

Critical Skills Needed For PCPs To Safely Manage Opioid Risk In Chronic Pain Patients
Primary care physicians are faced with treating a large proportion of chronic pain patients, but many do not often have specific training in the assessment and management of chronic pain, including the use of opioid medications for chronic pain management. Recognizing the significant role prescribers can play in reducing the risk of addiction, unintentional overdose, and death from the misuse and abuse of opioids, the U.S...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 20, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pain / Anesthetics Source Type: news

Meth Mom Sentenced to 6 Years
Source: About.com Alcoholism - March 20, 2012 Category: Addiction Source Type: news

Using Antabuse to Avoid Drinking
Source: About.com Alcoholism - March 19, 2012 Category: Addiction Source Type: news

How Hospital Gardens Help Patients Heal
To get an inkling of what a well-designed hospital garden can mean to a seriously ill child, watch the home video posted on YouTube last August of Aidan Schwalbe, a three-year-old heart-transplant recipient. The toddler is shown exploring the meandering paths, sun-dappled lawn and gnarled roots of a branching shade tree in the Prouty Garden at Children’s Hospital Boston. “He loves to be out in the garden feeding the birds and squirrels,” wrote Aidan’s grandmother in an August blog entry. “They will all weigh 30 lbs. each by the time we leave here!” [More]
Source: Scientific American Topic - Medical Technology - March 19, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health,Environment,Mind & Brain,Medical Technology,Everyday Science,More Science,Green Living,Addiction Recovery,Biology,Society Policy Source Type: news

A Critical Public Health Strategy Without Federal Funding - Syringe Exchange Programs
A study from Rhode Island Hospital examined the two-year period when the current ban on federal funding for syringe exchange programs (SEPs) was lifted in order to learn whether SEPs received or anticipated pursuing federal funding during that time. Only three of the 187 SEPs that responded had received funding at the time of the survey, and early experiences cited many barriers to accessing the federal funds. With the ban reinstated, the researchers state that the effect of federal SEP funding can therefore not realize its full public health potential...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 19, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs Source Type: news

Problems Transferring New Knowledge To New Contexts Experienced By Alcohol-Dependent Individuals
This study of the ability of alcohol-dependent (AD) individuals to learn new reward-related contingencies and then transfer this knowledge to new contexts found the AD patients had transfer deficits. Results will be published in the June 2012 issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research and are currently available at Early View...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 19, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs Source Type: news

Alcohol And Memory: Some People May Be More Susceptible To Alcohol-Induced Fragmentary Blackouts
Alcohol's effects on memory range from mild deficits to alcohol-induced blackouts. That said, very little research has been carried out on memory impairments among individuals who have experienced alcohol-induced blackouts. A new study of neural activation during a contextual-memory task among individuals with and without a history of alcohol-induced fragmentary blackouts demonstrates individual differences in how alcohol impacts memory. Results will be published in the June 2012 issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research and are currently available at Early View...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 19, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs Source Type: news

Among Alcohol-Dependent Inpatients, Childhood Trauma Exposure Is Very Common
Accumulating evidence indicates that childhood trauma experience (CTE) may be an environmental susceptibility factor for a variety of psychiatric disorders, including alcohol dependence (AD). CTE can include sexual, physical, and emotional abuse as well as physical or emotional neglect. New research on single and multiple CTE among AD individuals undergoing inpatient detoxification and treatment has found significant rates of reported CTE among these individuals...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 19, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs Source Type: news

What is it Like to Have a Bad Trip?
Many people who are starting to experiment with drugs have been warned off hallucinogens by being told they could have a "bad trip." "What's the problem?" many people think. "It can't be that bad, and soon the drug will wear off. Everyone knows that the government exaggerates the effects of drugs, to try and scare you out of taking them and having a good time." If only it were so simple!...Read Full Post
Source: About.com Addictions - March 19, 2012 Category: Addiction Source Type: news

