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		<title>Drugs and Sex</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 03:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gray Sahacrash</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[About Drugs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alcohol]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Drug and Sex, truth and lies of drugs and sex, drug denials as sexual stimulants, excitement through alcohol and everything related to drug addiction and sex. Sexual behavior is influenced by multiple factors, including chemical effects induced by certain substances. This is why it is difficult to determine reliably the effect of a particular substance, [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Sexual behavior is influenced by multiple factors, including chemical effects induced by certain substances. This is why it is difficult to determine reliably the effect of a particular substance, because the response that this substance is able to produce in a person depends on the interaction of factors such as dosage and pharmacological action of the substance, the personal situation willingness and expectation generated in the person of the effects of the drug, their relationship with their regular sexual partner and the individual&#8217;s personality.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">For all this, the effect will produce a chemical on a person&#8217;s sexual behavior is different in each individual, depending on the interaction of the factors mentioned above.<span id="more-554"></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The mechanisms by which drugs affect sexual response, including primarily a chemical alteration of the nerves or blood vessels, which regulate this response, making the mechanism of erection or orgasm. In other cases, the brain, interfere with sex drive.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">In humans, the effects of drugs have been demonstrated with greater accuracy because the sexual response is more visible and therefore more quantifiable. Although there is strong evidence that affect sexual interest, the effects are similar for both sexes.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Alcohol in Sex<br />
The low-dose alcohol lowers sexual inhibitions and may not be shown to increase sexual pleasure. As intake increases, it disturbs the excitement phase, leading to inhibited sexual desire.<br />
Alcohol is a substance that depresses the central nervous system functions and at first you do with brain functions that control the fear causing disinhibition and reducing anxiety. But as increasing the dose decreases the level of consciousness and begin to hang the intellectual functions.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">It has been shown that even in moderate amounts, significantly suppressed erection in men and decreases in pulse pressure in the vagina in women.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Eventually improve somehow the sex but only when there is a state of anxiety related to sexual behavior. This is while the amount of alcohol intake should be sufficient to cause the desired effect without exerting disinhibitory a negative effect on arousal. The problem is that it creates a tolerance which means going progressively increased doses of alcohol to achieve the same effect.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">When consumption is excessive and prolonged dysfunction are multiple genital level as a result of permanent neurological changes that cause addiction. Impotence is usually the most common sexual dysfunction. Also there is a change of behavior as aggression, degradation of the couple, excessive jealousy and loss of self-criticism.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Other Drugs<br />
Many hallucinogens, especially LSD and marijuana are used by many as an aphrodisiac, but its precise effect on sexual behavior has not been demonstrated with certainty. If it has been shown that chronic use of marijuana decreases testosterone levels and may affect sperm production.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Amphetamines are drugs that have a nervous system stimulant, many consumers say that high-dose increases sexual interest, confidence and relaxation. Although in many cases after accustomed to use, it is very difficult to have sex without it.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Ecstasy has been achieved in recent years a disproportionate fame triggered by the effects on sexual behavior, which is why many call it the love drug because it reduces inhibitions and makes communication easier. But it causes impairment of libido and arousal.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Cocaine is also a nervous system stimulant substance. Its effect depends ultimately on the expectations on the person. Its effects are highly controversial, some people find that it increases the duration of erection, desire and causes very short and intense orgasms. Although the majority states that lowers the erection after consumption.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">As to snuff, there are many studies that claim that acts as a major risk factor for the development of impotence to have a vasoconstrictor effect by decreasing the circulation to the genital level.</p>
