Health myth: Can alcohol help you build muscle and lose weight?
Plus, by increasing your heart rate, alcohol actually fires up your fat burners for about an hour after you take your last sip, according to Eric Rimm, an associate professor of epidemiology and nutrition at Harvard Medical School and chairman of the …
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Amy Dickinson: Don't go quietly; tell alcoholic pal she needs help
Dear Amy: We have a friend who is a controlling alcoholic. Her husband of more than 25 years divorced her seven years ago due to her abusive behavior. The only one surprised by their divorce was her. Her own adult children knew it was only a matter of …
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Alcoholism Treatment Can Help Some Liver Transplant Patients
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 9 (HealthDay News) — Liver transplant recipients with a history of alcoholism are much less likely to start drinking again if they undergo substance-abuse treatment before and after their transplant, new research finds. And a second …
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A Forever Recovery: Adderall Abuse Should Encourage Prescriber Reform
BATTLE CREEK, MI–(Marketwire – Feb 25, 2013) – According to the staff at A Forever Recovery — a leading drug and alcohol rehabilitation center in Battle Creek, Michigan — prescription drug abuse is a problem that Americans fail to acknowledge …
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McLean Hospital looks to Camden's Fox Hill for alcohol, drug rehab center
CAMDEN — McLean Hospital, associated with Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, is considering acquiring Fox Hill in Camden to operate a high-end, 30-day, inhouse alcohol and substance abuse rehabilitation facility. The center …
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Abbotsford hit-and-run victim fell through cracks of health-care system
In general, women facing a duel diagnosis don't get the help they need in psychiatric wards because of their substance abuse issues, but neither will treatment programs intake women until their mental health issues have been stabilized, said Giordano …
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Addiction Helper Offers Alcohol Rehab On The International Space Station
Addiction Helper, an international provider of drug and alcohol treatment services, today announced the introduction of the world's very first space rehabilitation service on the International Space Station. The service which costs anything upwards of …
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