Government Programs to Curb Binge Drinking Come Up Short
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The culture of heavy drinking on many college campuses is so entrenched that it has become extraordinarily difficult to break. Each year college
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The idea that light to moderate alcohol drinking protects against heart disease has become entrenched, but findings from a new study challenge this.
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California health maintenance organizations continue to show improvements in quality but fall short in areas such as vaccinating adults with flu shots and persuading smokers to kick their cigarette habit.
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TORONTO (CP) - A national pharmacare program funded by the federal  government would indirectly result in shorter waiting lists, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty said Monday.
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The nation's most respected treatment programs for teen drug abusers may frequently fall short of what's necessary for effective treatment, a new study suggests.
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Calls to tighten alcohol controls to combat a rise in consumption by young people are rejected by ministers.
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Â· Crackdown on alcohol-related road deaths  Â· European safety figures show UK falling behind
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The government should fund television and other health warnings against excessive consumption of alcohol just as it funds campaigns against smoking, the charity Alcohol Concern said yesterday as Britain&#39;s teenagers were confirmed as among the worst binge
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The Bush administration on Thursday  claimed major successes in reducing illegal drug use among  teens, but lawmakers from both parties criticized its proposed  budget that would cut several anti-drug programs.
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SANTA FE, New Mexico  - In a novel move to curb drunk driving, New Mexico is using talking urinals to remind drinkers to not get behind the wheel when drunk.
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Medication that alters the brainâs response to alcohol could change the treatment of problem drinking so that it more closely resembles the type of care now routine for diabetes, high cholesterol and depression.
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Despite growth in the amount spent advertising alcohol, spending on public service ads against underage drinking has fallen.
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Jane Fumich and her team visit Cleveland's churches, public housing holiday parties and ward club meetings trying to give away the government's money &#151; without much success. A year after the Medicare overhaul became law, the Bush administration is struggling to get the poor signed up for a drug discount card that comes with &#36;1,200 in aid between now and 2006.
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The federal program that provides legal help to poor Americans turns away half of its applicants for lack of resources. But that hasn't stopped its executives from lavishing expensive meals, chauffeur-driven cars and foreign trips on themselves.
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By Kent, Joan  A suggestion to add a nickel surcharge on beer sales to fund an alcohol policy coordinator in La Crosse went flat at the Alcohol Oversight Committee meeting Wednesday.
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A U.N. study says that declines in AIDS in eight countries show that prevention programs work, but said prevention efforts have reached far too few of the people at risk.
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Medication that alters the brain&#39;s response to alcohol could change the treatment of problem drinking so that it more closely resembles the type of care now routine for diabetes, high cholesterol and depression.