Health Promotion Practice, Vol. 4, No. 3, Focus Issue on Tobacco Prevention and Control (July 2003), pp. 249-261 (13 pages) Given physicians' increased responsibilities and time constraints, it is ...

Indian and alcohol research, particularly studies of treatment and prevention interventions, stress the importance of recognizing and acting upon cultural differences in drinking behavior, its ...

Short one-on-one discussions about alcohol consumption in a doctor’s office may reduce patients' drinking levels, according to a study. Findings published in the Addiction journal indicated that brief ...

Seeing your teenager struggle with alcohol can be a heartbreaking experience. Alcohol use can have serious consequences for young people, impacting their physical and mental health, academic ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Weekly alcohol consumption was 11 g lower among students exposed to the intervention. Consumption was even lower ...

Alcohol is associated with over 88,000 deaths annually and is the third leading cause of preventable death in the United States. We are working on developing novel interventions to prevent alcohol use ...

According to a study released by Ohio State University, college students who are problem drinkers might benefit from counseling or a program that aims to lower long-term, high-risk drinking, and the ...

The impact of alcohol control policies, whether at the city, state, or national level, ultimately depends on local enforcement. Even though numerous strategies to reduce alcohol-impaired driving have ...

In an effort to reduce excessive alcohol consumption among the patients of primary care practices, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a $16 million initiative designed to ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A study conducted by researchers at Ohio State University’s College of Social Work found that a group of measures designed to curb alcohol abuse paid big dividends for kids, even ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Following an initial hospitalization for acute alcohol-associated pancreatitis, repeated visits to an outpatient gastrointestinal clinic for brief motivational alcohol ...

The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), which is part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), has updated its comprehensive and research-based booklet and website to ...