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		<title>Effects of Alcohol on Health</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 11:41:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alcohol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alcohol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amnestic disorders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Central nervous system]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Korsakoff syndrome]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The effects on major organ systems are cumulative and include lesions that may be partially reversible with abstinence and others that are kept indefinitely. Chronic alcohol intake can damage the central nervous system permanently. Persistent amnestic disorders occur that cause learning difficulties (Korsakoff syndrome), ataxia and paralysis associated with ocular confusion (Wernicke), severe memory disturbances, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft" src="http://www.blogsalud.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/efectos-alcoholismo.gif" alt="alcoholism effects" width="245" height="200" />The effects on major organ systems are cumulative and include lesions that may be partially reversible with abstinence and others that are kept indefinitely.</p>
<p>Chronic alcohol intake can damage the central nervous system permanently. Persistent amnestic disorders occur that cause learning difficulties (Korsakoff syndrome), ataxia and paralysis associated with ocular confusion (Wernicke), severe memory disturbances, dementia and chronic psychiatric disorders such as anxiety, hallucinations, delusions and disorders mood (sadness). Acute ingestion also produces disorders of coordination, balance, sleep and episodes of amnesia. The peripheral nervous system lesions, such as tingling, paresthesias and numbness of the extremities, are related to vitamin B1 deficiency.</p>
<p>The consumption of acute and chronic alcohol also produces a wide range of alterations in the digestive system, among which esophagitis, gastritis, presence of gastroesophageal tears violent vomiting, the appearance of gastroduodenal ulcers and acute pancreatitis. In addition, consumption of alcohol may cause severe liver damage (ALD). At first, the fat accumulates in the cells of this organ and the liver is enlarged, but in most cases, no symptoms. Some people develop alcohol-induced hepatitis, which causes inflammation and death of liver cells (hepatocytes) and is manifested by jaundice in the eyes and skin. In 20% of alcoholics appears to cirrhosis, irreversible condition in which normal liver tissue is replaced by fibrous tissue, producing a very severe impairment of liver function.<span id="more-438"></span></p>
<p>Drinking alcohol also can damage the heart muscle, causing arrhythmias and heart failure. Almost a third of cases of cardiomyopathy are due to alcohol abuse. Sometimes, we develop a typical form of hypertension, which is a major cause of stroke (stroke).</p>
<p>Other effects of alcohol on the body are the changes in blood cells (anemia), amenorrhea and abortions in women, and testicular atrophy and decreased erectile capacity in man.</p>
<p>Withdrawal symptoms may appear several hours after stopping alcohol consumption after a period of prolonged abuse. Symptoms such as nausea, sweating, tremors, anxiety and insomnia, are more intense between the second and third day and maybe two or three days later. Delirium tremens is a rare and severe withdrawal that is characterized by a state of confusion (delirium) with terrifying hallucinations and a significant excited state.</p>
<p>It has been shown that ingestion of alcohol during pregnancy, even in moderate amounts, can cause severe damage to the fetus, especially late in the physical and mental development, as more severe form called &#8220;fetal alcohol syndrome.&#8221; In addition, some babies exposed to alcohol during fetal maturation occur after behavioral problems, attention disorders, or difficulties in abstract thinking.</p>
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		<title>How to  Beat Alcoholism With an Alcohol Treatment Center</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 01:46:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gray Sahacrash</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alcohol]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The disease of Alcoholism is completely curable and there are many programs and treatment approaches for how to beat alcoholism alcohol treatment center. No matter how you determine that a person suffering from Alcoholism, is that recognition of the problem, the first and most important in the healing process. People with addiction to alcohol may [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.txcda.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/How-to-Beat-Alcoholism-With-an-Alcohol-Treatment-Center.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-81 alignleft" title="How to Beat Alcoholism With an Alcohol Treatment Center" src="http://www.txcda.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/How-to-Beat-Alcoholism-With-an-Alcohol-Treatment-Center.jpg" alt="" width="252" height="308" /></a>The disease of Alcoholism is completely curable and there are many programs and treatment approaches for how to beat alcoholism alcohol treatment center. No matter how you determine that a person suffering from Alcoholism, is that recognition of the problem, the first and most important in the healing process.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">People with addiction to alcohol may feel drawn by family or society in search of healing under pressure, if such is the case, probably not work. However, if the petition is valid for sobriety and sincere help to recover a treatment center for alcoholism<strong> </strong>and alcoholics stay sober.</p>
