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Bottles of cachaça, a Brazilian alcoholic beverage. An alcoholic beverage is a drink containing ethanol. Ethanol is a drug, and depressant, and even though alcohol is a legal drug in most parts of the world, many societies regulate or restrict the sale and use of it. Chemistry Main article: ethanol Ethanol (CH3CH2OH), the active ingredient in alcoholic beverages, is almost always produced by fermentation - the metabolism of carbohydrates by certain species of yeast in the abse ...
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- Add It Up: Alcohol Calorie Calculator (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)
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MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 03 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Antidepressants Help Men Decrease Alcohol Consumption
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Alcohol Interventions That Teach Practical Skills Work Best With High-Risk University Students
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
- Study Advances Evidence for Receptor’s Role in Alcohol Pleasure and Problems - March - 06, 2007
National Institutes of Health - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 08:40 EST
- Choline Shows Promise In Reducing Behavioral Effects Associated With Prenatal Alcohol Exposure
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 05:00 EST
- Eye Movement Tasks Can Be Used To Assess Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Nutritional Supplement Given After Birth Improves Learning And Behavior In Rats Exposed To ...
ScienceDaily - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Moderate drinking may benefit elderly men
Reuters - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 07:19 EST
- Alpharma Data Demonstrates Alcohol Does Not Significantly Affect Pharmacokinetics Of KADIAN(R) Capsules
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 10 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Vitamin may help alcohol-damaged babies: study
Reuters - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 07:01 EST
- 'End Ridiculous Pricing Of Alcohol' Says Doctors' Leader
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 24 Feb 2007 09:00 EST
- Expert says ban all alcohol ads
BBC - Fri, 23 Feb 2007 04:12 EST
- Eye Movement Tasks Can Be Used To Assess Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
ScienceDaily - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Stress And Alcohol Cues Appear To Target The Brain Differently To Produce Craving
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 09:00 EST
- Stress And Alcohol Cues Appear To Target The Brain Differently To Produce Craving
ScienceDaily - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Health Tip: Who Should Avoid Alcohol
MedicineNet - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 07:00 EST
- Latin American hearts suffer from obesity, stress
Reuters - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 02:01 EST
- Reduced brain growth in alcoholic families
The Earth Times - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 11:27 EST
- Study Finds Reduced Brain Growth In Alcoholics With Family Drinking History
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:00 EST
- Minorities More Likely To Receive Alcohol Counseling
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 24 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Maternal Seafood Consumption Benefits Fetal Brain Development
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 19 Feb 2007 03:00 EST
- Study Finds Reduced Brain Growth In Alcoholics With Family Drinking History
ScienceDaily - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Binge Drinking, Gender And Clinical Depression
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 08 Jan 2007 05:00 EST
- Top British doctor calls for total ban on alcohol advertising
The Earth Times - Sat, 24 Feb 2007 11:24 EST
- Study Finds Reduced Brain Growth in Alcoholics with Family Drinking History - February 21, 2007
National Institutes of Health - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:36 EST
- Binge Drinking, Gender And Clinical Depression
ScienceDaily - Fri, 05 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
- More Money To Improve Drug And Alcohol Services - SHAs Allocated 54 Million Pounds In Capital Funding, UK
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 03:00 EST
- Alcohol 'time-bomb' of Aborigines
BBC - Mon, 12 Feb 2007 11:48 EST
- Light Wine Intake Is Associated With Longer Life Expectancy In Men
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 03:00 EST
- Acting Surgeon General Issues National Call To Action On Underage Drinking
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Excessive Drinking, Not Alcoholism, May Lead To Most Alcohol-Related Problems