Water Is Life
Last week while driving down I-5 in California, I noticed a number of billboards proclaiming that the current Congress had caused "dust bowls."read more
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - March 18, 2012 Category: Addiction Authors: Sandy Olliges, M.A. Tags: Addiction Behavioral Economics Diet Environment Health Politics casa grande ruins food security fruits and vegetables gila river global climate change global environmental issue governmental policy hohokam irrigation canals i Source Type: news

In praise of ... fruit flies | Editorial
Male fruit flies, when rejected by females, turn to alcohol. Not for nothing are habitual drinkers sometimes dismissed as bar fliesDrosophila are laboratory favourites: these little fruit flies have short life cycles and active sex lives, so geneticists can track their characteristics over many generations. A proportion of the genes we know best were first identified in fruit fly DNA. From them we learn about basic biochemical processes shared by all living creatures – including us. Now Californian scientists have discovered something touchingly human about these buzzing little insects. Male fruit flies, when rejected by...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 18, 2012 Category: Science Tags: Genetics Biology Science Alcohol Society UK news World news Medical research Animal behaviour Bees Insects Environment The Guardian Editorials Comment is free Source Type: news

Self-Control: (a) Innate, or (b) Dependent on Mom and Dad? (Hint: Choose B)
A recent study shows that non-addict siblings of drug addicts have similar deficits in circuitry for self-control (Ersche et al., 2012) The study has been reported as indicative of inborn capacities for self-control. BIG MISTAKE. It is jumping to a popular but incorrect conclusion (it's in the genes). There is much more evidence for an alternative conclusion.read more
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - March 18, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Darcia Narvaez, Ph.D. Tags: Child Development Health Parenting Stress 6 years addict adult siblings brain and body brain structures Caregivers circuitry drug addicts genes genetic deformities genome project human milk immune system incorrect conclus Source Type: news

George Mason: Life of Death
Author’s note: This review of George Mason’s autobiography, Life of Death, is not a review of Mason’s life, but rather of his book. It is difficult to critique the book without appearing critical toward the subject or his life. The book is the lone subject toward which criticism is directed. Life of Death is not a good book. The life contained therein is indeed an interesting and fascinating one, but the way in which the life is presented to the reader is unquestionably flawed, if not downright dreadful. Mason’s book, subtitled “a lifetime of depression leads to happiness,” is riddled with typos, grammatica...
Source: Psych Central - March 18, 2012 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Dan Berkowitz Tags: Addictions Book Reviews Depression Disorders General Personal Stories Spirituality Autobiography Circumstances Cl Conscious Desire Critique Depression And Anxiety Depression Anxiety Drug Addict George Mason Grammatical Mist Source Type: news

Tanning Bed Addicts
Tanning bed addicts. Spring is high season for tanning parlors. But many people like to tan year-round. A new study in the journal Addiction Biology looked at brain activity during tanning and found that tanning may be addictive. Dermatologist Lawrence A. Mark, MD, PhD, discusses the study and its findings with Sound Medicine's Kathy Miller, MD. Dr. Mark is assistant professor of dermatolo....
Source: Sound Medicine - March 18, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Sound Medicine Source Type: news

Manage Your Depression Through Exercise: The Motivation You Need to Start and Maintain an Exercise Program
Starting any exercise program can be a tough task. However, for those suffering from depression, it can be close to impossible. Just getting out of bed is a struggle for some; how are they to get the motivation to climb on a treadmill? Enter Dr. Jane Baxter and her book, Manage Your Depression Through Exercise. With her career in psychotherapy and as a personal trainer, Dr. Baxter tackles depression head-on, incorporating the physical, mental and spiritual aspects of living a healthy lifestyle. She provides a five-week workout plan in order to cement an exercise routine. So how is her book any different from other ...
Source: Psych Central - March 17, 2012 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Caroline Comeaux Lee Tags: Book Reviews Depression Disorders General Healthy Living Motivation and Inspiration Self-Help Carbohydrates Cheerleader Counting Calories Depression Sufferers Diet And Exercise Diet And Exercise Plan Diet Exercise Dr Jane Exe Source Type: news