<p>If someone recognizes they have a <a href="http://www.txcda.org/how-do-i-choose-the-best-alcohol-and-drug-addiction-treatment.htm">problem with alcohol</a>, occurs most often after a series of negative consequences of alcohol consumption in chronic and excessive. A person may be the cause of an accident that alcohol has caused injury or death and driving with health problems related to alcohol or ostracism against the family and friends who are tired of pain and suffering they have been diagnosed with alcoholism in their lives.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">These are just some of the worst-case scenarios that the person must cope with the abuse of alcohol, as deterioration progresses and addiction. Alcoholism can be effectively combated with a treatment center for alcohol.</p>
<p>The main objective of the treatment facility for alcohol and find ways to stop drinking and avoid all risks and dangers associated with alcohol abuse. There will be some services offered advice on a waste water treatment plant (to individuals, families and groups), therapy, and 12 step meetings.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Admit that you have a problem with alcohol; a person is the first step and the tricky part. , Ask a treatment center for alcohol, a number of people around the world to know the motivation and support necessary for a clean and sober life, the sins committed.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.txcda.org/category/drug-addiction-treatment">Treatment centers </a>allow an alcoholic to a new life, which cannot be forgotten for chronic alcohol abuse to learn. The residents live together and with the support, and many must be provided to a significant portion of recovery. Feeling that he had supported many alcoholics, the stronger and more able to feel far from the temptations and urges them to drink alcohol.</p>
<p>There are several ways a person can go to find a treatment center specializing qualified for alcohol. One option is to talk to a doctor and request a delay, another way to search online for the treatment focuses on local and not another option is to consult members of the clergy.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">One of these methods are capable of achieving productive results and bring in the right direction. Asking for help is never easy, but it is an Alcoholic Recovery Facility dignity and respect, is the sum. You&#8217;re not afraid to ask for help, you can save the lives of their own.</p>
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		<title>Social Drugs Among Adolescents</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 06:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon Keisha</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[About Drugs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Consumption of any drug by adolescents, there is, in most cases, through so-called social drugs. These drugs are alcohol, snuff, marijuana and cocaine. In turn, within the previous point, the snuff is the substance used by the majority in the first instance, followed by alcohol. These two substances, snuff and alcohol are the most frequently [...]]]></description>
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<p>Consumption of any drug by adolescents, there is, in most cases, through so-called social drugs. These drugs are alcohol, snuff, marijuana and cocaine. In turn, within the previous point, the snuff is the substance used by the majority in the first instance, followed by alcohol. These two substances, snuff and alcohol are the most frequently among adolescents.</p>
<p>They are different factors that can lead to a teenager, and any other individual in age range, drug use, whatever substances. Since psychological, social, personal, family, curious. It is impossible to highlight one factor over others.</p>
<p><strong>Factors influencing drug use</strong><br />
As mentioned above, there are different factors that can lead to adolescent drug use. Just as different types of drugs that can be consumed, noting that social drugs are the most common in this age, however, is of a note that not all drugs and affect social function the same way.<br />
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You often hear that social drugs, drugs or any social function as a gateway to more dangerous drugs. This may be considered as an error. Often, drugs are not in themselves generate a switch to other drugs, be they hard or are otherwise, if that can be considered are the same reasons and the same factors that led to the primary consumption of a drug The consumption leading to a more powerful or different.</p>
<p><strong>Types of drugs among adolescents</strong><br />
The snuff, alcohol, marijuana and cocaine, are drugs that, in that order, most consumed among adolescents. In this regard it is worth noting that the form of consumption, the place of consumption, given the circumstances for use, are what determine the risks that may ensue.</p>
<p>The dangers with these substances, except marijuana, a substance that is not lethal, are presented to the abuse and how regularly you eat. In turn, much like snuff alcohol are legal drugs, which have important advertising.</p>
