Binge drinking causes insulin resistance, which increases the risk of Type 2 diabetes, according to the results of an animal study led by researchers at the Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. The authors further discovered that alcohol disrupts insulin-receptor signaling by causing inflammation in the hypothalamus area of the brain…
Targeted psychological interventions aimed at teenagers at risk of emotional and behavioural problems significantly reduce their drinking behaviour, and that of their schoolmates, according to the results from a large randomised controlled trial published in JAMA Psychiatry…
A retired state health department worker has come up with an aggressive tool aimed at the lobbying muscle of the tobacco industry.
Filed in Harm Reduction, tobacco
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Also tagged alternate/reduced risk, creation, elections/politics, harm-reduction, health-department, industry watch, oklahoma, preemption, the-creation, tobacco, tobacco-money
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Conclusions: Results suggest the need for further education regarding the dangers of psychiatric medication-seeking, particularly related to seeking medication from peers. Scientific Significance: This study is the first to assess psychosocial characteristics of college students who seek prescription psychiatric medications for misuse
Men who are moderate drinkers and who have survived a first heart attack have a lower risk of death from heart disease or any other cause than non-drinkers, according to the results of a study of nearly 2000 men in the USA…
Conclusion: Results provide empirical support for the DTCV in relation to the goal of reducing criminal recidivism. Participants in the DTCV are disadvantaged in diverse ways apart from their offence-related difficulties
Filed in Evidence Base
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Also tagged design, diverse-ways, dtc, dtcv, goal, international, offence, policy, provide-empirical, reducing-criminal, the-goal, their-offence-related
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Abstract Background: Wastewater analysis (WWA) of drug residues is a promising way of monitoring illicit drug use that may overcome some limitations of other methods of monitoring. Aims: To discuss ethical issues that may arise in using WWA to monitor illicit drug use in the general population and in entertainment precincts, prisons, schools and workplaces
Filed in Evidence Base
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Also tagged discuss-ethical, drug-residues, methods, monitor-illicit, occupants, promising-way, prospects, public-support, raise-major, review, such-as-workers, their-results
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Monday, February 13, 2012
Despite the cliches surrounding the habits of adolescents, the results of a study by the University of Seville show that most young people do not fit the risk profile of taking substances. Some 60% of Spaniards aged 13 to 18 say they do not take drugs and rarely drink alcohol – only in moderation – and at the same time, less than 10% admit to have taken some form of illegal drug…
Conclusion: We concluded that the best current choice for a primary endpoint is percent days abstinent, as measured by the Time Line Follow Back interview conducted three times a week with recall aided by a take-home Substance Use Diary. To improve the accuracy of the self-reported drug use, the results of qualitative urine drug screens will be used in conjunction with the Time Line Follow Back results. Scientific Significance: There is a need for a standardized endpoint in this field to allow for comparison across treatment studies, and we suggest that the recommended candidate endpoint be considered
Filed in Evidence Base
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Also tagged accuracy, alcohol-abuse, current-choice, follow, guide-the-final, percent-days, recall-aided, recommended, study, the-recommended, time
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Conclusion: Although 2006 estimates overlap 1996 estimates, the results suggest a shift to improved syringe availability and coverage over time.