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Lansley speaks out against minimum pricing ahead of new national alcohol strategy

Thursday, December 22, 2011

The Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has spoken firmly against minimum pricing as he prepares for a forthcoming national alcohol strategy early next year. Speaking for a feature in the Indendent on Sunday , Lansley said there were “big problems” with minimum pricing as he backed arguments commmonly cited by critics and elements of the alcohol industry.

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Are Frontline Nurses Prepared For Alcohol-related Cases?

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Nurses are often on the frontline when patients are brought into hospital with alcohol-related illnesses or injuries but how prepared are they for dealing with cases of this kind? A researcher at The University of Nottingham is launching a national survey today to establish whether student nurses are receiving the alcohol training and education which is so vital to their job…

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The Alcohol Industry Needs More Scrutiny

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

The influence of “Big Alcohol” in the health arena deserves as much scrutiny as Big Pharma and Big Tobacco, especially in light of evidence of bias in funded research, unsupported claims of benefit, and inappropriate promotion and marketing by the alcohol industry, says a new editorial in this week’s PLoS Medicine…

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Royal College Of Psychiatrists Responds To Budget 2011, UK

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Commenting on the alcohol duty rates announced in the 2011 Budget, Dr Peter Rice, chair of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in Scotland, said: “The Royal College of Psychiatrists welcomes the confirmation in today’s Budget that alcohol duty rates will rise at 2% above inflation…

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Alcohol With Rich Meal Does Not Cause Belching, Heartburn Or Bloating, But Slows Down Digestion

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

If you drink alcohol during a rich meal, a highly likely occurrence this Christmas, the alcohol may slow down your digestion, but will not cause indigestion symptoms, such as burping, nausea, bloating or heartburn, researchers from the University Hospital of Zurich, Switzerland, wrote in the BMJ (British Medical Journal).

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Protection Against Alcohol Dependence From Genetic Differences That Make You Sleepy When You Drink

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Genetic differences in alcohol-metabolizing enzymes can significantly alter an individual’s risk for developing alcohol dependence (AD). One variant of the alcohol dehydrogenase enzyme, ADH1B*3, is observed almost exclusively in populations with African ancestry and has also been associated with reduced rates of AD…

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Study Of Combined Depression-Alcoholism Treatment Shows Higher Abstinence Rate

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Combining the antidepressant sertraline with the alcohol dependence treatment naltrexone produced a 54 percent abstinence rate in patients with both major depression and alcohol dependence, whereas the rates were only 21 to 28 percent for patients taking a placebo, sertraline only, or naltrexone only…

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Are the effects of gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) treatment partly physiological in alcohol dependence?

Saturday, July 5, 2008

Authors: Ameisen O It has been hypothesized that the therapeutic effects of Gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) in alcohol dependence could be related to ethanol-mimicking action of the drug and that GHB could reduce alcohol craving, intake and withdrawal by acting as a “substitute” of the alcohol in the central nervous system. Nevertheless, alcohol being the strongest trigger of craving and intake, it is difficult to ascribe reduction of craving and intake to ethanol-mimicking activity of GHB

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Are the effects of gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) treatment partly physiological in alcohol dependence?

Saturday, July 5, 2008

Authors: Ameisen O It has been hypothesized that the therapeutic effects of Gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) in alcohol dependence could be related to ethanol-mimicking action of the drug and that GHB could reduce alcohol craving, intake and withdrawal by acting as a “substitute” of the alcohol in the central nervous system.

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