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Abstinence from alcohol plus physical exercise can help reclaim bone loss due to alcoholism

Alcoholism is known to cause osteoporosis, or reduced bone mineral density (BMD). New findings indicate that as little as eight weeks of abstinence can initiate correction of an imbalance between bone formation and resorption ...

Addiction created Sep 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Smoking: Quitting is tough for teens, too

Abstinence from smoking seems to affect teens differently than adults in a couple ways, but a new study provides evidence that most of the psychological difficulties of quitting are as strong for relatively ...

Addiction created Sep 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

White matter of abstinent alcoholics recovers over time

(HealthDay) -- Based on diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), the microstructural changes seen in the genu and body of the corpus callosum in recently detoxified alcohol-dependent patients are found to improve after ...

Addiction created May 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study examines long-term effects of methadone treatment in pregnancy

(Medical Xpress) -- Life gets off to a rough start for babies born to drug-dependent women, even when their mothers' addiction is clinically managed during pregnancy with methadone or other therapeutic replacement drugs. ...

Addiction created Mar 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Short walk cuts chocolate consumption in half

A 15-minute walk can cut snacking on chocolate at work by half, according to research by the University of Exeter. The study showed that, even in stressful situations, workers eat only half as much chocolate as they normally ...

Health created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Damaged gait and balance can recover with long-term abstinence from alcohol

Chronic alcoholism is often associated with a disturbed gait and balance, likely caused by alcohol damage to neural systems. While some studies have suggested that abstinence can lead to partial recovery of gait and balance ...

Health created Sep 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Linking brain-derived neurotrophic factor to alcohol dependence

One of the ways an alcohol dependence (AD) diagnosis can be made is through measurement of biological markers of hepatic injury such as gamma glutamyl transferase (GGT) and mean corpuscular volume (MCV). These markers, however, ...

Medical research created Aug 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Smokers not very receptive to shocking images

(Medical Xpress) -- A team of researchers led by the University of Bonn found clear changes in how emotions are processed in smokers. After an abstinence period of 12 hours, the brain’s fear center was mostly out of ...

Health created Jul 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Quitlines help smokers quit regardless of recruitment method

Proactive telephone counseling helps smokers quit regardless of how they are recruited to a telephone quitline, according to a study published online June 10th in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

Health created Jun 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

True love may wait -- but waiting won't make you a safer lover later on

Whether sex education focuses only on abstinence or teaches students about contraception and other topics as well, it all shares one main message: Wait. In abstinence-only, students are exhorted to wait for sex until they're ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 17, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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