Posted on February 22nd, 2008 by Kele Ding
22 Feb 2008
Six-year vitamin E supplementation increased tuberculosis risk by 72% in male smokers who had high dietary vitamin C intake, but vitamin E had no effect on those who had low dietary vitamin C intake, according to a study published in the British Journal of Nutrition.
Previous studies had suggested that vitamin E might improve [...]
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Posted on February 21st, 2008 by Kele Ding
21 Feb 2008
An insidious new generation of tobacco products is threatening efforts to reduce tobacco use in the United States. A new report issued by a coalition of public health organizations describes how tobacco manufacturers take advantage of the lack of government regulation to design and market products that recruit new youth users, create and [...]
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Posted on February 18th, 2008 by Kele Ding
Modell JG, et al. “Obsessive and compulsive characteristics of alcohol abuse and dependence: quantification by a newly developed questionnaire.†Alcoholism, Clinical And Experimental Research, v. 16 issue 2, 1992, p. 266.
The purpose of the this study was to develop an instrument for measuring the obsessive and compulsive characteristics of drinking-related thought and behavior in subjects [...]
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Posted on February 18th, 2008 by Kele Ding
Nunes EV; McGrath PJ; Quitkin FM. “Treating anxiety in patients with alcoholism.†The Journal Of Clinical Psychiatry, v. 56 Suppl 2, 1995, p. 3.
The clinical management of patients who present with anxiety syndromes combined with alcohol abuse or dependence is reviewed. A critical step is to make the differential diagnosis between alcohol-induced anxiety (principally alcohol [...]
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Posted on February 18th, 2008 by Kele Ding
Nelson E; Rice J. “Stability of diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive disorder in the Epidemiologic Catchment Area study.†The American Journal Of Psychiatry, v. 154 issue 6, 1997, p. 826.
This study examined the 1-year temporal stability of a National Institute of Mental Health Diagnostic Interview Schedule (DIS) lifetime diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive disorder in the Epidemiologic Catchment Area [...]
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Posted on February 18th, 2008 by Kele Ding
M. Compton III, Linda B. Cottler, A. “Substance Dependence and Other Psychiatric Disorders Among Drug Dependent Subjects: Race and Gender Correlates.†American Journal on Addictions, v. 9 issue 2, 2000, p. 113-125.
Persons in drug treatment with drug dependence were interviewed with the NIMH Diagnostic Interview Schedule to ascertain DSM-III-R disorders. Lifetime prevalence rates were 64% [...]
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Posted on February 18th, 2008 by Kele Ding
Lapham, Sandra C.; C’De Baca, Janet; McMillan, Garnett P.; Lapidus, Jodi. “Psychiatric Disorders in a Sample of Repeat Impaired-Driving Offenders.†Journal of Studies on Alcohol, v. 67 issue 5, 2006, p. 707-713.
Objective: This study was conducted to assess alcohol- and drug-use disorders and other psychiatric disorders in a sample of repeat driving under the influence [...]
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Posted on February 18th, 2008 by Kele Ding
Fals-Stewart W; Schafer J. “The treatment of substance abusers diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder: an outcome study.†Journal Of Substance Abuse Treatment, v. 9 issue 4, 1992, p. 365.
Sixty substance abusers dually diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and voluntarily admitted to a drug-free therapeutic community were randomly assigned to one of three treatment conditions. One group [...]
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