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Alcohol and Your Health Start Losing Weight NOW Heart Basics Video Eating for Fat Loss 78 Reasons to Avoid Sugar ... Fitness Products Alcohol, or ethyl alcohol (ethanol), refers to the intoxicating ingredient found in wine, beer and hard liquor. Alcohol arises naturally from carbohydrates when certain micro-organisms metabolize them in the absence of oxygen, called fermentation. Beer, wine and other liquor contain different amounts of alcohol. The amount of alcohol in distilled liquor is known as ?proof?. Proof refers to the amount of alcohol in the liquor; for example, 100 proof liquor contains 50% alcohol, 40 proof liquor contains 20% alcohol, and so on. Traditional wine has approximately 8-14% alcohol, while regular beer has 4-6% alcohol. Recent studies show that moderate use of alcohol may have a beneficial effect on the coronary system. In general, for healthy people, one drink per day for women and no more than two drinks per day for men would be considered the maximum amount of alcohol consumption to be considered moderate use. (By ?healthy? people, we are referring to non-pregnant women, individuals not addicted to alcohol, and people without pre-existing medical conditions, among others). However, the amount of alcohol that a person can drink safely is highly individual, depending on genetics, age, sex, weight and family history, etc. A ?drink? is considered to be:

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Bladder Control for Women Why talk about bladder control? Women of all ages have bladder control problems. Some younger women find they can't hold their urine after having a baby. Others have problems when they stop having periods. Many women over the age of 75 also have bladder control problems. You may feel ashamed about bladder control problems. Remember that it's a medical problem and it's not your fault. Millions of women have the same problem. Don't believe people who tell you that urine leakage is normal. It isn't. Most of the time it can be improved. Your health care team can help you. Nearly everyone with a bladder control problem can be helped. Call your clinic and find out how. Where can you go for help? You can do many things to help improve your bladder control. Talk to your family doctor or nurse If you have a more difficult case, you may need to see a urologist (yoor-ALL-uh-jist). Urologists are experts in bladder and urine problems. Some urologists specialize in the female urinary tract. A gynaecologist (guy-nuh-CALL-uh-jist) is a doctor who treats problems of the female system. Your gynaecologist can also help you with bladder control. Your doctor might also want you to see a

3. Rethinking Drinking - NIAAA What do you think about your drinking habits and how they may be affecting your health? Rethinking Drinking can help you get started. http://rethinkingdrinking.niaaa.nih.gov/

Skip to Content Skip to Menu Search Rethinking Drinking Home Page Do you enjoy a drink now and then? Many of us do, often when socializing with friends and family. Drinking can be beneficial or harmful, depending on your age and health status, and, of course, how much you drink. For anyone who drinks, this site offers valuable, research-based information. What do you think about taking a look at your drinking habits and how they may affect your health? Rethinking Drinking can help you get started "Sometimes we do things out of habit and we don't really stop to think about it. This made me think about my choices." "It emphasized that drinking is not bad in and of itself—it's how much you're doing it and how it's affecting your life." "I thought the strategies for cutting down were really good. It gives you tools to help yourself." These are comments from social drinkers who reviewed the Rethinking Drinking booklet in focus testing. We welcome your comments on the booklet and this Web site as well. Send us an

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5. Alcohol & Your Health: Alcohol Metabolism A resource for alcohol and health information. Links, articles and other resources are featured. Sponsored by AWARE Alliance for Worldwide Alcohol Research and Education. http://ru21.typepad.com/alcohol_health/alcohol_metabolism/

A resource for alcohol and health information. Links, articles and other resources are featured. Sponsored by AWARE: Alliance for Worldwide Alcohol Research and Education. Links Stop DWH: Stop Driving While Hungover AWARE: Alliance for Worldwide Alcohol Research and Education Welcome to the official site of RU-21. Alcohol Education Resources Study shows how alcohol causes cancers National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism - Alcohol Metabolism Acetaldehyde may be the culprit behind hangovers Alcohol Bill of Rights ... Blog powered by TypePad Alcohol and Urine Screens If someone has been drinking alcoholically and stops for treatment, how long after stopping will it (alcohol) continue to show up in urine screens? Thank you. The ethanol disposal rate in a 150-pound human is about 0.5 ounce of ethanol per hour, which corresponds to 12 ounces of beer (1 can), 4 ounces of wine (1 glass), or once ounce of hard liquor (one shot). So, depending on how much you've had to drink, you can calculate how long it will take to clear the alcohol so that it doesn't show up in a urine screen. Dr. Ken Krul

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The Association The Clearinghouse Substance Abuse News Home ... Links Things You Need To Know Use of alcohol is widely accepted in the United States, even though alcoholism is a major public health problem. Alcohol has been called “America’s legal drug of choice.” As we all know, alcohol can have a disastrous impact on health, job performance, and family life. Alcohol is the primary cause of liver disease, a condition with devastating nutritional consequences. Alcohol is related to half of all traffic fatalities and half of all homicides in the United States. And individuals with drinking problems have higher rates of divorces and suicide than that of the general population. Alcohol exerts a direct toxic effect on the brain, heart, bone marrow, gastrointestinal tract, and especially the liver. The effects of alcohol on the liver can lead to the development of fatty liver, alcoholic hepatitis and fibrosis, and cirrhosis. Because the liver processes everything we eat, liver damage profoundly affects nutrition.

