Thursday, January 26, 2012
Abstract Aims: The study aimed at examining the associations between cannabis use and work commitment. Design: We used a 25 year panel survey initiated in 1985 with follow-ups in 1987, 1989, 1993, 2003 and 2010. Registered data from a range of public registers were matched with individual responses for the entire period.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Minuscule amounts of ethanol, the type of alcohol found in alcoholic beverages, can more than double the life span of a tiny worm known as Caenorhabditis elegans, which is used frequently as a model in aging studies, UCLA biochemists report.
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Also tagged aging-studies, alcoholic-beverages, caenorhabditis, discovery, double-the-life, known-as-caenorhabditis, scientists-said, seniors / aging, the-life, the-type, their-discovery, tiny-worm, type, ucla
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The Department of Health (DH) will shortly launch public health communications for 2012, taking a 'linked behaviours' approach. It will tailor social marketing operations to follow the life course, instead of focusing on individual behaviour issues. The strategy, Changing behaviour, Improving outcomes , was published in April 2011 and aims to increase effective communication of public health issues
Abstract: Through a consideration of quantitative and qualitative data obtained from young women aged 18–28 in the later years of the North West England Longitudinal Study, this paper explores how women’s drug careers develop, progressing the authors’ normalisation thesis of ‘recreational’ drug use from adolescence into adulthood. Longitudinal studies are here compared with repeated cross-sectional surveys more usually favoured and funded by governments.
Abstract: Through a consideration of quantitative and qualitative data obtained from young women aged 18–28 in the later years of the North West England Longitudinal Study, this paper explores how women’s drug careers develop, progressing the authors’ normalisation thesis of ‘recreational’ drug use from adolescence into adulthood. Longitudinal studies are here compared with repeated cross-sectional surveys more usually favoured and funded by governments.
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Also tagged across-the-life, crime, exploration, north, north-west, provision-aimed, public-health, regime-focused, studies-provide, study, these-careers, various-impacts
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Saturday, December 11, 2010
Europe is failing to deal with the life-threatening effects of excessive and regular alcohol consumption on its citizens’ health. Severe diseases, such as liver cirrhosis, are growing at an alarming rate and are affecting people at a younger age than in the past…
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
ABSTRACT Aim To estimate the general and racial/ethnic specific cumulative probability of remission from nicotine alcohol cannabis or cocaine dependence, and to identify predictors of remission across substances. Design Data were collected from structured diagnostic interviews using the Alcohol Use Disorder and Associated Disabilities Interview Schedule—DSM-IV version. Setting The 2001–2002 National Epidemiological Survey of Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC) surveyed a nationally representative sample from US adults ( n = 43 093) selected in a three-stage sampling design.
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Also tagged alcohol, cocaine, cocaine-achieve, ethnic-specific, interview, probability, related, substance-use, survey, their-life-time
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Friday, September 17, 2010
In the Life After Cancer Epidemiology (LACE) study, 1,897 participants diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer between 1997 and 2000 and recruited on average 2 years post-breast cancer diagnosis were evaluated for the association between alcohol intake and breast cancer recurrence and death. The women, who were generally light drinkers, were followed for an average of 7.4 years…
Aims To examine the importance of family management, family structure and father[ndash]adolescent relationships on early adolescent alcohol use.Design Cross-sectional data was collected across 30 randomly selected Australian communities stratified to represent a range of socio-economic and regional variation.Setting Data were collected during school time from adolescents attending a broad range of schools.Participants The sample consisted of a combined 8256 students (aged 10[ndash]14 years).Measurements Students completed a web-based survey as part of the Healthy Neighbourhoods project.Findings Family management[mdash]which included practices such as parental monitoring and family rules about alcohol use[mdash]had the strongest and most consistent relationship with alcohol use in early adolescence.
The aim of this paper is to present a concise account of the history, mission, structure and some recent achievements of the US National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). Created by the US Congress 40 years ago, the NIAAA has evolved from an entity charged mainly with building a national system of alcoholism treatment services to one with responsibility for developing, nurturing and supporting the biomedical and behavioral science foundation necessary to reduce the significant domestic and global public health impact of alcohol use disorders.