Alcohol Abuse Articles page 6

Los Angeles Times - The facts are compelling: violence is way down; drug and alcohol abuse is down. In fact, the difference between the Honor Program yard and any other in the state is so dramatic that administrators from other prisons come here to see it with their ...

East Anglian Daily Times - THE full impact of alcohol abuse on the health and quality of life of people in Essex has been revealed by shocking new statistics. The figures form part of a report which is due to be presented to county councillors and urges them to target alcohol ...

Daily Record - BOXER Scott Harrison laughed off claims he's drinking himself to death - as he performed a gruelling workout for the cameras. The former world champion blasted claims in a Sunday newspaper that his alcohol abuse could kill him within two years. And ...

Daily Telegraph - Britain has been branded "the sick man of Europe" after a Government report revealed a nation blighted by record levels of obesity, alcohol abuse, diabetes and smoking related deaths. The rate of obesity in Britain is the worst in Europe The rate of ...

Daily Telegraph - Alcohol abuse in England has caused a sharp rise in the numbers of women suffering from liver disease. A continually high level of drinking has had a chronic impact on the nation's health. Liver disease and cirrhosis in women in England has risen ...

Gillette News Record - A local group focused on curbing alcohol abuse will soon start several new partnerships across the community and help monitor underage drinking at community events like the Chili Cookoff and the Crawfish Boil. The actions are among 15 “strategies ...

MSN UK News - LONDON (Reuters) - The number of women dying at an early age of alcohol abuse has almost doubled in the last 15 years, according to a government report on Monday. Around 14 in 100,000 women aged 35 to 54 die from alcohol-related incidents, it found ...

Scotsman - A spokesman for the Scottish Government, which has made tackling alcohol abuse a priority, said: "The issue of weekly drinking limits is reserved to Westminster and as such it would inappropriate to comment." Related topic Alcohol & binge drinking http ...

Scotsman - I lost my Father last year due to alcohol abuse. It was not a pretty sight watching him slowly kill himself. The last 3 years was a shell of a man I once called Dad. Whilst he finally admitted he had a problem very little help was offered to him ...

Medical News Today - A researcher at the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions (RIA) is initiating a study of 'mindfulness-based stress reduction,' a technique often used in behavioral medicine for stress reduction but not before as an adjunct in the ...