Archive for the ‘Alcohol / Addiction’ Category
Thursday, November 1st, 2007
Cultural stereotypes about Hispanics could impede Latino youth from seeking help for drug and alcohol abuse. In turn, substance abuse treatment providers must better understand how their own attitudes toward culture can affect the provision of sufficient behavioral health services, according to a new study. To do this, providers must ...
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Sunday, October 28th, 2007
Tulane University researchers found that heavy drinking -- more than 21 drinks per week -- may increase the risk of stroke. The results of the study of a large group of men in China are published in a recent issue of Annals of Neurology.
"We found that the men who drink ...
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Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
Abuse of psychostimulants such as amphetamine remains a serious public health concern. Amphetamines mediate their behavioral effects by stimulating dopaminergic signaling throughout reward circuits of the brain. This property of amphetamine relies on its actions at the dopamine transporter (DAT), a presynaptic plasma membrane protein responsible for the reuptake of ...
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Sunday, September 23rd, 2007
Naltrexone is one of four oral medications approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of alcoholism. A recent large multicenter research study of alcohol dependence supported by the National Institute of Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse (NIAAA), the COMBINE Study, suggested that naltrexone produced a modest ...
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Sunday, September 23rd, 2007
It is wearisome that we had to submit to yet another expensive exercise in investigating the well documented and significant impact of illicit drugs on the family. The parliamentary Family and Human Services Committee's "The Winnable War on Drugs: the impact of Illicit Drug Use on Families" report is extremely ...
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Saturday, September 22nd, 2007
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today announced $98 million in new Access to Recovery (ATR) grants to provide people seeking drug and alcohol treatment with vouchers allowing them a greater range of choice in selecting the services most appropriate for their needs. Of the $98 million, approximately ...
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Monday, September 3rd, 2007
What would it take to get you to use the stairs instead of the escalator at your local mall? A team of British researchers has found that healthy messages printed on stair risers attract climbers and might even encourage them to descend the stairs later.
The riser messages "Take the Stairs" ...
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Friday, August 24th, 2007
Public health officials may soon be able to flush out more accurate estimates on illegal drug use in communities across the country thanks to a screening test described at the 234th national meeting of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society. The test doesn't screen people, it seeks ...
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Friday, August 24th, 2007
If you think the big cities of Toronto and Montreal have the highest rate of alcohol and drug use problems, think again. A new study entitled "Geographical Variation in the Prevalence of Problematic Substance Use in Canada" authored by three researchers from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) ...
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