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		<title>Alcohol</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 11:44:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann Brown</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alcohol]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Drug is a central nervous system depressant that gradually inhibits the functions of the brain, affecting self-control and producing euphoria and disinhibition, as can be confused with a stimulant. Alcohol in excess can cause short-term effects such as alcohol poisoning, coma and even cause death, also contributes to risk behaviors, and alcohol inhibitions and causes [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong><a href="http://www.txcda.org/">Drug</a></strong> is a central nervous system depressant that gradually inhibits the functions of the brain, affecting self-control and producing euphoria and disinhibition, as can be confused with a stimulant.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.txcda.org/category/types-and-effects-of-drugs/alcohol-about-drugs">Alcohol</a></strong> in excess can cause short-term effects such as <strong>alcohol poisoning</strong>, coma and even cause death, also contributes to risk behaviors, and alcohol inhibitions and causes a false sense security is therefore related to accidents Traffic and labor. In the long term as well as causing social and family conflicts, the health of an alcoholic is deteriorating rapidly, may have hypertension, gastritis, liver cirrhosis, heart disease, cancer, aggression and psychosis and other illnesses.</p>
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		<title>I know if my child is using drugs</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 10:47:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann Brown</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[About Drugs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Addiction to alcohol, cannabis, cocaine and synthetic drugs is a problem facing society, understand their effects and help in preventing damage. Drug use affects consumers, families, friends, coworkers. It is a problem that concerns the whole society. Although there are civil associations and NGOs to prevent and detect the problem, emphasis should be placed on [...]]]></description>
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<p>Addiction to alcohol, cannabis, <strong><a href="http://www.txcda.org/category/types-and-effects-of-drugs/cocaine-types-and-effects-of-drugs">cocaine</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.txcda.org/">synthetic drugs</a></strong> is a problem facing society, understand their effects and help in preventing damage.</p>
<p>Drug use affects consumers, families, friends, coworkers. It is a problem that concerns the whole society. Although there are civil associations and NGOs to prevent and detect the problem, emphasis should be placed on the information to the public about the types of drugs, their myths, effects, and above all, how to prevent consumption.</p>
<p>Currently there are assistance programs that focus on prevention and awareness of society in the use of drugs, besides that it has sought to improve the system to diagnose and treat the problem in its infancy. As he advanced at the same time society is changing and what was for criminals and outcasts, as the drug, now linked with the culture of leisure and fun.</p>
<p>It has also sought to lower the damage on people who drink or are in the process of rehabilitation and to reintegrate into society and the workplace. However, although there are control and prevention measures, the society must not lower our guard.</p>
<p><span id="more-308"></span>It is known in advance that the <strong><a href="http://www.txcda.org/tag/drugs">drug problem</a></strong> will not be eradicated entirely, but with help and good information anyone may face situations that directly affect him or his family and even friends.</p>
<p>The Ministry of Health of the Government of Spain published the guide entitled, Drug. A compendium of facts, myths, effects, types, risks, abuse, abuse and dependence to such substances to provide relevant information to society on consumption, the effects and consequences. In this way parents can detect early drug use by their children, what are the warning signs and what to do if you suspect substance abuse.</p>
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		<title>Health Risks of Drinking Alcohol</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 17:38:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rokki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alcohol]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Health Risks of Drinking Alcohol &#8211; Drinking alcohol is a common social practice in our society. More than 50 percent of adults in the United States have had alcoholic drinks in the last 30 days. Binge drinking is excessive and may cause health problems like heart disease and increased risk of injury. Statistics show that [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Health Risks of Drinking Alcohol</strong> &#8211; Drinking alcohol is a common social practice in our society. More than 50 percent of adults in the United States have had alcoholic drinks in the last 30 days. Binge drinking is excessive and may<a href="http://www.txcda.org/category/risk-of-alcohol"> cause health problems</a> like heart disease and increased risk of injury. Statistics show that between 2001 and 2005 approximately 79 000 adults died of wounds that can be caused by excessive alcohol use.