MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'abuse alcohol'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:39:25 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5139638&cid=t_320994_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F08%2F17%2Fcommissioning-prison-based-substance-misuse-services-201112%2F Title: Commissioning prison based substance misuse services 2011/12 Scan or click to download 'Commissioning prison based substance misuse services 2011/12' The Skinny: Dear Collegue letter that recommends the composition of Joint Commissioning Groups for Commissioning prison based substance misuse services 2011/12 should comprise of: • Prison governor or member of the prison senior management team (NOMS1) • PCT • DAAT lead • Local Authority representative • Probation (NOMS) • Police Publisher: DH Published: 27/07/11 Size: 3p. Filed under: Ooops Missed Category! Tagged: Addiction, Addiction units, Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol abuse services, Behaviour disorders, Commissioning, Drug Abuse, Drug abuse services, Dual Diagnosis, Grey Literature, Health Services, Management cont... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5139638 Wed, 17 Aug 2011 13:58:20 +0100 5139638 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5130657&cid=t_320994_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F08%2F15%2Fpiloting-payment-by-results-for-drugs-recovery-%25e2%2580%2593-draft-outcome-definitions%2F Title: Piloting Payment by Results for Drugs Recovery – draft outcome definitions Scan or click to download 'Piloting Payment by Results for Drugs Recovery – draft outcome definitions' The Skinny: The Government has set the following high-level outcomes: Free from drug(s) of dependence Offending Employment Health and well-being A Co-design Group has developed proposals to measure these outcomes and set eligibility criteria and now invites comments from the sector on draft proposals. Publisher: DH Published: 13/07/11 Size: 13p. Filed under: Ooops Missed Category! Tagged: Addiction, Addiction units, Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol abuse services, Alcohol and drug consumption, Clinical Governance, Drug Abuse, Drugs of Abuse, Grey Literature, Health Outcomes, Health Services, Outcomes, ... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5130657 Mon, 15 Aug 2011 14:04:28 +0100 5130657 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4554607&cid=t_320994_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fdrunk-fans-at-sporting-events%2F2011.03.06 Among fans who attend live sporting events, drinking alcohol is nearly as commonplace as root-root-rooting for the home team. And while virtually no one has a problem with a fan who pushes back a beer or two during the game, flat-out drunk fans can ruin the experience for those sitting nearby. Worse yet, these people frequently get behind the wheel of a car after the game is over. Recently, Darin Erickson and colleagues at the University of Minnesota decided to find out just how many fans go overboard at games, and their findings are worrisome, indeed. Using standard blood alcohol testing on 362 adult volunteers who were leaving 13 professional baseball and three professional football games, the scientists found that 40 percent had measurable levels of alcohol in their blood and a stunni... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4554607 Sun, 06 Mar 2011 16:00:26 +0100 4554607 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4277833&cid=t_320994_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Falcohol-and-cancer-a-beverage-guide-for-the-holidays%2F2010.12.21 Guest post submitted by MD Anderson Cancer Center* When you raise your glass at this year’s holiday toast, choose your beverage wisely. Research shows that drinking even a small amount of alcohol increases your chances of developing cancer, including oral cancer, breast cancer and liver cancer. Yet, other research shows that drinking small amounts of alcohol may protect the body against coronary heart disease and type 2 diabetes. Some evidence even suggests that red wine may help prevent cancer. Researchers are still trying to learn more about how alcohol links to cancer. But, convincing evidence does support the fact that heavy drinking damages cells and contributes to cancer development. Confused? Use our beverage guide to choose a drink with the lowest health risk, and learn your reco... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4277833 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 18:00:35 +0100 4277833 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3833424&cid=t_320994_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fsocial-drinking-is-it-in-your-genes%2F2010.08.07 Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, published a very interesting paper focusing on the genetic background of social drinking. Specific gene variants might increase the risk for extensive alcohol use or abuse when spending time with heavy-drinking peers. An excerpt from Medical News Today: Drinking alcohol increases levels of dopamine –- a brain chemical that causes pleasure and makes us feel good. The dopamine D4 receptor gene (DRD4) has been shown to be involved in motivation of seeking out rewards. Research has suggested that carrying a specific form (or variant) of this gene –- one that includes seven or more repeats of a certain section of the gene –- may be associated with craving caused by alcohol-related cues. Psychological scientist ... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3833424 Sat, 07 Aug 2010 18:00:34 +0100 3833424 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3135495&cid=t_320994_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fhealthbolt%2Fnew-years-drunks-pay-for-own-care%2F Being drunk is a self-induced condition. Becoming ill or being injured as a result of excessive alcohol consumption is therefore also a self-induced condition. Therefore, it only stands to reason, if you’ve caused this to yourself, then you should not benefit from others paying for you to get better, right? Or wrong? This is mostly an issue for countries with socialized medicine, but it could also be an issue for insurance companies in the United States. In the United Kingdom, a suggestion has been made that people who are sick and/or injured because they abused alcohol should have to pay for their own medical care. According to this article, New Year drunks should pay for hospital care?, the cost of medical care on the British medical system for people abusing alcohol, is reaching a... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3135495 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:53:01 +0100 3135495 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2261033&cid=t_320994_151_f&fid=35794&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCliffsideMalibu%2F%7E3%2F3MRe1Lgy1tc%2F As obvious as that sounds, the fact of the matter is that too many alcohol rehab facilities in Los Angeles offer generic rehabilitation programs, as if what worked for one patient should necessarily work for all of them. But this simply isn’t the case—and to pretend otherwise can jeopardize the success of the entire alcohol rehab process. Private alcohol rehabs have an obligation to their clients. This obligation must begin and end with the utmost personal attention. Those effective alcohol rehabs which fail to properly account for the individual needs of their individual residents can’t possibly be expected to help those residents get where they need to go. For your own sake, for the sake of the people who care about you, please don’t force yourself to learn that lesson the hard w... Cliffside Malibu blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2261033 Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:40:13 +0100 2261033 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2249457&cid=t_320994_151_f&fid=35794&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCliffsideMalibu%2F%7E3%2FAABxHMaEEnE%2F Alcoholics cannot get sober without enrolling in alcohol rehab programs. Anyone who tells you otherwise badly misunderstands the nature of the alcohol recovery process. The fact of the matter is that alcoholism is a disease, and like all diseases it can only be overcome with professional medical help. Those individuals who embark on private alcohol treatment programs at exclusive alcohol rehab centers really can expect to achieve meaningful healing. Those who don’t won’t ever get where they need to go. You shouldn’t need a lecture on the perils of alcohol abuse. You know what’s at stake, what you stand to lose if you don’t commit yourself to a residential alcohol rehabilitation program. All that remains, now, is for you to make the right choice. Alcohol rehab programs administere... Cliffside Malibu blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2249457 Sat, 07 Mar 2009 01:13:01 +0100 2249457 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2233972&cid=t_320994_151_f&fid=35794&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCliffsideMalibu%2F%7E3%2FrYA96HmVNj4%2F Alcohol rehab isn’t a walk in the park. Some exclusive alcohol rehabs in Los Angeles lead their clients to believe that getting sober is simply a matter of enrolling in a private alcohol rehab center and then waiting to get healed. But that isn’t the way it works. The fact of the matter is that alcohol abuse is a profoundly personal problem, and alcohol rehab must be driven by a profoundly personal effort. If you’re serious about getting better, in other words, you’re going to have to be ready to work for it. The good news is that you don’t have to bear the burden alone. In fact, the support you get from a professional alcohol rehab center will be vital in helping you make your recovery experience a successful one. But that support can only be as meaningful as you allow it to be.... Cliffside Malibu blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2233972 Thu, 05 