Co-Occurrence of Addictive Behaviours: Personality Factors Related to Substance Use, Gambling and Computer Gaming. - Walther B, Morgenstern M, Hanewinkel R.
Aim: To investigate co-occurrence and shared personality characteristics of problematic computer gaming, problematic gambling and substance use. Methods: Cross-sectional survey data were collected from 2,553 German students aged 12-25 years. Self-report me...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 17, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

College Confidential Part I: 'Dear Mom: Sex Is Casual, I Have a Lot of It.'
Sex, Stress and 'Drunkorexia': The Secret Lives of College Students. Students today – especially young women – are under more stress, seeking more help, taking more medications and reporting more stress and depression than ever. What’s going on? read more
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - March 16, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Pamela Cytrynbaum Tags: Addiction Anxiety Child Development Depression Diet Eating Disorders Education Gender Happiness Health Parenting Relationships Resilience Sex Stress binge drinking by college students college freshmen midlife parenting Source Type: news

College Confidential Part I: Dear Mom: Sex Is Casual, I Have a Lot of It.
Sex, Stress and 'Drunkorexia': The Secret Lives of College Students. Students today – especially young women – are under more stress, seeking more help, taking more medications and reporting more stress and depression than ever. What’s going on? read more
Source: Psychology Today Sex Center - March 16, 2012 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Pamela Cytrynbaum Tags: Addiction Anxiety Child Development Depression Diet Eating Disorders Education Gender Happiness Health Parenting Relationships Resilience Sex Stress binge drinking by college students college freshmen midlife parenting Source Type: news

College Confidential Part I: 'Dear Mom: Sex is casual, and I have a lot of it.'
Sex, Stress and 'Drunkorexia': The Secret Lives of College Students. Students today – especially young women – are under more stress, seeking more help, taking more medications and reporting more stress and depression than ever. What’s going on? read more
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - March 16, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Pamela Cytrynbaum Tags: Addiction Anxiety Child Development Depression Diet Eating Disorders Education Gender Happiness Health Parenting Relationships Resilience Sex Stress binge drinking by college students college freshmen midlife parenting Source Type: news

Appeals court lets DEA suspend Cardinal license
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An appeals court allowed the government to suspend Cardinal Health Inc's license to distribute potentially addictive drugs from a Florida facility, part of the Drug Enforcement Administration's battle against prescription drug abuse.
Source: Reuters: Health - March 16, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

Does Playing the Slots Put You Into Flow?
Forty million people spend billions on slot machines in the U.S. every year. Are they communing with the Infinite without realizing it?read more
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - March 16, 2012 Category: Addiction Authors: Susan K. Perry, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Cognition Health birdwatching David v. forrest gambling gaming motivation odds prayer psychoanalysis rationalizing slot machines superstitions Susan K. Perry tibetan prayer wheel Source Type: news

Gambling addictions expert warns of dangers of internet gambling, especially on youth
Participating in an online March Madness bracket or fantasy sport league is harmless fun for most people, but for someone with a gambling addiction, it can be a dangerous temptation. “Now, with states entertaining the possibility of increasing revenue through legalizing internet gambling, it is even more important to pay attention to groups that may be vulnerable to problem gambling, particularly youth,” says Renee Cunningham-Williams, a gambling addictions expert. “Internet gambling provides youth with increased opportunities to gamble, which is particularly concerning because this generation is arguably the most te...
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - March 16, 2012 Category: Science Source Type: news

Emotional Habits: The Key to Addiction
Last night at the dinner table I shared my working theory of emotional habits with the kids. The kids nodded patiently. It's another one of Mom's theories.read more
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - March 16, 2012 Category: Addiction Authors: Kimerer LaMothe, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Creativity Health Philosophy anger baseline chimes desire dinner table emotional color emotional habits emotional place emotions fear grief half an hour happy day jordan age kai math test movi Nietzsche Source Type: news

