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Excessive drinking may lead to poor brain health via obesity
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: Alcohol abuse and dependence are often associated with a high body mass index (BMI). A new study shows that alcohol-related brain injury may result from a complicated fusion of hazardous drinking, chronic cigarette smoking, and...

Chronic drinking increases levels of stress hormones, leading to neurotoxicity
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: Alcohol consumption, withdrawal, and abstinence can all raise stress hormones in humans and animals. A review has described how stress hormones called glucocorticoids are associated with neurotoxicity during abstinence after withdrawal from alcohol dependence.Glucocorticoid receptor...

Decision-making deficits related to driving under the influence are often und...
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: Driving under the influence of alcohol is a major public health problem. New findings show that people who had relapsed to DUI have subtle deficits in their decision-making abilities. These deficits tend to go undetected...

Acamprosate prevents relapse to drinking in alcoholism
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: Acamprosate reduces the number of patients being treated for alcoholism who return to drinking, according to a new Cochrane Systematic Review. The drug showed moderate benefits in trials when used in addition to non-drug treatments....

Antibiotics: Longer treatment times that benefit children may cost society
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: The likelihood that the treatment of a middle ear infection will fail is slightly higher for a child who is given a shorter course of antibiotics, according to a new Cochrane Systematic Review. The results...


       

Excessive drinking may lead to poor brain health via obesity

Chronic drinking increases levels of stress hormones, leading to neurotoxicity

Decision-making deficits related to driving under the influence are often und...

Acamprosate prevents relapse to drinking in alcoholism

Antibiotics: Longer treatment times that benefit children may cost society

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Low grades in adolescence linked to dopamine genes
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: The academic performance of adolescents will suffer in at least one of four key subjects -- English, math, science, ...

LSUHSC pediatric weight expert provides obesity trinity answers
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: In a first person paper published in the Aug. 27, 2010 issue of Childhood Obesity, Dr. Melinda Sothern, Director of ...

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Statement from Secretary Sebelius on National HIV Testing Day
From HHS News and Events: The observance of National HIV Testing Day (NHTD) on Sunday, June 27, is a critical opportunity for all of us to talk about ...

International Medical Corps Chosen by American Express and TakePart as Member...
From PR Newswire: Health: International Medical Corps is proud to be selected as a partner in Members Project from American Express and TakePart, an i...

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Fox Chase researchers uncover activation signal for Aurora-A oncogene
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: Aurora-A kinase (AurA) is an enzyme that is hyperactive in many cancers and drives tumor cell proliferation. Several...

Mount Sinai researchers find new target to improve pain management
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have discovered a major mechanism underlying the development of tole...

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Unemployment Statistics on Older Americans : Updated 9/3
From Urban Institute Latest Reports: The recession has increased joblessness among older Americans. These graphs and tables report unemployment rates ...

Walking Away From a Win-Win-Win
From Center on Budget: Recession and Recovery: An emergency jobs program through which 37 states have provided subsidized jobs for nearly 250,000 othe...

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Short nighttime sleep duration among infants, young children associated with ...
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: Insufficient amounts of nighttime sleep among infants and preschool-aged children may be a significant risk factor f...

Higher education predicts better cardiovascular health outcomes in high-incom...
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: The incidence of heart disease, stroke and certain risk factors decreased as educational levels increased in high-in...

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Nancy O'Dell Returns to Host Entertainment Industries Council's 14th Annual P...
From Ascribe Newsfeed: The Entertainment Industries Council, Inc. (EIC), the premiere non-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness of health...

Carnegie Mellon Receives Funding to Create New Program of Study in Environmen...
From Ascribe Newsfeed: Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Howard University in Washington, D.C. have received $3.15 million over the next f...

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Runaway and Homeless Youth: Prevalence, Programs, and Policy
From: Chapin Hall - The Urban Institute: April 8, 2010 Attend in person in Washington, DC 9 a.m.-10:30 a.m. ET Urban Institute 2100 M Street N.W., 5th...

Study finds significant number of kids experience family homelessness
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: A new multisite study by UCLA and RAND Corp. researchers and colleagues has found that 7 percent of fifth-graders an...

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 Hunger & Nutrition  » 

Carbohydrate claims can mislead consumers
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: Food manufacturers advertise a variety of foods on grocery store shelves by using nutrient claims on the front of pa...

ADA position: Action needed to eliminate food insecurity in the US
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: The American Dietetic Association has published an updated position paper on food insecurity in the United States, c...

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