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May-June 2005

Interventions and Assessments

  • Brief Counseling at Regular Office Visits Reduces Drinking for 1 Year
  • Opiate Antagonists for Alcohol Dependence: Do They Work?
  • AUDIT and CRAFFT Outperform CAGE in Screening Young People

Health Outcomes

  • Alcohol May Increase the Risk of Colon Cancer
  • No U-Shaped Curve for Alcohol and All-Cause Mortality in Younger Men
  • Drinking Frequency and Amount Have Opposite Effects on BMI
  • Intimate Partner Violence: The Role of Alcohol
  • Moderate Drinking and a Longer Life
  • Alcohol and the Risk of Renal Cell Cancer in Male Smokers

Special Populations

  • The Prevalence of Drinking Among Women Who Are or Might Become Pregnant
  • Predicting Drinking Patterns Among Aging Adults
  • Comorbidity Doesn't Explain the Prevalence of Alcoholism in Native Americans

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  • Update May-June 2005
  • Journal Club May-June 2005
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