Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Alcohol Concern are calling on the public to urge MPs to push for minimum pricing ahead of the forthcoming national alcohol strategy. Alcohol Concern state: The next few weeks will be our last chance to influence the shape of the alcohol strategy, which will shape public policy on reducing alcohol harm for years to come.
Filed in UK Alcohol Policy
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Also tagged alcohol-concern, business, controversial, david-cameron, drinks, health, likely-benefits, look-at-minimum, minimum-pricing, policy, prime-minister, secretary
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Forthcoming events The 72nd Alcohol Problems Research Symposium is calling for abstracts or other presentation suggestions for the Spring 2012 meeting to take place Stonecross Manor Hotel in Cumbria on the 14th and 15th March. The meeting is part of a long-running series of friendly events in which Alcohol Research UK is helping to organise with Professor Moira Plant, Emerita Professor of Alcohol Studies at the University of the West of England.
Filed in UK Alcohol Policy
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Also tagged alcohol-group, alcohol-studies, charity, frequent-fliers, hotel, kechnie-prize, professor, professor-moira, research, spring, study, sunday, treatment, university
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Thursday, January 26, 2012
Brewing giants AB InBev will reduce the strength of popular lagers in the UK from the end of this month to keep line with “evolving UK category trends”. The world's largest brewer will reduce the % Alcohol By Volume (ABV) of its popular lagers Stella Artois, Budweiser and Becks from 5% ABV to 4.8% ABV. See Daily Mail report .
Filed in UK Alcohol Policy
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Also tagged above-the-rate, alcohol industry, alcohol-content, british-beer, category-trends, duty-on-spirits, lower-strength, off-trade-sales, policy, stella, stella-artois, take-advantage, triple-filtered
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ABSTRACT The aim of this paper is to provide an account of the history, current status and vision of the Korean Institute on Alcohol Problems (KIAP).
Filed in Evidence Base
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Also tagged alcohol-control, alcohol-study, context, current-status, history, internet, kiap, korea, korean, korean-college, korean-institute, move-forward, republic
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Conclusion: All opiate addicts under substitution therapy present with neurological abnormalities. The high prevalence of neurological abnormalities in opiate addicts implies regular referral of these patients to the neurologist to improve their outcome. PMID: 22263960 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse)
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Conclusions and Significance: Methamphetamine-dependent individuals exhibit cognitive performance deficits that are more pronounced during exposure to methamphetamine-related cues. Interventions that reduce cue reactivity may have utility in the treatment of methamphetamine dependence. PMID: 22257306 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse)
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Conclusion: EPHX1 gene polymorphisms and haplotypes are associated with an increased risk for alcoholism in the Kota population. This is the first report from India that will serve as a template for future investigations of the prevalence of EPHX1 alleles in association with various clinical entities. PMID: 22257321 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse)
Conclusion: A higher number of motives, as well as specific motives reported for sedative use, were found to be significantly associated with past 12-month SSAU. Scientific significance: Findings underscore the need for considering motives in tailoring preventive interventions for reducing SSAU. It may be equally important to direct efforts toward decreasing the number of motives, as well as addressing the specific motives reported for sedative use.
Conclusions and Scientific Significance: While not providing resounding support for mentoring, this study suggests that examining the mentor/mentee relationship may be a fruitful line of future research given that significant variability among the mentor/mentee pairs was noted for some outcomes of interest.
Conclusions: Participants had a clear preference for a particular medication. Offering a choice of medications to OT individuals might enhance their likelihood of entering treatment