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11 hrs ago | Mail & Guardian

The man who fell to earth

Buzz Aldrin has been on many journeys in his remarkable life, and in some respects the one to the moon was the least challenging.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Apollo 11, Buzz Aldrin, Medicine, Health

Fri Jul 03, 2009

RedOrbit

Moderate Drinking Raises Risk Of Hospitalization

New British research suggests that men who consumer just four pints of beer per week may increase their lifetime risk of being hospitalized.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Staunton News Leader

U.Va. researcher develops medical therapy for alcoholism

CHARLOTTESVILLE - Historically, the United States has shown itself to be as poorly equipped to deal with the consequences of alcoholism as some individuals are to deal with the effects of alcohol itself.

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Related Topix: Medicine

Thu Jul 02, 2009

MilitaryCity.com

1 in 8 combat troops needs alcohol counseling

One in eight troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan from 2006 to 2008 were referred for counseling for alcohol problems after their post-deployment health assessments, according to data from the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, US Military, US Marine Corps, Drug Addiction (Substance Abuse)

Wed Jul 01, 2009

Medical News Today

Brain Functions That Can Prevent Relapse Improve After A Year Of Methamphetamine Abstinence

Main Category: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs Also Included In: Neurology / Neuroscience ; Psychology / Psychiatry Article Date: 01 Jul 2009 - 0:00 PDT In a study published online by the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment , UC Davis researchers report that it takes at least a year for former methamphetamine users to regain impulse control.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Drug Addiction (Substance Abuse), Health, Medicine, UC Davis

Tue Jun 30, 2009

Palm Beach Post

TV shows, a oeObsesseda and a oeInterventiona cast light on context of mental illness

I just watched two episodes of a television show called Intervention , and if I was not sitting in front of this computer right now I would be watching the program that comes on after intervention, called Obsessed , about people with obsessive-compulsive and anxiety disorders.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Television

EurekAlert!

Discovery may provide new treatments for alcohol dependence

Researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have discovered a new brain mechanism involved in alcohol addiction involving the stomach hormone ghrelin.

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Related Topix: Sweden, World News, Medicine, Health

Mon Jun 29, 2009

UPI

Alcohol: More than a social lubricant

Alcohol's effect on the brain may stem from ethanol's ability to lubricate on the molecular level, U.S. researchers suggest.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Science Daily

Histamine Affects Alcohol-related Behavior

This appears in the study headed by Pertti Panula entitled "Tuberomamillary nucleus neurons, histamine and H3 receptor in hypothalamic regulation of alcohol addiction" which is part of the Substance Use and Addictions research programme of the Academy of Finland.

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Related Topix: Medicine

Berkhamsted Today

Drunken game led to death

A drunken game of jumping out of a first floor window led to the death of a father, an inquest heard.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Sunday Tribune

Hospital says Ireland has 250,000 alcoholics

Ireland's leading mental health hospital says it believes there are around 250,000 alcoholics living in Ireland.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Irish Examiner

Just a fifth of alcoholics getting treatment

Around 250,000 people in Ireland are alcoholics yet just a fifth are receiving treatment, it was claimed today.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Sun Jun 28, 2009

Science Daily

Site For Alcohol's Action In Brain Found

But the molecular details of alcohol's impact on brain activity remain a mystery.

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Related Topix: Epilepsy, Medicine, Health, Drug Addiction (Substance Abuse)

International Herald Tribune

Natural Remedies for Rosacea?

The four forms of rosacea : Redness and flushing; bumps and pimples; eye irritation; and skin thickening.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Rosacea, Toledo, WA, Ireland, World News,

Sat Jun 27, 2009

Freshnews

Project Prevention Returns to Chicago to Help Addicts

Project Prevention, a non profit organization that pays drug addicts and alcoholics to not get pregnant, was asked by concerned Chicago residents to return to their city to help the addicts there.

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Related Topix: Non-Profit, Medicine, Health

Fri Jun 26, 2009

Newkerala.com

Kerala's liquor policy - open new bars, run awareness campaign

Thiruvananthapuram, June 26 : Kerala's Excise Minister P.K. Gurudasan Friday said there will be no ban on opening of new liquor shops but at the same time stressed that the government is running an awareness programme, which includes street plays and short film, on the ill-effects of alcohol.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

RedOrbit

Aldrin Addresses Lunar Visit, Depression, Alcoholism

In his new book, veteran astronaut Buzz Aldrin details his life experiences, from being the second man to step foot on the surface of the Moon to his battles with depression and alcohol abuse after the historic mission.

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Related Topix: Depression, Health, Medicine, NASA, US Military, US Air Force

EDGEprovidence.com Food/Drink Feed

Alcohol May Affect Women's Brains More

Alcohol may be more harmful to women because it induces a greater stress response in the brain, according to a new study of rats at Idaho State University.

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Related Topix: Idaho State University, Medicine, Health

EurekAlert!

Binge drinking linked with hemorrhagic stroke in Korean men

Frequent binge drinking may dramatically increase the risk of hemorrhagic stroke, according to a South Korean study published in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association .

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Related Topix: Asian-American, Korean-American, Medicine, Health, South Korea, World News

Thu Jun 25, 2009

Canada.com

Alcohol-related deaths on the rise globally

Most diseases the public associates with alcoholism, such as cirrhosis of the liver, constitute a minority of alcohol-related deaths.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Breast Cancer, Marketing

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