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Downtoearthvideo.com asks their readers if the cost of the “last call” program is worth it. Houston, TX. (PRWEB) December 24, 2011 Downtoearthvideo.com is asking their readers this week if they feel that the cost of the “last call” program is worth it. The management at the site are aware that many of their readers have bought the program so they are hoping that they will get a good response to their question. People who are on the mailing list of the site and who have bought the...
Downtoearthvideo.com releases their teenage alcohol abuse statistics for December 2011. The news has been well received. Houston, TX. (PRWEB) December 23, 2011 Downtoearthvideo.com has just released their teenage alcohol abuse statistics for December 2011 for the readers that are on their mailing list. The team at the site are saying that the figures will make for very interesting reading for many interested parties out there. Simon Foxwell, one the people behind the release of the...
Downtoearthvideo.com conducts an alcohol withdrawal at home survey. The new survey has sparked a lot of discussion on the site. Houston, TX (PRWEB) December 22, 2011 Downtoearthvideo.com has just conducted an alcohol withdrawal at home survey for the readers on the site. People who have withdrawn from alcohol at home are now being asked to give an account of their experience on the survey. According to Rachel Tenn, one of the leading researchers on the site, “this is a topic that has...
VERONA, Wis., Dec. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- New Years Day celebrations are just a few days away. This can mean big trouble for some people. Many people who drink tend to underestimate their impairment level. This can be a real problem if someone thinks they are ok to drive after having a few and ends up being arrested for driving under the influence. Even deciding to walk under the influence can turn deadly. In 2005, the journal Injury Prevention reported that New Year's Day is...
BALTIMORE, Dec. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth (CAMY) at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health today released a four-part YouTube movie (http://www.youtube.com/user/JohnsHopkinsSPH) charting the alcohol industry's push into digital marketing and raising questions whether the industry's self-regulation is adequately protecting underage youth from exposure to the "alcohol experience" available on social marketing platforms...
BETHESDA, Md., Dec. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Some holiday predictions are, tragically, very predictable. For example, more people are likely to die in alcohol-related traffic crashes during the holidays than at other times of the year. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111219/PH24175 ) Statistics show that during Christmas and New Year's, two to three times more people die in alcohol-related crashes than during comparable periods the rest of the year. And 40 percent of...
Craig Franke, M.D. to Join Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center as Full-Time Medical Director AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Austin Recovery, the largest and most affordable not-for-profit drug and alcohol treatment center in Texas, announced today that Dr. Craig Franke will be joining the staff as Medical Director effective January 2, 2012. This addition will allow Austin Recovery to greatly expand its treatment options for clients with co-occuring psychiatric...
A line of laboratory mice developed by a researcher from the School of Science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) drinks more alcohol than other animal models and consumes it in a fashion similar to humans: choosing alcohol over other options and binge drinking. Animal models previously available to alcohol abuse and alcoholism researchers do not get as drunk as the new strain, unless alcohol is the only choice of fluids, or alcohol is administered by the...
Findings could lead to development of new anti-alcoholism drugs New research by scientists at the Scripps Research Institute has underlined the power of an endogenous anti-stress peptide in the brain to prevent and even reverse some of the cellular effects of acute alcohol and alcohol dependence in animal models. The work could lead to the development of novel drugs to treat alcoholism. The new study, led by Scripps Research Associate Professor Marisa Roberto and now published online...
A new study, to be published in the January issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, has linked binge drinking with the risk of sexual assault among women in their first year of college. The study, lead by scientists at the University of Buffalo, followed 437 young women from their high school graduation through their freshman year at a college or university. According to a press release from the school, the researchers discovered that of women who did not drink heavily...