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.txcda.org/addictions/women-alcohol-cancer.html">Excessive alcohol consumption</a> is defined as more than two drinks a day for men and more than one drink a day for women. Drinking party is considered more than five drinks in a single occasion for men and more than four drinks for women. Approximately five percent of adults drink too much and 15 percent of the drinking party. It is not known exactly how many underage drinkers are also alcohol abuse.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Alcohol is produced by the formation of sugar, yeast and starch. It is found in products such as beer, wine, and liquor. <a href="http://www.txcda.org/category/alcohol-treatment">Alcohol</a> has different effects on the body, depending on the type and amount consumed. Standard drink consists of about.6 ounces of alcohol. Reactions to alcohol also varies based on many other factors such as age, gender, race, physical condition, amount of food consumed before drinking, how fast the alcohol is consumed, the use of drugs and prescription drugs and family history of abuse.<span id="more-260"></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Alcohol is a depressant of the central nervous system that is quickly absorbed by the stomach and small intestine and metabolized by the liver. Liver can only metabolize a small amount of alcohol that leave the rest to circulate in the bloodstream affects every organ in the body. The intensity will affect directly connected to the amount of alcohol consumed.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Excessive alcohol consumption can cause problems with relationships, school, work and self-esteem. It is also associated with diseases such as cirrhosis of the liver, pancreatic, various cancers, high blood pressure and physiological disorders. This can lead to injury due to accidents such as falls, burns, firearm injuries, and car accidents. This can harm the fetus of a pregnant woman.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Violence is often associated with excessive drinking. Too much consumption can also lead to abuse and dependence. Studies show that the risk of developing this problem is even greater for youth and young adults. Youth who drink alcohol before the age of 15 years have proved five times more likely to become alcoholics than those who begin drinking at age 21 law.</p>
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		<title>Nicotine coaxes the brain</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 01:45:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gray Sahacrash</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Researchers point out that environmental signals stimulate craving. Researchers found that nicotine, the addictive component in cigarettes, &#8220;fool&#8221; the brain and memory to create associations between environmental cues and smoking behavior. This may explain why former smokers miss when lighting a cigarette in a bar or after eating. The findings of researchers from Baylor College [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Researchers point out that environmental signals stimulate craving.</em></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.txcda.org/addictions/cocaine-change-genes-function-brain.html">Researchers found that nicotine</a></strong>, the addictive component in cigarettes, &#8220;fool&#8221; the brain and memory to create associations between environmental cues and smoking behavior. This may explain why former smokers miss when lighting a cigarette in a bar or after eating.</p>
<p>The findings of researchers from Baylor College of Medicine published in the September 10 edition of the journal Neuron.</p>
<p>&#8220;Our brain normally establishes these associations between things that give support to our existence and environmental signals so that we have behaviors that lead us to have successful lives. The brain sends a signal of reward when we act in a way that contributes to our welfare &#8220;said co-author, Dr. John A. Dani, professor of neuroscience at BCM, in a press release from the university. &#8220;However, nicotine usurps this subconscious learning process in the brain, so we started to behave as if smoking was a positive action.&#8221; <span id="more-228"></span></p>
<p>Dani said that environmental events associated with smoking can be converted into tracks that stimulate craving. This information could include alcohol, a meal with friends or even the way home from work.</p>
<p>Dani and Dr. Jianrong Tang, instructor of neuroscience at BCM and co-author of the report, recorded the brain activity of rats during exposure to nicotine.</p>
<p>The rats were allowed to wander through a device that had two compartments. In a magazine, receiving nicotine. And on the other, obtained a saline solution. The researchers recorded the amount of time that mice spent in each compartment and brain activity in the hippocampus, a brain area that creates the reports.</p>
<p>&#8220;The change in brain activity was amazing,&#8221; said Dani. &#8220;Compared with injections of saline, nicotine strengthened neural connections, sometimes up to 200 percent. The strengthening of these connections emphasizes the formation of new memories.&#8221;</p>
<p>Dani said that understanding the mechanisms that create memory could have implications for future research and treatment of memory disorders such as Alzheimer&#8217;s disease and in disorders of dopamine signaling, such as Parkinson&#8217;s disease.</p>
