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September-October 2006

Interventions and Assessments

  • Screening for Unhealthy Alcohol Use: Hospital or Primary Care?
  • Why Do People Enter Specialty Treatment For Alcohol Problems?
  • Combining GGT and CDT to Detect Unhealthy Alcohol Use

Health Outcomes

  • Does Drinking Coffee Protect Against Alcoholic Cirrhosis?
  • A Link Between Moderate Drinking, Congestive Heart Failure, and Myocardial Infarction?
  • Do Patients Return to Drinking After Liver Transplantation for Alcoholic Liver Disease?
  • Injury Risk Is Higher in Countries With Riskier Drinking Patterns
  • Drinking Frequency May Lower Heart Disease Risk in Men, Not Women

Special Populations

  • The Combined Effects of Drinking and Comorbidities on Mortality in Elders
  • Unhealthy Drinking and Comorbidity in American Indians
  • Prenatal Exposure to Moderate Drinking Worsens Cognition in African Americans

Journal Alert

  • National Institute Reviews Findings From a National Survey and Health Services Research
  • Medical Care Covers Alcohol and HIV Issues Among Veterans

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Slide Presentations

  • Update Sept-Oct 2006
  • Journal Club Sept-Oct 2006
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