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…
Drinking alcohol, especially above the recommended upper limits, boosts the risk of several cancers, according to a new European study published in the British Medical Journal this week…
An international team of researchers has identified a novel gene involved in differences in alcohol consumption, according to a new study published online the week of April 4-8 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The study advances our understanding of the genetic mechanisms that influence alcohol drinking behavior. Study contributors Danielle M
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Discovery of a key mechanism in the brain that regulates vulnerability to nicotine addiction could pave the way for new anti-smoking treatments that boost a signalling pathway that is normally weaker in susceptible individuals because of a gene mutation, said US researchers in a Nature study published online this week…
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Friday, November 19, 2010
Today, the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, launched the latest youth drug prevention television ad, which is part of the Government of Canada’s National Anti-Drug Strategy mass media campaign entitled ‘DrugsNot4Me.’ “The launch of our Government’s new television ad is timely, as this week is National Addictions Awareness Week,” said Minister Aglukkaq…
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Saturday, September 25, 2010
This week, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration awarded BayCare Behavioral Health with a $1.75 million grant to launch the Veteran and Inebriate Program (VIP)…
Article from the University of Oslo to appear in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (PNAS) this week. Exercise induces the incorporation of nuclei in muscle fibers that may help the fibers regain size upon retraining after a period of atrophy brought on by muscle disuse, according to a study…
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Two employees of Star Scientific Inc.’s Rock Creek Pharmaceuticals subsidiary — senior vice president Dr. Curtis Wright and Ryan Lanier — testified this week before a subcommittee of the U.S.
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Mental Health America this week will honor U.S.
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