Showing posts with label alcohol abuse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label alcohol abuse. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Thursday is National Alcohol Screening Day

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Assess your drinking risk with this easy test. The more you drink, the less likely you are to accurately perceive the risks of heavy dr...
Saturday, July 21, 2012

John Berryman and the Poetry of “Irresistible Descent”

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“The penal colony’s prime scribe.” “Will power is nothing. Morals is nothing. Lord, this is illness.” —John Berryman, 1971 A year befo...
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Sunday, July 8, 2012

The Truth About Weight Loss Surgery and Alcohol

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Bariatrics and booze don’t always mix. For many people with obesity, bariatric surgery has proven to be a lifesaver. But for a subset of p...
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Sunday, August 21, 2011

7 Myths the Alcohol Industry Wants You to Believe

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Staying on message in the liquor biz.  “Our national drug is alcohol,” wrote William S. Burroughs. “We tend to regard the use of any othe...
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Sunday, February 6, 2011

“They’ll Drink Bucket Loads”

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The subtle subterfuge of alcohol advertising. “To own all routes to sociability; football, music, and everything else that brings the lad...
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Saturday, August 7, 2010

Swipe, Smile, Breathe: Wine Vending Machines in the USA.

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Move by Pennsylvania supermarkets sparks controversy. Pennsylvania, one of the last few states in the nation where liquor sales are state-...
Monday, January 11, 2010

Risky Drinking

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  The one-question questionnaire. Answer: Once or twice. Question: “How many times in the past year have you had 5 or more drinks (for ...
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Thursday, August 20, 2009

Rules for a Night of Serious Drinking

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Simple moves to dodge a hangover. Let's face it: Despite all the folk remedies--ginseng, prickly pear extract, peanut butter, miso soup,...
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Sunday, June 28, 2009

1 in 25 Global Deaths Linked to Alcohol

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Vodka kills more Russians than war, Lancet reports. A team of researchers at the University of Toronto reported in Lancet that 3.8 % of ...
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Raise the Bottom--Book Review

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Recognizing alcoholism in the workplace. In addition to all the other damage they do, alcoholics can literally cost businesses a fortune, sa...
Sunday, September 16, 2007

Alcohol and HDL levels

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Should Middle-aged Men Stop Drinking ? Heavy drinking and age don't always mix very well, despite the alleged beneficial health effect...
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