Women more likely fooled by their ‘beer goggles’

'Beer goggles' fool women the most: Scientists discover why people are more ...
Daily Mail
Others were given a similar-tasting non-alcoholic drink or orange squash. One of the tests involved looking at faces and stating whether they thought each one was symmetrical or non-symmetrical. Scientists have long known symmetry to be tied to...

Daily Mail

Beer-goggles effect explained
Science a Gogo
The findings, appearing in the journal Addiction, provide new insights into the infamous beer goggles effect. Facial symmetry (where one side of the face mirrors the other) is generally thought to be one of the key traits humans use to establish ...

Science a Gogo 

The mystery of beer goggles solved
Indian Express
The mystery of “beer goggles” -- the phenomenon by which people find opposite sex more attractive after just a few alcoholic drinks -- has finally been solved. Researchers at Roehampton University claim to have found that the beer goggles effect all ...

Indian Express

Study shows difficulty in ability to discern facial symmetry helps explain ...
Medical Xpress
(Medical Xpress) -- It's a part of modern lore that doesn't reflect well on our species, the idea that as people consume alcoholic beverages, they see those around them as becoming more attractive. It's known as the “beer goggles” effect, ...

Are You Almost Alcoholic? Taking a New Look at an Old Problem
The Atlantic
By Joseph Nowinski & Robert Doyle According to the literature, you're either an alcoholic or you're not an alcoholic. But might more awareness of the in-between help us? Whitney Houston's cause of death has been identified as accidental drowning, ...

Siemens Teams Up With the Elks and Marvel Entertainment to Help Combat Underage Drinking
MarketWatch (press release) Hard Choices comic book features public service announcement that encourages families affected by substance abuse to seek help . . .
According to the National Institutes of Health, nearly one-in-10 Americans over the age of 12 are classified with substance abuse or dependence, with the economic toll of substance abuseand addiction alone estimated to exceed a half trillion ...

Sussex steroid abuse "as bad as heroin addiction"
The Argus
Steroid use is as big as heroin addiction in parts of Sussex, it is claimed. The alarming trend was laid bare this week after an inquest into the death of a bodybuilder. Lewis Allan, 23, who suffered heart failure, was found to have died of natural ...

Toronto Public Health worried OxyContin addicts could overwhelm detox clinics
Toronto Star
As street supplies of the prescription painkiller dry up, public health officials are concerned that clinics won't be able to cope with people seeking addiction treatment. Staff also say the switch in drugs, coupled with the province delisting both ...

Director steps down from drug abuse group
Huntington Herald Dispatch
HUNTINGTON -- What began as a seven-month project blossomed into a six-year career and elevated awareness of substance abuse and prevention in Cabell County and surrounding communities. After six years as the director of the Cabell County Substance ...

Punjab: 7 drug –addiction centres to curb habit...
Punjab Newsline
It was informed in the meeting to curb the growing habit of drug de-addiction amongst the inmates; the state government had already taken a decision to set up drug de-addiction centers in all the seven central jails, of which these would be set up in ...

Drug addict returns money after stealing charity box
Horncastle News
A MAN who stole a charity tin from a Horncastle shop was said to have serious drug addictionproblems, Skegness Magistrates' Court heard last Tuesday, March 27. Simpson went into the shop with a female and a pushchair on November 7.

Scholarships address health workforce shortages
Voxy
Eighty-eight per cent of funding ($1.5 million) will be awarded to 172 successful Pacific health workforce award recipients with $200000 used for 50 Pacific mental health and addiction scholarships. Both the awards and scholarships cover 100 per cent ...

Voxy

Ryan Leaf's arrest brings sadness, but not surprise
The Seattle Times
(April 1, 2012, by Soonerman22) MORE The guy shouldn't get any more--or fewer-breaks than any other 35 year old drug addict... (April 1, 2012, by not4u) MORE One of the tricky things with opiate addictions is that with his tumor issues, they may.

Comprehensive Care Corporation Doubles Its 2011 Revenues to Over $71 Million
MarketWatch (press release)
TAMPA, Fla., April 2, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Comprehensive Care Corporation ("CompCare") (OBB:CHCR) , a leading behavioral health, substance abuse and psychotropic pharmacy management services provider for managed care companies throughout the ...

Ottawa program houses homeless addicts
CBC.ca
The Sandy Hill Community Health Centre wants to help the homeless beat drugaddiction by giving them stable homes of their own. CBC News at 5 Watch the CBC's Judy Trinh profile Chris and how the housing program has helped him beat his addiction.

CBC.ca

US Army Center for Substance Abuse Programs: Money versus ...
By John Stanton
The Army Center for Substance Abuse Programs (ACSAP/ASAP) is located under US Army G-1, Human Resources, Deputy Chief of Staff. It consists of two elements according to the G-1 website. “The ASAP is split into two major components: ...
Intrepid Report.com

Addiction Inbox: Interview with Cognitive Neuropsychologist Keith ...
By Dirk Hanson
Addiction Inbox. The Science of Substance Abuse. Dirk Hanson. Articles and health studies about drugs, addiction and alcoholism, including the most recent scientific and medical findings.
Addiction Inbox

Addicted to Addicts: Survival 101 – Alcoholism, Addiction, and the ...
By billschiffler
Captain Ron Smith, MD, PHD, Senior Psychiatrist, National Naval Medical Center is Denise's guest this week. The discussion is centered on the families of the military and how to cope with the many issues related to deployment, return home, ...
WebTalkRadio.net

Need strength to leave my alcoholic fiance - SoberRecovery ...
By alr
Go Back · SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information > Friends and Family > Friends and Family of Alcoholics · Reload this Page Need strength to leave myalcoholic fiance ...
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won battle against drug addiction | The ...
By Kenneth Agutamba
Instead, he is on a small island on Lake Kivu – struggling to free himself from the jaws of cocaine addiction. ... Despite already being a drug addict, he managed to secure admission to university to study mass communication. By this time, the ...
The Rwanda Focus

Managing Alcohol Detoxification At A Detoxification Center | Jeff ...
By thethrash
An alcohol detox center is a great idea for anyone struggling with an addiction to alcohol. There, patients will be able to receive the care they so desperately ... By choosing a reputable medical center, an alcoholic will ensure that they will receive 24 hour medical attention. These professionals will be able to help alcoholics ... With counseling, an addict will be able to understand why they developed an addiction in the first place. Many detoxification centers either have, or are able to ...
Jeff Thrasher

Study provides clues for designing new anti-addiction medications ...
Scientists are now one step closer to developing anti-addiction medications, thanks to ... New Warm Line Helps Clinicians Tackle Patients' Substance Abuse ...
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