Posts Tagged ‘binge drinking’
College student reveals she nearly died from underage binge-drinking
A college student from Nevada has issued a stark warning to young adults about the dangers of binge drinking, revealing how an underage drinking session at a concert left in a coma and nearly killed her. Hanna Lottritz, a journalism student at the … Read more on Daily Mail
Cleaning up lives: First sober living home settled in Tyler
Additionally, the Supreme Court ruled in 1995 that those recovering from alcoholism and drug abuse were a protected class under the handicapped provisions of the Federal Fair Housing Act Amendments of 1988, spurring the opening of more sober living … Read more on Tyler Morning Telegraph
New alcohol guidelines: How is drinking linked to cancer?
After much media build-up, Professor Dame Sally Davies, the Government's Chief Medical Officer, has announced updated guidelines on low-risk drinking for the UK. Today's announcement has been in the pipeline since the previous government announced … Read more on The Independent
How our health care system makes ER doctors addiction enablers
With the emergency room so often just the purgatory between drinks for alcoholics, few emergency departments are actually equipped to offer these addicts the help they need beyond their acute intoxication. … Because while emergency medicine is by … Read more on Chicago Tribune
Mother appeals to teenagers to stop binge drinking
A MOTHER whose daughter died in a tragic accident has appealed to teenagers to think twice before binge drinking and has launched a sponsored walk for the charity that supported her family in their hour of need. Michelle Ildam, 39, of Worcester Place, … Read more on The Northern Echo
I thought I'd seen it all as a psychiatrist. But there was one visit I misjudged
We're learning the importance of improving screening and finding ways to help older people with mental disorders, often enabling them to control or even stop drinking. When you're a healthcare professional you tend to spend your time running towards … Read more on The Guardian
Pot Smokers Stop Smoking as Much Once They Can Legally Drink Alcohol: Study
Crost suggests officials should reassess the minimum legal drinking age. "If you think marijuana is more harmful [than booze], then you might want to consider loosening the restrictions for alcohol," he writes, per EurekAlert, noting restrictions on … Read more on Newser
Three lovely French rosés to drink with summer's le grand aioli – LA Times
When planning an aioli feast, don't stop at one rosé: Lay in several, the better to taste and compare. The 2014 crop of French rosés is just coming into wine shops now, so now is the time to pick up a summer's supply before your favorites are gone from … Read more on Los Angeles Times
John Singleton warned by doctors to stop binge drinking
Media mogul John Singleton has been warned to curb his excessive drinking or face the prospect of an early death. Singleton's son Jack told the Daily Telegraph the 73-year-old advertising and media guru had undergone a cardiac ablation procedure after … Read more on 9news.com.au
Recovery: a lifelong pursuit
His parents had sent him to detox centers before, but those programs had done little more than get him physically clean, before putting him back out on the streets, where it would be a matter of hours before he was seeking another high. This time, he … Read more on Monadnock Ledger Transcript
Oklahoma among worst alcohol death states
“We need to implement effective programs and policies to prevent binge drinking and the many health and social harms that are related to it, including deaths from alcohol poisoning.” … people,” said CDC Alcohol Program Lead Dr. Robert Brewer, “It … Read more on Duncan Banner
Kern Stop Meth Now: How to deal with meth in the schools
Collins discussed other issues involved in youth meth prevention and treatment. Problems, she said, include the lack of funding for effective, evidence-based programs to combat drugs and alcohol in the schools, a lack of intervention programs for youth … Read more on Ridgecrest Daily Independent
Support Groups, Clubs, and Services
Free blood pressure check, 1-3 p.m., Amboy Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 15 W. Wasson Road, Amboy, 815-857-2550. Alcoholics Anonymous, 1:30 p.m., closed, Rochelle Community Hospital, 900 N. Second St. American Red Cross blood drive, 2-6 … Read more on SaukValley.com
Of drugs and dharnas
Though this issue has dominated the media for a pretty long time, no tangible steps are visible to sternly deal with smuggling, sale, consumption and rehabilitation of the addicts via counseling or in de-addiction centres. …. That the situation is … Read more on Hindustan Times
Woman Who Says She Can't Remember Killing Her Young Daughter Seeks Parole
Nancy McGeoghean, 45, says she does not remember killing her 2-year-old daughter Sarah after a night of binge drinking in 1988. … go to the Governor's Council for a vote. John Cunha, one of McGeoghean's lawyers, told BuzzFeed News that the board … Read more on BuzzFeed News
Teen Challenge in Business of Rebuilding Lives
(1/3/15) — The Teen Challenge: Western Kentucky Men's Center in Dixon is a faith-based, non-denominational rehabilitation center for men with life-controlling issues. Teen Challenge maintains that it is the oldest, largest and … “Many people, when … Read more on SurfKY News
'Women on the wagon' club together to cut back on drinking
Women were a little more likely than men to list cutting calories and saving money as reasons for reducing drinking. They also found 84% of men want to cut down, and only 5% to quit completely, while among women 43% want to cut down, 32% stop for a … Read more on The Guardian
Why Colleges Haven't Stopped Binge Drinking
He used his influence to drum up participation from 32 institutions in the National College Health Improvement Program's Learning Collaborative on High-Risk Drinking and secured money to keep it going for two years. But when he left Dartmouth to lead … Read more on New York Times
Top doctor: cut back on drinking in New Year to stop dementia
Drinkers should make cutting back on alcohol their New Year's resolution to reduce their chances of suffering dementia, public health officials have said. England's top dementia doctor, Professor Alistair Burns, said most studies suggested that … Read more on Telegraph.co.uk
Johnny Depp Tries At Home Rehab To Quit Drinking – 'Once He Starts He …
After Johnny Depp publicly humiliated himself with a seemingly intoxicated appearance at the Hollywood Press Awards last month, those close to the 51-year-old megastar allegedly told him that he'd reached the bottom of the wine barrel. Following the … Read more on RadarOnline