alcohol research

Brain Cancer Questions..?

Question by ellie: brain cancer questions..? if anyone could answer these questions that be really great: 1) how does brain cancer attack the body? 2) What type of cell it attacks? 3) How it affects on the cells? 4) Can it spread? 5)why or why now does it spread? 6) How does it spread? Best answer: Answer by redunicornThere are two types of brain tumors: primary brain tumors that originate in the brain and metastatic (secondary) brain tumors that originate from cancer cells that have migrated from other parts of the body. Read more... ...

Magistrates' Program Has a Good Case

...  program has a good case ORANGE residents facing charges in court who are referred to the Magistrates' Early Referral into Treatment (MERIT) as part of their rehabilitation, are benefiting from improved health and well-being according to the latest statistics from the NSW … Read more on Central Western Daily Philip Seymour Hoffman's death in line with heroin use trends Shane Darke, a professor at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre at the University of NSW, said the medical community was seeing more deaths from heroin among people in their 40s, 50s and even 60s who had cycled in and out of treatment. Read more on Sydney Morning Herald Read ...

Perspectives on Emerging Issues and Priorities in Alcohol Research – Slides Only

...  on Emerging Issues and Priorities in Alcohol Research – Slides Only – In an effort to provide online education about international public health issues, California Academic Media Services collaborated with the Institute for Hea…   by TORCH MAGAZINE Man gets probation for beating drug dealer That had to be balanced with Nichols' own tragic background. Conflict between his parents and alcoholism were factors in his parents' relationship breaking up when he was four. Nichols began drinking alcohol when he ...

Judy Primm-Shimahara, Outpatient Therapist

  Judy Primm-Shimahara, Outpatient Therapist – Judy Primm-Shimahara, outpatient therapist, provides a unique perspective to her patients in marriage and family therapy as well as alcohol and drug counseli…   Rehab racket: Frauds, felons and fakes The clinic, reimbursed by taxpayers for each client it sees, offers in-person drug and alcohol counseling. And Able Family is thriving, according to its billing records. In real life, on this hazy Southern California day, business moves at a slower … Read more on CNN Read more... ...

Costs Spike on Disaster Deluge, CGU Chief Peter Harmer Warns

...  Harmer says events of recent years have fundamentally shifted the region's risk profile. Picture: Nicole Garmston Source: Herald Sun. THE global giants that provide "insurance for insurers" have upped their risk assessment of … Read more on Herald Sun Mandela still 'critical but stable' Meanwhile friends and family offered a more upbeat assessment of Mandela's condition. "With less than two weeks to … Marijuana. THE head of Australia's leading alcohol research body has called for marijuana to be legalised to reduce the harm of drinking. Read more on Herald Sun Read ...

Drink-Drive Teen Was Over Limit the Next Day

...  teen was over limit the next day He was taken to the police station and, after a fault on the breath testing equipment, gave a reading of 104 milligrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood. … He was offered a drink-drive rehabilitation course, which can reduce the ban by three … Read more on Shields Gazette Wowsers on the attack are funded by our taxes The same is apparently not true of something called the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education. Between 2001-05, this mob was given $ 115 million for rehabilitation of drunks and other good works. This week it was alleged it was later allowed to … Read more on Herald Sun Read ...

Growing Abuse of Xanax Leads to Restrictions

...  of the Australian Medical Association, Steve Hambleton, said there had been a significant increase in benzodiazepine prescription, despite the drugs not being recommended as a first-line treatment for anxiety.v "There are websites to teach … Read more on Sydney Morning Herald Experts back NSW view on cannabis use The true place of cannabinoids in the treatment of chronic pain has not been established." Professor Michael Farrell, director of the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre at the University of NSW, says the recommendations are "sensible enough" and … Read more on Ninemsn Read ...