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Alcohol in the News

(Source: About.com Alcoholism) MedWorm Message: Register for MedMatcha, MedWorm's medical advertising network , and receive $5 free advertising.
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Action on Addiction Yogathons Return in October

Action on Addiction has teamed up with yoga centres and yoga teachers around the UK to help promote healthy living and the positive link between recovery and yoga.
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Acupuncture Inhibits GABA Neuron Activity in the Ventral Tegmental Area and Reduces Ethanol Self-Administration.

Conclusions:  These findings suggest that DOR-mediated opioid modulation of VTA GABA neurons may mediate acupuncture's role in modulating mesolimbic DA release and suppressing the reinforcing effects of ethanol. PMID: 20860620 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research) MedWorm Message: Register for MedMatcha, MedWorm's medical advertising network , and receive $5 free advertising.
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The electric patch that could end the embarrassment of acne

The patch works by producing an electric charge to kill the bacteria associated with the condition.
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Prenatal methadone exposure, meconium biomarker concentrations and neonatal abstinence syndrome

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Prescription drug misuse among dating partners: Within-couple associations and implications for intimate relationship quality.

This study examined the associations between dating partners' misuse of prescription medications and the implications of misuse for intimate relationship quality. A sample of 100 young adult dating pairs completed ratings of prescription drug use and misuse, alcohol use, and relationship quality
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Clinical outcomes of an integrated treatment for depression and substance use disorders.

The authors compared longitudinal treatment outcomes for depressed substance-dependent veterans (N = 206) assigned to integrated cognitive–behavioral therapy plus standard pharmacotherapy (ICBT + P) or 12-step facilitation therapy plus standard pharmacotherapy (TSF + P). Drug and alcohol involvement and depressive symptomology were measured at intake and at 3-month intervals during treatment and up to 1 year posttreatment. Participants in both treatment conditions showed decreased depression and substance use from intake.
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Electrophysiological evidence of alcohol-related attentional bias in social drinkers low in alcohol sensitivity.

Low sensitivity to the acute effects of alcohol is a known risk factor for alcoholism. However, little is known concerning potential information-processing routes by which this risk factor might contribute to increased drinking. We tested the hypothesis that low-sensitivity (LS) participants would show biased attention to alcohol cues, compared with their high-sensitivity (HS) counterparts.
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Heart Association: Smokeless Tobacco Harmful, Doesn’t Help Smokers Quit

The American Heart Association (AHA) said in a policy statement that smokeless tobacco is unsafe to use and does not help smokers quit cigarettes. (Source: Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs News) MedWorm Message: Register for MedMatcha, MedWorm's medical advertising network , and receive $5 free advertising
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Acne — not acne medication — is probably responsible for the mental health problems of sufferers, study says

One of the problems that doomed the acne drug Accutane was a widespread perception that – along with other problems, like birth defects and inflammatory bowel disease – it made patients more prone to depression and suicide. As my colleague..
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