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		<title>Multiple factors modify the risk of adolescent smoking</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 01:07:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gray Sahacrash</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is no single explanation for why teens start smoking, so concentrate on a single risk factor does not help you better understand why young people smoke, according to a study conducted in Canada. This is the conclusion of the team of Dr. Jennifer O&#8217;Loughlin, who published the results of their study in American Journal [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is no single explanation for why teens start smoking, so concentrate on a single risk factor does not help you better understand why young people smoke, according to a study conducted in Canada.</p>
<p>This is the conclusion of the team of Dr. Jennifer O&#8217;Loughlin, who published the results of their study in American Journal of Epidemiology.</p>
<p>O&#8217;Loughlin, of the University of Montreal, Quebec, suggests that efforts to <strong><a href="http://www.txcda.org/addictions/stop-smoking-nicotine-patches-longer.html">prevent smoking</a></strong> should take into account &#8220;the individual factors such as age, self-esteem, alcohol use and school performance.&#8221;</p>
<p>They should also be considered &#8220;contextual factors such as parental smoking and friends, and school smoking policies,&#8221; the expert told Reuters Health.</p>
<p>The team investigated how these factors modify the onset smoking in 877 students (half male) who had 13 years at baseline.</p>
<p>Over the next five years, the team interviewed every three months to students on the consumption of snuff and other factors potentially associated with smoking initiation. During this period, 421 (48 percent) began smoking, 87 of them (21 percent), daily.<span id="more-222"></span></p>
<p>Living in a single parent and poor school performance has increased the <strong><a href="http://www.txcda.org/addictions/smoking-pain.html">risk of starting to smoke</a></strong>. Drinking alcohol tripled the risk.</p>
<p>Having brothers and friends who smoke increased two to three times the risk of teens smoking. If the parent, teachers and school staff smoked, the risk of starting smoking was multiplied by 50 percent or more.</p>
<p>Feeling the urge to smoke a cigarette rose six times the risk. Adolescents who felt stressed, acting impulsively and were susceptible to snuff advertising were also more likely to start smoking.</p>
<p>In contrast, gender, parental education, the feeling of depression, concerns about weight or overweight, the pursuit of new sensations, exercise and sports, and watching TV were among the factors that were not associated with increased risk of starting to smoke.</p>
<p>Prevention programs and smoking cessation-oriented social snuff consumption in the home and school, as well as advertising on snuff would have a positive effect on adolescent cigarette smoking, summarizes O&#8217;Loughlin.</p>
<p>The authors suggest that more research is needed on factors associated with alcohol consumption and smoking, and genetic variables associated with the risk of starting to smoke.</p>
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		<title>Women, alcohol and cancer</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 01:34:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gray Sahacrash</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A study of nearly 1.3 million British women provides more evidence on moderate alcohol consumption and increased risk in a variety of cancers. The British researchers surveyed middle-aged women with breast cancer in the clinics, about their health habits and followed up for seven years. A quarter of women reported no alcohol use and most [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A study of nearly 1.3 million British women provides more evidence on moderate <strong><a href="http://www.txcda.org/drug-addiction-treatment/10-benefits-drinking-alcohol.html">alcohol consumption</a></strong> and increased risk in a variety of cancers.</p>
<p>The British researchers surveyed middle-aged women with breast cancer in the clinics, about their health habits and followed up for seven years.</p>
<p>A quarter of women reported no alcohol use and most of the remainder reported that the average consumption was one drink per day.</p>
<p>The researchers compared to light drinkers of two or fewer drinks a week, with people who drank more.</p>
<p>Each extra drink per day increased the risk of breast cancer, rectum and liver, from the University of Oxford, researchers report in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.</p>
<p>The <strong><a href="http://www.txcda.org/alcohol-treatment/alcoholic-beverages-health.html">type of alcoholic beverages</a></strong> such as, wine, beer or spirits did not matter, defined earlier research that alcohol consumption was associated with esophageal and oral cancer, only when the drinkers were smokers.</p>
<p>Furthermore, moderate drinkers actually had a lower risk of thyroid cancer, Hodgkin lymphoma and renal cell cancer.</p>
<p>For a woman the risk is manifested by a small total alcohol in developed countries, about 118 of every 1,000 women develop any of these types of cancer and every extra daily drink added 11 breast cancers, plus four other types.</p>
<p>But in the whole population, 13 percent of cancer cases in Britain may be attributable to alcohol, this being the conclusion of the study.</p>
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