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 30 Jan 2007 07:00 EST
- Light Wine Intake Is Associated With Longer Life Expectancy In Men
ScienceDaily - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Study: 7.2 million U.S. teens binge drink
MSNBC - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 02:23 EST
- Alaska tops states for drug use
The Earth Times - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 06:41 EST
- NIDA News Scan #48 - February 26, 2007 (PDF, 393 KB)
National Institutes of Health - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:26 EST
- Personality Traits Tracked To Learn More About Alcoholism
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
- Training program cuts drinking in college students
Reuters - Fri, 23 Feb 2007 02:10 EST
- Boosting Brain Power With Chocolate
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Concorde Grape Juice Has Heart-health Benefits Like Red Wine
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 31 Jan 2007 07:00 EST
- Study Questions Pregnancy Fish Limit
WebMD - Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:40 EST
- A Form Of The Alcohol Dehydrogenase Gene May Protect Afro-Trinidadians From Developing Alcoholism
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 30 Jan 2007 11:00 EST
- Most Britons turn to alcohol when stressed
The Earth Times - Thu, 01 Feb 2007 05:43 EST
- Vital Signs: Childbirth: Cutting Caffeine Not Found to Affect Birth Weight
New York Times - Mon, 12 Feb 2007 10:21 EST
- China in civet cat crackdown to prevent SARS
Reuters - Wed, 14 Feb 2007 07:24 EST
- China in civet cat crackdown to prevent SARS
Reuters - Wed, 14 Feb 2007 07:24 EST
- Researchers Track Personality Traits To Learn More About Alcoholism
ScienceDaily - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Pregnant? Say Yes to Seafood
Washington Post - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 05:00 EST
- Characteristics Of Patients At Increased Risk For Compulsive Gambling Associated With Taking Parkinson's Meds
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 19 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Women And Recovery From Alcoholism
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
- Study finds clues to Parkinson's drug gambling
Reuters - Mon, 12 Feb 2007 09:04 EST
- Excessive Drinking, Not Alcoholism, May Lead To Most Alcohol-related Problems
ScienceDaily - Fri, 26 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
- Parkinson's Disease Medications And Characteristics Of Increased Risk For Compulsive Gambling Linked
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 15 Feb 2007 06:00 EST
- Both Genetics And Dopaminergic Neurotransmission Have A Role In Delirium Tremens
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:00 EST
- Fifth Annual Conference On College Depression
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:00 EST
- States Differ On Treatment Or Incarceration For Pregnant Women Who Abuse Alcohol
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 19 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
- Characteristics Of Increased Risk For Compulsive Gambling Linked To Parkinson's Disease Medications
ScienceDaily - Thu, 15 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Men With Hypertension Who Drink Moderate Amounts Of Alcohol May Have A Lower Risk Of Heart Attack
ScienceDaily - Wed, 03 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
- Vitamin D may prevent alcohol-related bone loss
Reuters - Tue, 30 Jan 2007 04:39 EST
- West Australian Women: Drinking Before, And During, Pregnancy
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 30 Jan 2007 09:00 EST
- Efficient Consumption Of Copper Allows Fungus To Infect The Brain
ScienceDaily - Fri, 09 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Both Genetics And Dopaminergic Neurotransmission Have A Role In Delirium Tremens
ScienceDaily - Fri, 26 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
- Food-mood Connection: The Sad Are Twice As Likely To Eat Comfort Food
ScienceDaily - Fri, 02 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Alcohol, When Consumed In Moderation, Reduces The Risk Of Death, And Not Just That Due To Cardiovascular Disease
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 25 Dec 2006 02:00 EST
- Mood-Food Connection: We Eat More And Less-Healthy Comfort Foods When We Feel Down, Study Finds
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 04 Feb 2007 10:00 EST
- Binge Drinking May Be Biggest Alcohol Threat: Survey
MedicineNet - Fri, 26 Jan 2007 07:00 EST
- Reducing Caffeine Intake Has No Effect On Birth Weight Or Length Of Pregnancy
ScienceDaily - Sat, 27 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
- Some Coffee OK Late in Pregnancy?