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9. Alcohol & Your Health A resource for alcohol and health information. Links, articles and other resources are featured. Sponsored by AWARE Alliance for Worldwide Alcohol Research and Education. http://ru21.typepad.com/

A resource for alcohol and health information. Links, articles and other resources are featured. Sponsored by AWARE: Alliance for Worldwide Alcohol Research and Education. Links Stop DWH: Stop Driving While Hungover AWARE: Alliance for Worldwide Alcohol Research and Education Welcome to the official site of RU-21. Alcohol Education Resources Study shows how alcohol causes cancers National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism - Alcohol Metabolism Acetaldehyde may be the culprit behind hangovers Alcohol Bill of Rights ... Blog powered by TypePad April Is Alcohol Awareness Month April is Alcohol Awareness Month. Here are some resource links from a variety of sources highlighting alcohol and health: Oprah - Mind and Body: Spotlight on Health in April: Alcohol Awareness US Dept. of Health and Human Services: Alcohol and Drug Information US Dept. of Labor: Employers Encouraged to Recognize April as Alcohol Awarness Month National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence: 2oth Annual Alcohol Awareness Month April 19, 2006 in Alcohol and Your Health Permalink Comments (3) TrackBack (0) ... AVOIDING THE WRATH OF GRAPES Products claim to prevent morning-after ailments Whether you’re a mild, moderate or heavy drinker, morning-after hangovers don’t discriminate. According to the Mayo Clinic Web site, nearly 75 percent of people who drink to intoxication experience a hangover the next day. Because so many people experience the symptoms, many look for any way they can to prevent or treat hangovers, including over-the-counter pills which claim to help prevent the condition. From the "all-natural" pill RU-21 to a patch called Sober X, they each use a different method to reduce the effects caused by overdrinking.

10. HEPATOMA These include embolization, radiofrequency ablation, cryotherapy, and injections of alcohol. Your health care provider will discuss the options. http://www.rockwallfamilymedicine.com/patientinformation/Hepatoma_en.html

HEPATOMA BAsic information description A malignant tumor that begins in the liver. This is a primary liver cancer. Cancers that develop elsewhere in the body (such as the breast) and spread to the liver are secondary liver cancers. Hepatoma is more common in men and in those over the age of 40. frequent signs and symptoms Hard lump in the right upper abdomen. Weight and appetite loss. Jaundice (yellow skin and eyes). Abdominal pain that feels like a pulled muscle. Low blood sugar (weakness, sweating, hunger, tremor, and headache). Fever. Fluid in the abdomen; enlarged spleen. Unusual bleeding causes Exact cause is unknown. There are certain known risk factors. risk increases with Cirrhosis of the liver. Alcoholic liver disease. Hepatitis types B, C, D, and G infection. Family history of liver cancer. Alcoholism. Misuse of anabolic steroids. Geographic locations. This is especially common in South Africa and Southeast Asia. preventive measures No specific preventive measures. Steps can be taken to reduce a person's risk factors. Avoid alcohol or drink no more than 1 or 2 alcoholic drinks a day.

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Search Northeastern Home OPEN Home About ... Other Resources Other Resources 1) Calculate your personal Blood Alcohol Content 2) Links to National Websites: Self-Help Resources: Alcoholics Anonymous Al-Anon/Alateen Marijuana Anonymous Narcotics Anonymous ... Rational Recovery Systems *: a recovery program that is neither spiritually or psychologically based Secular Organization for Sobriety (Save Our Selves)*: a self-empowerment approach that supports any path or form of recovery from alcohol and/or drugs. *: an interactive website on alcohol, provided the National Institutes of Health. Facts on Tap is an up-to-date resource for college students providing straightforward information on and services for a variety of alcohol and drug-related topics, including: Alcohol and Student Life Alcohol and Sex Alcohol and Your Body Someone Else's Drinking ... Student Resources Please note : OPEN does not testify to, sponsor, or endorse any information provided on any externally linked page. OPEN provides this link for your information and for the benefit of the Northeastern community. Please note : There is no BAC calculator that is 100% accurate because of the number of factors that affect consumption and reduction (burnoff) rates of different people. These factors include amount of food in the stomach when drinking, medications or drugs that may be in the system, metabolism rates, etc. The best that can be done is a

