Preventing Excessive Alcohol Use: What Public Health Can Do
Preventing Excessive Alcohol Use: What Public Health Can Do – Excessive alcohol use, including underage drinking and binge drinking (drinking 5 or more drinks during a single occasion for men or 4 or more drinks during a single occasion for women), is responsible for 80000 deaths and 2.3 million years of potential life lost in the US each year, and cost the United States 3.5 billion in 2006 or about .90 per drink. This powerful session of Public Health Grand Rounds explored the public health impact of excessive alcohol use and evidence-based strategies to prevent it, with specific attention to the role that state and local public health agencies play in addressing this important public health problem. Comments on this video are allowed in accordance with our comment policy: www.cdc.gov This video can also be viewed at www.cdc.gov
Cancer, obesity near top of health challenges for region
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New London – Obesity, inadequate access to health care, cancer, mental and behavioral health including drug and alcohol abuse, asthma, and sexual health including sexually transmitted diseases and teen pregnancy, are the six main health challenges …
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Warren lunch draws homeless or near-homeless
Filed under: drug rehab treatment- lowering the drinking age
Kaczmarek said she will plan to take the Salvation Army van out with soup and hot drinks every afternoon between 3 and 4:30 p.m. whenever the temperature drops to 15 degrees or lower. Roxanne, a 51-year-old … The man said the biggest reason he sees …
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