Alcoholic Addict » Alcohol Consumption http://www.alcoholicaddict.com Help for the alcoholic addict. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:58:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Doctors Call For End To Supermarket ‘Reward’ Points For Alcohol, Scotland http://www.alcoholicaddict.com/347/doctors-call-for-end-to-supermarket-reward-points-for-alcohol-scotland/ http://www.alcoholicaddict.com/347/doctors-call-for-end-to-supermarket-reward-points-for-alcohol-scotland/#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 15:14:40 +0000 admin http://www.alcoholicaddict.com/347/doctors-call-for-end-to-supermarket-reward-points-for-alcohol-scotland/

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Doctors have said that alcohol purchases should not be eligible for “customer loyalty points” as part of a series of measures to tackle the promotion of cheap alcohol in supermarkets. Doctors, who were attending the BMA’s annual conference in Brighton yesterday (Tuesday 29 June 2010) also gave their backing to increasing the price of alcohol as a means of reducing alcohol consumption. Dr Brian …

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While previous twin studies have consistently shown the importance of genetic influences on various measures of alcohol consumption, a full diagnostic assessment can be complicated and lengthy. This has led some researchers to ask: To what extent do measures of alcohol consumption accurately index the genetic risk for alcohol dependence (AD)? Findings indicate that four relatively simple …

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The Royal College of Nursing welcomed a new Department of Health campaign to combat excessive drinking as it responded to news from the Office of National Statistics that the number of deaths caused by alcohol consumption is continuing to rise. Dr Peter Carter, Chief Executive & General Secretary of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), said: “Nurses see the devastating consequences of alcohol …

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]]> http://www.alcoholicaddict.com/196/nurses-mandatory-code-needed-to-tackle-alcohol-harm-uk-medical-news-today/feed/ 0 Updated Alcohol, Trauma and Impaired Driving Report Now Available (Marketwire) http://www.alcoholicaddict.com/100/updated-alcohol-trauma-and-impaired-driving-report-now-available-marketwire/ http://www.alcoholicaddict.com/100/updated-alcohol-trauma-and-impaired-driving-report-now-available-marketwire/#comments Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:00:24 +0000 admin http://www.alcoholicaddict.com/100/updated-alcohol-trauma-and-impaired-driving-report-now-available-marketwire/

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New resource from MADD Canada, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse offers fully referenced compendium on alcohol/drug consumption and impaired driving.

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]]> http://www.alcoholicaddict.com/100/updated-alcohol-trauma-and-impaired-driving-report-now-available-marketwire/feed/ 0 Alcohol In Pregnancy And Child Behaviour Problems Linked In New Study (Medical News Today) http://www.alcoholicaddict.com/98/alcohol-in-pregnancy-and-child-behaviour-problems-linked-in-new-study-medical-news-today/ http://www.alcoholicaddict.com/98/alcohol-in-pregnancy-and-child-behaviour-problems-linked-in-new-study-medical-news-today/#comments Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:00:10 +0000 admin http://www.alcoholicaddict.com/98/alcohol-in-pregnancy-and-child-behaviour-problems-linked-in-new-study-medical-news-today/

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A new study from Perth’s Telethon Institute for Child Health Research has found evidence that the amount and timing of alcohol consumption in pregnancy affects child behaviour in different ways. The study has just been published online in the international journal Addiction.

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alcohol abuse effects Alcohol consumption affects us in a wide variety of ways and our social skills; After one or two drinks you often feel more confident and more loud as the alcohol reaches the brain and affects your cognitive abilities. Alcohol causes your heart rate to speed up and you may feel a warm glow. This is caused by alcohol making the tiny Veins in the skin dilate, allowing blood to flow closer to the surface and lowers blood pressure. Alcohol Effects -how can alcohol affe

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