Mar 2009 03:16:47 +0100 2233972 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2233973&cid=t_320994_151_f&fid=35794&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCliffsideMalibu%2F%7E3%2FdZldbOFRmNA%2F The most effective private alcohol treatment center is the one that recognizes the fundamental uniqueness of each and every one of its clients. As obvious as that sounds, the fact of the matter is that many “exclusive” alcohol rehabs in Los Angeles offer generic alcohol abuse treatment programs, as if what worked for one patient should automatically work for them all. But this simply isn’t the case - and to pretend otherwise is to dangerously jeopardize the ultimate outcome of the healing process. No two alcoholics are ever alike. No luxury alcohol treatment center should ever care for them as if they were. The alcohol treatment program that’s right for you is the one that’s designed specifically for you. In the end, alcohol treatment can only help you get sober if it does so on ... Cliffside Malibu blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2233973 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:04:15 +0100 2233973 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2223112&cid=t_320994_151_f&fid=35794&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCliffsideMalibu%2F%7E3%2FeXIwR7Mflg0%2F The only successful alcohol abuse rehabs are the ones that cater to the unique needs of unique individual clients. Without personal attention, nothing else matters—not elegant living accommodations, not fancy landscaping, not even peaceful and secluded locales. Personalized alcohol rehab programs are and must be the bedrock of alcohol abuse recovery. Alcohol abuse rehabs that neglect that fact do a tremendous disservice to every client they treat. The bad news is that many of the most high-priced alcohol rehabs in Los Angeles fail to pay heed to the above principles. In fact, for all the options on the Malibu rehab market, it can be tremendously difficult to find competent, compassionate caregivers. Before you make an alcohol abuse rehab decision, then, it’s vital that you thoroughly r... Cliffside Malibu blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2223112 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:46:25 +0100 2223112 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2095084&cid=t_320994_151_f&fid=35794&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FCliffsideMalibu%2F%7E3%2F507755549%2F Addiction is a ferocious disease, one that can only be defeated by virtue of will and self-control. Before you can get sober, you have to first learn to master your emotions, and harness your impulses. The best drug and alcohol abuse rehab program is the one that can help you do exactly that. Given the stakes, you can’t settle for anything less from a drug and alcohol abuse rehab center. If you’re here, reading this, you already know how devastating drug and alcohol abuse can be. But that devastation doesn’t have to be the end of the story. The right drug and alcohol abuse rehab facility can fix what’s broken, by helping you learn to help yourself. But drug and alcohol abuse rehabs don’t work miracles. Only by committing yourself to the drug and alcohol rehabilitation process can... Cliffside Malibu blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2095084 Sun, 11 Jan 2009 01:52:26 +0100 2095084 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2056382&cid=t_320994_151_f&fid=35794&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FCliffsideMalibu%2F%7E3%2F487986677%2F The best alcohol addiction treatment is that which gives patients a fresh start in life. That might sound clichéd, but the plain fact of the matter is that alcohol rehab can only succeed when it helps an alcoholic remake himself and his world. Alcohol addiction, after all, is a thoroughly devastating disease. To overcome it demands a thoroughly holistic sort of recovery, driven by an alcohol addiction treatment program designed to help an alcoholic get better from the inside-out. Given the stakes, nothing less than that could ever be good enough. You don’t need to be told about the miseries of alcohol abuse. The good news is that alcohol addiction treatment really can fix what’s been broken, provided you have the courage to take the first step. Only by enrolling in an alcohol rehab ce... Cliffside Malibu blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2056382 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:32:19 +0100 2056382 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1933450&cid=t_320994_151_f&fid=35794&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FCliffsideMalibu%2F%7E3%2F442574971%2F You can expect your first day of alcohol rehabilitation to be among the most difficult of your entire life. Even the most exclusive luxury alcohol rehab in Malibu can’t spare you from the initial shock of sobriety, or the sheer rigor of your treatment program. Alcohol rehabilitation can only succeed if it’s