Showing posts with label alcohol and health care/medicine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label alcohol and health care/medicine. Show all posts
Monday, February 10, 2014

Study: Healthcare Utilization Rates After Treatment Are Equivalent Among Abstinent and Low-Risk Drinkers

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A fascinating new study will add to the small, but growing, treatment literature suggesting that low-risk drinking is a viable option for pe...
Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Study: Burden of Disease Associated with Alcohol-use Disorders Higher Than Previously Thought

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In a paper published online last week in the journal, Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research , a group of international researcher...
Friday, January 3, 2014

Are Financial Incentives the Answer to SBIRT Implementation?

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Researchers from Imperial College London may have found a way to increase alcohol screening and brief intervention in a primary care setting...
Monday, December 16, 2013

If You Build It, They Will Drink

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If there were lingering doubts about the effect of alcohol availability on alcohol consumption, a host of new studies seem to lead the reade...
Sunday, November 17, 2013

Sunday Alcohol Blue Laws: Keeping consumption in-check?

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In a brand new paper by SUNY economist Bans Yoruk, the author analyzes alcohol consumption rates in five states which recently repealed la...
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Tuesday, October 29, 2013

New Findings in Medication-Assisted Treatment

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Some interesting new studies are showing promising results for patients all over the world: Turns out, Quality of Life improvements aren...
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

New Report Outlines Global Strategy to Reduce Harmful Drinking

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New Report Recommends Public Health Focus on Harmful Drinking vs. Eliminating Consumption Tuesday, February 26, 2013 International...
Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Why SBIRT Is Dead in the Water

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In the latest issue of Health Affairs , Grace Lin et al. describe an effort to introduce decision-making aids to facilitate shared decision-...
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

How to Save $30,000 and Get Better Results

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I have had numerous patients who have been pressured by their families to "go away" to some residential treatment program, usually...
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Thursday, September 6, 2012

Continuing Care Produces Reduces Costs for Substance Use Patients

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Persuasive Research for a Chronic Care Model for Some People with SUD There are two fascinating research reports that recently...