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1 hr ago | Mail on Sunday

Coffee is more than just a hangover pick-me-up as it also fights the effects of alcohol

Now new research shows that a mug of coffee can do more for a bleary-eyed reveller than simply lift a hangover.

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Related Topix: Drink, Coffee, Supplement, Finland, World News, Medicine, Health

9 hrs ago | International Business Times

Homeless Heavy Drinkers at Risk of Head Injuries by 400 Times the Average

A study has shown that homeless men who are heavy drinkers suffer 400 times more head injuries than the general population.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Fri May 17, 2013

The Heritage Foundation

States Expand Welfare Drug Testing

Governor Sam Brownback signed a law last month that requires drug screening for Kansas recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families .

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Related Topix: Drug Testing, US Governors, Sam Brownback, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Drug Addiction (Substance Abuse), Health, Medicine, Arkansas

EurekAlert!

Beer-industry advertising guidelines: Rating panels may help industry assess itself

Results indicate that a modified Delphi Technique may enhance the ability of regulatory agencies to monitor the content of alcohol-beverage advertising.

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Related Topix: Advertising, Medicine, Health, Marketing

EurekAlert!

Individuals who drink heavily and smoke may show 'early aging' of the brain

A first-of-its-kind study looks at the interactive effects of smoking status and age on neurocognition in one-month-abstinent alcohol dependent individuals in treatment.

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Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine, Health, Life, Food, Nutrition, Genetics, UC San Francisco

Daily Echo

Inquest finds engineer died from alcohol abuse

An engineer from Southampton who was found slumped propped up over a kitchen counter died of prolonged alcohol abuse, an inquest heard.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Medical News Today

Marijuana Users Have 16 Percent Lower Fasting Insulin Levels Compared To Non-Users

Regular marijuana use is associated with favorable indices related to diabetic control, say investigators.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Marijuana, Medicine, Insulin (generic), Humulin, Novolin, Washington DC, Life, Food, Nutrition, Health

Thu May 16, 2013

News24

Gauteng MEC withdraws alcohol ban bid

There is one thing that nearly led to the demise of the ANCYL and that also renders other political youth structures irrelevant, says Ace Moloi .

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Related Topix: World News, South Africa, Medicine, Health

Wed May 15, 2013

Farmington Daily Times

Saving Damsels wins Native American Music Awards best rock recording

Saving Damsels won the Native American Music Award's Best Rock Record of 2013 on Saturday.

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Related Topix: Niagara Falls, NY, Medicine, Health

Farmington Daily Times

Is Pistol Annies' 'Hush Hush' the new 'White Lightning'?

DECATUR, Ga. -- If you hear a song called "Hush Hush" on country radio this spring, you might not catch every word, but you'll likely get the drift.

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Related Topix: Pistol Annies, Decatur, GA, Medicine, Health, Drugs, Kenny Chesney, Country

SILive.com

NYC Council Speaker Quinn's addiction confessional: She told Staten Island's Oddo last year

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn revealed she battled bulimia and alcoholism as a teenager and later sought residential treatment.

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Related Topix: Staten-Island, NY, New York, NY, Medicine, Health, Brooklyn, NY

SILive.com

On Staten Island, children of addicts use role-playing as a coping mechanism

You need look no further than the YMCA's Little Steps program to observe the roles children of alcoholics and drug addicts adopt as a way to cope with the chaos at home.

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Related Topix: Staten-Island, NY, New York, NY, Medicine, Health

CBC News

Saskatoon artists create new comic for teens

It's called Street Graphix, a new project by the Saskatoon Community Youth Arts Program.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Canada

Tue May 14, 2013

KIMT

NTSB Proposing Lower BAC Limits

And while it can be tough to monitor how much people drink, she says for the most part, folks seem to be responsible at her bar.

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Daily Star

Boozy in-laws demand cash

MY wife's parents have told us that we have to pay them 50 a week or they'll starve.

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The New York Observer

Christine Quinn Is Out of Secrets After Revealing Bulimia and Alcohol Struggles

After disclosing in the New York Time today that she had suffered with bulimia and alcoholism, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn continued to discuss her personal struggles earlier this afternoon, but insisted to a room full of college students that the revelations were intended to help other people-not her mayoral campaign.

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The Pordland Mercury

Tonight in Music: Wampire, Jim James, Yeah Great Fine & More

JIM JAMES, COLD SPECKS You know him as the singer of My Morning Jacket, or as one of the Monsters of Folk, or as Yim Yames... get to know the man behind that high lonesome voice, as Jim James hits the Crystal Ballroom in support of his first solo album, the majestic sounding and extravagantly titled Regions of Light and Sound of God .

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Windsor Beacon

NYC mayoral candidate reveals past battle with bulimia

APRIL 22: Speaker of the New York City Council, Christine Quinn attends the 33rd Annual Women's Campaign Fund Parties of Your Choice Gala at the home of Mary and Michael Loeb on April 22, 2013 in New York City.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Barnard College

This is Lincolnshire

EGrover__LE published Dog given award for helping Sleaford man beat alcohol addiction

A dog that helped a Sleaford man kick alcohol addiction has been given an award for bravery at a ceremony attended by Sir Bruce Forsyth.

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WNYC-AM New York

Quinn Reveals Struggles With Alcoholism, Bulimia

In an interview with the New York Times , Quinn says she developed the addiction while she was tending to her dying mother as a teen.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health