Opioid Addiction - Diacetylmorphine Better And Cheaper Than Methadone
According to a study in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ), methadone is not the most effective way to treat chronic opioid addiction. Researchers from the Center for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences (CHEOS) at Providence Health Care, University of British Columbia, UniversitÃ© de MontrÃ©al and the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (Sudbury, Ont.), have found that injecting an active ingredient in heroin, called diacetylmorphine, is more effective and less expensive treatment...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 16, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs Source Type: news

Deprived Of Sex, Jilted Flies Drink More Alcohol
Sexually deprived male fruit flies exhibit a pattern of behavior that seems ripped from the pages of a sad-sack Raymond Carver story: when female fruit flies reject their sexual advances, the males are driven to excessive alcohol consumption, drinking far more than comparable, sexually satisfied male flies. Now a group of scientists at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) has discovered that a tiny molecule in the fly's brain called neuropeptide F governs this behavior as the levels of the molecule change in their brains, the flies' behavior changes as well...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 16, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs Source Type: news

Do You Have an Alcohol or Drug Problem?
Source: About.com Alcoholism - March 16, 2012 Category: Addiction Source Type: news

US appeals court lets DEA suspend Cardinal license
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court allowed the government to suspend Cardinal Health Inc's license to distribute potentially addictive drugs from a Florida facility, part of the Drug Enforcement Administration's battle against prescription drug abuse.
Source: Modern Medicine - March 16, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news

Depression in Teens and Children
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health disorders in the country and it is on the rise as one of the most serious health concerns facing us. The irony is that it is also one of the most treatable disorders, through psychotherapy and/or medication. Yet barely a third of the people with depression seek help or are properly diagnosed. It is estimated that about 10 to 15 percent of children/teens are depressed at any given time. Research indicates that one of every four adolescents will have an episode of major depression during high school with the average age of onset being 14 years! These episodes typically l...
Source: Psych Central - March 15, 2012 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Kalman Heller, PhD Tags: Children and Teens Depression Disorders Family General Parenting Q&A Addictions Adolescence Adult Features Antisocial Behavior Cause Of Death Depressed Adults Depressed Children Depression In Children Depression In Children A Source Type: news

Workaholism and the myth of hard work
Workaholism is the respectable addiction in our society but it's costing organizations in terms of loss of productivity, poor relationships and employee engagement. read more
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - March 15, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ray Williams Tags: Work benjamin franklin british medical association cps data employee engagement heart attack heart attack deaths hour workweek income inequality k kellogg leisure society poor relationships president roosevelt recession respect Source Type: news

Is Workaholism Damaging Our Social and Economic Lives?
Workaholism is the respectable addiction in our society but it's costing organizations in terms of loss of productivity, poor relationships and employee engagement. read more
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - March 15, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ray Williams Tags: Work benjamin franklin british medical association cps data employee engagement heart attack heart attack deaths hour workweek income inequality k kellogg leisure society poor relationships president roosevelt recession respect Source Type: news

Sex-deprived fruit flies turn to alcohol, perhaps to fulfill a physiological demand for a reward
After being deprived of sex, male fruit flies may turn to alcohol to fulfill a physiological demand for a reward, according to a new study. Neurobiology experts say that understanding why rejected male flies find solace in ethanol could help treat human addictions.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - March 15, 2012 Category: Science Source Type: news

Getting the Most Out of Life, One Chocolate at a Time
One of the many reasons why studying human nature makes for such an intriguing pastime (or career, for that matter) is the frequency with which there's divergence between the factors that we *think* influence our decisions and those that actually shape how we see the world around us...read more
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - March 15, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Sam Sommers Tags: Addiction Aging Behavioral Economics Child Development Cognition Diet Evolutionary Psychology Happiness Health Media Relationships Self-Help Social Life candy chocolate consumer preference context diving election ells Source Type: news

C.D.C. Finances Nationwide Antismoking Ad Campaign, a First
A relatively modest ad campaign will be the government’s first directly financed attack against tobacco addiction.
Source: NYT - March 15, 2012 Category: American Health Authors: By GARDINER HARRIS Tags: Smoking and Tobacco Advertising and Marketing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Reynolds, R J, Tobacco Co Source Type: news