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Home About Contact Us Written by admin on December 23, 2009 Tags: drinking alcohol Research has shown that drinking alcohol in moderate amounts can be beneficial to the health, for men over the age of 40 and women in the menopause having a couple of small drinks per day can help in the prevention of heart disease. Having said this it is also a fact that over a quarter of men and one in every six women drink enough alcohol to put their health at risk. What is a unit? A single unit of alcohol is 8 grams of pure alcohol regardless of the amount of liquid the alcohol is contained in; the strength of the alcohol is measured by the percentage of alcohol per volume. To make things easier to understand one unit of alcohol is: About half a pint of regular strength lager, beer or cider. A 25 ml measure in a pub of any spirit or a small glass of sherry or port. 125 ml of wine. Alcohol dependency People are said to be dependent on alcohol when it is drunk in large quantities and not just socially, there are a number of ways that a Doctor can tell if patients have drink problems and have become dependent on alcohol. The Doctor will ask the patient screening questions such as the amount of alcohol you drink and the frequency, if the amount you drink, does drinking lead to problems in your social life, with relationships and at work. You are said to have a dependency on alcohol if you have experienced three or more of the following in a year:

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Tertiary Alcohol Project Search UWA UWA Website This Sub-site People UWA Expertise Structure Intranet for Welcome What is TAP? Alcohol: The Effects Alcohol: The Issues ... Alcohol: the issues Alcohol Services on campus If you're wondering whether your current alcohol consumption levels are affecting your health, free drink checks are available trhough the Medical Centre. If you would like a personal and confidential assessment of your alcohol consumption please contact Tricia Wylde for an appointment on 6488 1734. A free drug and alcohol counselling service is available on campus. The service is provided by North Metro Community Drug Service. Please call 6488 2423 to make an appointment. site design by Arts Multimedia Centre Top of Page CRICOS Provider Code: 00126G Last updated: Thursday, 18 February, 2010 at 3:40 PM Location: http://www.tap.uwa.edu.au/page/83942 Page Information Printer Friendly Version Notify me when this page is updated document.write("");

16. Author: Letting Kids Drink Early Reduces Binging - CNN.com Over dinner recently, Anna Peele recalls one of the first times she drank alcohol. I was like 14 or 15, Peele says. I ordered a beer and they served me. http://edition.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/09/27/kid.drinking/index.html

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Home Programs Services Vein Center ... General Health Guidelines Sunday, November 14, 2010 Find A Doctor by location Please Select Algonquin Barrington Bolingbrook Downers Grove Elk Grove Village Elmhurst Hoffman Estates Naperville Plainfield Rockford Sandwich Vein Center Winfield Yorkville by last name Please Select All A-E F-K L-P Q-U V-Z by specialty Please Select Clinical Cardiologist Clinical Phlebologist Electrophysiologist Heart Failure Hypertension Interventional Cardiologist Invasive Cardiologist Non-Interventional Cardiologist Non-Invasive Clinical Cardiologist Pacing Specialist Vein Specialist General Health Guidelines Select your text size: Print this Page General Health Screening Recommendations Adults Abdominal aortic aneurysm One time screening by ultrasound for AAA in men ages 65-75 who have ever smoked; if you have a family history of AAA, talk to your health care provider about screening. Blood pressure Initial evaluation at age 18 and then at least every 2 years, more often if measurements are borderline.* Breast cancer Have a mammogram every 1-2 years starting at age 40;* if family history of breast cancer, check with your health care provider as to screening/diagnostic testing.

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Directory Program Confidentiality Assessment EFAP/ARS Model Services Advantages Library Funders Vision/Mission ... Email Phone FastCounter by bCentral View best @ 800x600 pixels Internet Explorer Alcohol, or ethyl alcohol (ethanol) refers to the intoxicating ingredient found in wine, beer and hard liquor. Alcohol arises naturally from carbohydrates when certain micro-organisms metabolize them in the absence of oxygen, called fermentation. Beer, wine and other liquor contain different amounts of alcohol. The amount of alcohol in distilled liquor is known as “proof”. Proof refers to the amount of alcohol in the liquor; for example, 100 proof liquor contains 50% alcohol, 40 proof liquor contains 20% alcohol, and so on. Traditional wine has approximately 8-14% alcohol, while regular beer has 4-6% alcohol. Recent studies show that moderate use of alcohol may have a beneficial effect on the coronary system. In general, for healthy people, one drink per day for women and no more than two drinks per day for men would be considered the maximum amount of alcohol consumption to be considered moderate use. (By “healthy” people, we are referring to non-pregnant women, individuals not addicted to alcohol, and people without pre-existing medical conditions, people on medication(s), among others). However, the amount of alcohol that a person can drink safely is highly individual, depending on genetics, age, sex, weight and family history, etc. A “drink” is considered to be: 4-5 ounces of wine 10 ounces of wine cooler

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