Alcoholism
This section contains articles on some aspects of chronic drinking: Abstinence versus Controlled Drinking and Origin of the Term. For further information on this subject, see Disease Concep...
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Alcohol: Chemistry
Alcohol occurs naturally when fruits, vegetables, and grains exposed to bacteria in the air undergo the process of fermentation. People can create and speed up the conditions for fe...
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Alcoholism
Definition
Alcoholism is the popular term for two disorders: alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence. The key element of these disorders is that a person's use of alcohol has repeatedly...
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Alcohol
What Kind of Drug Is It?
Alcohol is an ancient drug. Beer and wine jugs well over 5,000 years old have been excavated from archaeological sites in southwest Asia and northern Africa. Prehistor...
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Charlie Cross counted how many friends and relatives took their own lives over the years and came up with 19, all Alaska Natives."Of those 19, a mere three that I know of were not consuming alcohol...
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When Brian Steik lived on the streets, the government spent tens of thousands of dollars on emergency room visits and other services to keep the alcoholic alive.Now social-service agencies are cond...
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Alcohol is now the leading killer of Finnish adults, with consumption reaching an all-time high last year in the Nordic nation, officials said Friday.More than 2,000 people between the ages of 15 a...
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Beer, wine and hard liquor packaging in Britain will carry warning labels next year detailing how many units of alcohol each drink contains as well as recommended safe drinking levels, the public h...
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Full-page ads in college newspapers Friday call on university leaders, athletic conferences and the NCAA to "stop the madness" by banning alcohol marketing from college sports.The ads, tied to Marc...
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All types of alcohol _ wine, beer or liquor _ add equally to the risk of developing breast cancer in women, American researchers said Thursday."This is a hugely underestimated risk factor," said Dr...
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Sydney (dpa) - Police called out to investigate killings in
Australia know all too well that alcohol is likely to feature in
their reports to the coroner.
Jus...
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Berlin (dpa) - A party can be a success even without alcohol. One
way to do it is to offer alcohol-free drinks as an alternative to
beer, mixed drinks and other alcoholic be...
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The three men glanced left and right before cautiously entering a liquor store on Saadoun Street, one of two areas where alcohol is publicly sold in the Iraqi capital. Inside, they pointed to a bot...
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Alcoholism
Alcohol: Chemistry
Alcoholism
Alcohol
Alaska attacks alcohol problem