What's Your Secret Superstitious Ritual?
My grandmother, who interpreted religion very much her own way (she made it up) didn't go to Mass regularly, but insisted on having pictures of saints everywhere: in the bathroom, in the kitchen cupboards, in the linen closet (as if to pay homage to St. Springmaid, patron of fresh towels). read more
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - March 15, 2012 Category: Addiction Authors: Gina Barreca, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Anxiety Diet Happiness Personality Philosophy Procrastination Relationships Resilience Self-Help Spirituality Stress Work armour blue ink breathing life brownies Cake Boss car washing clothing creativity a Source Type: news

The Truth About "Child-Friendly" Foods
Have you heard? Ice cream is addictive. Not addictive as in "I just love ice cream." Addictive in the way drugs are addictive. In a study recently published online by the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, researchers showed that, over time, kids who regularly eat a lot of ice cream need to eat more of it to get the same "high."1read more
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - March 15, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dina Rose, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Diet Health Parenting american journal of clinical nutrition brain chemistry chicken nuggets child-friendly foods childhood obesity chocolate milk clinical sense commissioner david kessler david kessler md drug addictio Source Type: news

Are "Child-Friendly" Foods Really Gateway Drugs?
Have you heard? Ice cream is addictive. Not addictive as in "I just love ice cream." Addictive in the way drugs are addictive. In a study recently published online by the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, researchers showed that, over time, kids who regularly eat a lot of ice cream need to eat more of it to get the same "high."1read more
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - March 15, 2012 Category: Addiction Authors: Dina Rose, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Diet Health Parenting american journal of clinical nutrition brain chemistry chicken nuggets child-friendly foods childhood obesity chocolate milk clinical sense commissioner david kessler david kessler md drug addictio Source Type: news

The Perfect Republican Politician and Drug Addiction
Christine Whitman, twice elected governor of blue state New Jersey, is a paragon of moderate Republicanism. That she rejected her own AIDS Commission's recommendation to institute clean-needle programs for heroin addicts hasn't hurt her sterling reputation, although it led to the U.S.'s highest rate of H.I.V. infection among women and children.read more
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - March 15, 2012 Category: Addiction Authors: Stanton Peele Tags: Addiction Politics Source Type: news

New Target For Drug Addiction Treatment Suggested By Collaborative Preclinical Efficacy Studies
In preclinical studies, researchers at SRI International and Astraea Therapeutics have recently evaluated the role of a new drug receptor target that shows promise for the treatment of drug addiction. This potential new drug target belongs to a class of receptors called the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs). One subtype of nAChRs, called alpha4beta2 is a well-known target for nicotine's addictive effects and the therapeutic effect of the smoking cessation drug varenicline...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 15, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs Source Type: news

Heavy Alcohol Use One Year Prior To An Operation Associated With Longer Stays, More Days In Intensive Care And Increased Return To OR
According to the results of a new study published in the March 2012 issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons, patients who score highest on the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Consumption (AUDIT-C) experience longer postoperative hospital stays and more days in the intensive care unit (ICU); they are also more likely to return to the operating room (OR) within 30 days of a surgical procedure than patients with low AUDIT-C scores...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 15, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs Source Type: news

CDC starts first anti-smoking campaign
ATLANTA, March 15 (UPI) -- The U.S. government will combat smoking addiction for the first time in a public-service campaign health officials say they hope will help people quit smoking.
Source: Health News - UPI.com - March 15, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

C.D.C. Finances Nationwide Antismoking Ad Campaign, a First
A relatively modest ad campaign will be the government’s first directly financed attack against tobacco addiction.
Source: NYT Health - March 15, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By GARDINER HARRIS Tags: Smoking and Tobacco Advertising and Marketing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Reynolds, R J, Tobacco Co Source Type: news

Alcohol and Drugs in the News
Source: About.com Alcoholism - March 15, 2012 Category: Addiction Source Type: news