difficult. If you’re going to get better, in other words, you’re going to have to work for it. There will be moments at which you want to quit—let there be no mistake about that. No one makes it through an alcohol rehabilitation program without suffering a few bouts of despair, or doubt, or both. The key, of course, lies in your ability to overcome the challenges. It won’t be easy. But with the right help and enough determination, you really can get where you need to go. (So... Cliffside Malibu blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1933450 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:13:49 +0100 1933450 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1739531&cid=t_320994_151_f&fid=35794&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FCliffsideMalibu%2F%7E3%2F377581979%2F There’s no shame in seeking drug and alcohol rehab. On the contrary, the only individual who’s worthy of reproach is the one who refuses to initiate the healing process. Addiction is a disease, not a choice. Addicts aren’t addicts because they decide to be; they’re addicts because they’re sick. Along those same lines, no substance abuse victim can ever simply decide to get better, and addiction recovery can only begin when an addict finds the courage to enroll in a drug and alcohol rehab program. Given the stakes, you can’t afford to wait another day. It’s not easy to take the first step in the drug and alcohol rehab process. It is, however, the most important thing you’ll ever do. Drug and alcohol rehabilitation done the right way will give you a fresh start in life, a sec... Cliffside Malibu blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1739531 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:59:54 +0100 1739531 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=875337&cid=t_320994_151_f&fid=35823&url=http%3A%2F%2Faddiction-dirkh.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F09%2Falcohol-and-hdl-levels.html Should Middle-aged Men Stop Drinking ?Heavy drinking and age don't always mix very well, despite the alleged beneficial health effects of taking just a single drink per day. Now comes news that, for men in their 50s, even high levels of the protective HDL type of cholesterol will not shield them from the ravages of high blood pressure if they are heavy drinkers.A recent Japanese study of more than 21,000 men suggests that even HDL cholesterol, the so-called “good” cholesterol, does not protect drinkers from high blood pressure once they reach their 50s.High blood pressure is a known side effect of excessive drinking, but in 20-something drinkers, healthy levels of HDL, or high-density lipoprotein, help protect young men from developing high blood pressure due to excessive intake of alc... Addiction Inbox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=875337 Sun, 16 Sep 2007 22:10:00 +0100 875337 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=767713&cid=t_320994_151_f&fid=35794&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FCliffsideMalibu%2F%7E3%2F138958189%2F At Cliffside Malibu, we use yoga as an important tool in reshaping the body, mind and soul of our residents. It is used both as a physical exercise and as a spiritual exercise in mediation, thus enhancing the body and the spirit. Many clients find that yoga is an effective technique for coping with stresses that might otherwise lead to drugs or alcohol. Our yoga instructor stretches your muscles and your soul, resulting in a healthier body, more focused thinking, and less stress. We encourage residents to maintain a yoga regiment when their time at Cliffside is done. Regular yoga exercises and meditation offer lower blood pressure and permanent stress reduction - two very important considerations for the newly recovered. (Source: Cliffside Malibu) Cliffside Malibu blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=767713 Tue, 31 Jul 2007 00:34:00 +0100 767713 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=764809&cid=t_320994_151_f&fid=35794&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FCliffsideMalibu%2F%7E3%2F138411122%2F Some things are worth every penny. Luxury alcohol rehab is certainly one of them. Luxury alohol rehab saved my life, if you really want to know: helped me succeed where I’d failed so many times before. Luxury alcohol rehab worked for me after it had long since seemed like nothing ever would. If you give it a chance, it’ll do the same thing for you.   Luxury alcohol treatment is different than normal alcohol treatment. It just is. The plain truth is that we live in a world where money buys excellence…and the difference between luxury rehab and normal rehab is one of degree as much as of kind. Luxury rehab, like I said, saved my life: saved me from Myself, gave me the tools and support I needed to quit drinking for good. Normal rehab didn’t do it for me, not in any of the th... Cliffside Malibu blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=764809 Sun, 29 Jul 2007 02:45:40 +0100 764809