WebMD - Thu, 25 Jan 2007 11:15 EST
- Heavy drinking risky for women with hepatitis
Reuters - Fri, 02 Feb 2007 03:44 EST
- New Paradigm Health Systems, Inc. Introduces Rapid Blood Alcohol Reduction Product
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 09 Dec 2006 08:00 EST
- Pilot Study Shows Withdrawal Drug Offers Symptom Relief To Crohn's Sufferers
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Reducing Caffeine Intake Has No Effect On Birth Weight Or Length Of Pregnancy
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 28 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
- Don't Drink the Hand Sanitizer
WebMD - Wed, 31 Jan 2007 07:56 EST
- Withdrawal Drug Offers Symptom Relief To Crohn's Sufferers, Study Shows
ScienceDaily - Sun, 04 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Can't Cure Common Cold, But Coffee Benefits Perk
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 25 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
- Ethnic Disparities In Alcohol Services
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 08 Jan 2007 06:00 EST
- Heavy drinking riskier for women with hep C
MSNBC - Fri, 02 Feb 2007 08:29 EST
- Many parents don't recognize drug abuse
The Earth Times - Fri, 26 Jan 2007 01:34 EST
- California Department Of Alcohol And Drug Programs And The Partnership For A Drug-Free America(R) Launch New Anti-Methamphetamine Awareness Campaign
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 18 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
- Over Thirty Month Old Heifer Enters UK Food Chain Without Being Tested For BSE
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 25 Jan 2007 06:00 EST
- Heavy Drinking Takes Excessive Toll On Women With Hepatitis C
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 30 Jan 2007 06:00 EST
- Despite advances, Britain has health gap
The Earth Times - Tue, 23 Jan 2007 09:31 EST
- The G Allele Of The Mu-Opioid Receptor Gene Is Linked To Craving For Alcohol
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 07 Jan 2007 11:00 EST
- Fruits And Vegetable Consumption Linked To Cost, Cultural Preferences
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 26 Dec 2006 08:00 EST
- G Allele Of Mu-opioid Receptor Gene Is Linked To Craving For Alcohol
ScienceDaily - Fri, 05 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
- Studies Examine Pregnancy Among Nurses Exposed To Chemotherapy, STI Counseling For Young Women, Preventing Alcohol-Exposed Fetuses
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 23 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
- Adolescent Smokers Have A Greater Risk Of Developing Alcohol-use Disorders Than Nonsmokers
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 30 Nov 2006 09:00 EST
- Dentists Sink Their Teeth Into Fighting Alcoholism - Patients Approve
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 11 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
- Further Evidence That Alcohol, When Consumed In Moderation, Reduces Risk Of Death
ScienceDaily - Wed, 13 Dec 2006 04:00 EST
- Many Hispanics Shun Help for Alcohol Abuse
MedicineNet - Mon, 08 Jan 2007 07:00 EST
- Scientists develop a compound that can block craving for alcohol
The Earth Times - Tue, 26 Dec 2006 08:00 EST
- CAMH Study Sheds Light On Motherhood, Marriage And Mental Illness
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 21 Jan 2007 02:00 EST
- Divorced moms, more mental illness
The Earth Times - Wed, 17 Jan 2007 06:45 EST
- Motherhood, Marriage And Mental Illness
ScienceDaily - Sat, 20 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
- Dentists Sink Their Teeth Into Fighting Alcoholism, Patients Approve - Study Shows Most Feel Comfortable Discussing Drinking Habits With Their Dentist
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 08 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
- Gender And Obesity Key Factors In Habitual Snoring
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 24 Dec 2006 08:00 EST
- Low To Moderate Blood Alcohol Level Linked To Reduced Mortality Following Traumatic Head Injury
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 23 Dec 2006 12:00 EST
- Study questions “gateway” theory of drug abuse
MSNBC - Mon, 15 Jan 2007 10:58 EST
- Study questions "gateway" theory of drug abuse
Reuters - Mon, 15 Jan 2007 08:40 EST
- New Discovery Opens Door For Drugs For Alcohol Addiction
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 23 Dec 2006 11:00 EST
- New Evidence On Why Alcohol Consumption Is A Risk Factor For Cancer
ScienceDaily - Tue, 31 Oct 2006 04:00 EST
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