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  <title><![CDATA[Drunk Drivers with Kids in Car Could Face Felonies in N.Y.]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[The New York state Assembly has passed a bill that would make it a felony offense to drive while intoxicated if children under age 16 are in the vehicle.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:05:00 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[NYC: Police DWI Case Leads to Policy Reform]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[New York police may soon be able to get expedited warrants to conduct involuntary blood-alcohol tests on drunk-driving suspects.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:05:30 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Family Dinners Still Popular in U.S. Homes]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[More than 60 percent of families in the U.S. said they ate family dinners together at least five nights during the past week, according to a new survey .]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:14:17 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Outlaw Alcohol Sports Sponsorships, Researchers Say]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Governments should ban alcoholic-beverage firms from sponsoring sports teams and sporting events, which could instead be supported by taxes on alcohol products, according to researchers.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:30:48 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Male Athletes Drink More, Smoke Less, Study Finds]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Adolescent males who play team sports are less likely to smoke cigarettes or be depressed but are more likely to drink alcohol and get into fights, whereas sports participation generally reduces risky behavior among girls.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:28:10 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[NH: Drunk-Driving Victims' Kin Seek Roadside Memorial Signs]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Makeshift roadside memorials have sprung up nationwide at the site of fatal alcohol crashes, and now advocates in New Hampshire say a similar concept could raise public awareness about the dangers of drunk driving.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:24:50 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[FDA Threatens Ban on Alcoholic Energy Drinks]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Alcoholic drinks that contain caffeine are facing an imminent ban by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) unless manufacturers can clearly show that the products are safe for consumers.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:49:00 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Military Deploying Therapists to Attack Combat Stress at Source]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[The Pentagon is sending a record number of mental-health professionals into combat zones in Afghanistan to meet the needs of U.S. troops.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:16:49 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Alcohol Use Hinders In-Vitro Fertilization, Study Finds]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[The odds of achieving a live birth through in-virto fertilization (IVF) fell by 26 percent if either sex partner consumed four or more alcoholic drinks weekly, according to a new study.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:52:34 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[More States Allowing High-Alcohol Beer]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Beer with alcohol levels two or three times higher than your typical Budweiser or Coors are being sold in a growing number of states.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:59:29 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[iPhone App for 12-Steppers Developed]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[A new application program for the Apple iPhone connects people in recovery with a support network of peers in the 12-step community.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Mon, 9 Nov 2009 23:02:14 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Study Explores Action of Alcohol-Related Metabolic 'Switch']]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[A study of fruit flies finds that heavy drinking may initiate a genetic process that increases alcohol tolerance but also switches the body from metabolizing alcohol to forming fat in the liver -- the underpinning of the deadly disease cirrhosis.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Mon, 9 Nov 2009 22:55:05 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[MADD Launches Program To Help Parents Influence Teen Alcohol Behavior]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) and Nationwide Insurance have launched a multi-media program to give parents of high school students the communication tools they need to stop teen alcohol use. ]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Thu, 5 Nov 2009 15:03:54 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Address Drinking, Smoking to Raise Life Expectancy: WHO]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[About one in four premature deaths worldwide can be traced to five preventable health factors -- alcohol use, poor childhood nutrition, unsafe sex, bad sanitation and hygiene, and high blood pressure -- according to the World Health Organization (WHO).]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:16:34 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[U.K. Drug Czar Fired for Saying Illegal Drugs Less Harmful Than Alcohol, Cigarettes]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown has fired his drug czar after David Nutt said that LSD and ecstasy are less dangerous drugs than alcohol or tobacco.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:11:42 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Study Shows How Alcohol Can Spread Cancer]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Researchers from Rush University Medical Center may have discovered how alcohol transforms regular cancer cells into a more aggressive form of the disease that can spread to other areas of the body.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:04:15 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Cheap Alcohol Appeals to Problem Drinkers, Study Finds]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[About 70 percent of the alcohol consumed by a group of problem drinkers in Scotland had been bought at a discount, according to a study that concluded that heavy drinkers actively seek out cheap alcohol and that setting minimum alcohol prices could cut overconsumption.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Tue, 3 Nov 2009 22:50:00 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Cut Drunk Driving Standard to .05 Percent, MADD Canada Says]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Quebec should cut its legal blood-alcohol limit to .05 percent as recommended by the province's transport minister in 2007, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Canada says.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Tue, 3 Nov 2009 21:51:20 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[New Brews Sacrifice Alcohol, Flavor to Save Calories]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[U.S. brewers are promoting a new class of ultra-low calorie beers that have lower alcohol content than typical mass-marketed full-strength and light brews.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:28:00 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Former Anheuser-Busch Spokesperson Sues Over 'Frat Party' Work Environment]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Francine Katz, the longtime spokesperson for brewer Anheuser-Busch, is suing the company for sexual discrimination, saying that she earned lower pay than her male colleagues and endured a 'locker room' and 'frat party' atmosphere during her 20 years with the company.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:50:32 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Could Choice of Antipsychotic Medication Impact Alcohol Use in Patients with Serious Mental Illness?]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Researchers compared the relative impact of first- and second-generation antipsychotic medications on alcohol use in patients with schizophrenia and a co-occurring alcohol use disorder.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:23:36 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Are Brief Alcohol Interventions Likely to be Effective in Routine Primary Care Practice?]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Researchers conducted a meta-analysis to determine the effectiveness of brief interventions for nondependent unhealthy alcohol use in primary care settings.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:22:29 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Alcohol, Other Lifestyle Factors, and Mortality]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Data from the Health and Retirement Study are compared to determine whether the survival benefit associated with moderate alcohol use remains after accounting for nontraditional risk factors such as socioeconomic status (SES) and functional limitations.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:21:54 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Does Mandated Treatment Improve Outcomes for Women with Co-occurring Disorders and Histories of Violence?]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Researchers studied participants in the national Women, Co-occurring Disorders, and Violence Study to determine if women mandated to substance abuse treatment had better substance use, mental health, and trauma outcomes compared with demographically similar women who entered treatment voluntarily.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:21:35 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[APIS: New Resource on State Underage Drinking Policies]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[The Alcohol Policy Information System (APIS), a project of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, announces its latest update of state-by-state alcohol policies.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:02:51 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Cold Beer Banned in Attempt to Prevent Public Drinking]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[A Chicago suburb has banned the sale of some cold beer in order to address a local problem with public drinking.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:10:56 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Anchorage Forces Treatment on Some Homeless Alcoholics]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[The city of Anchorage, Alaska is involuntarily checking homeless people into rehab in the wake of more than a dozen deaths due to drinking, exposure and other causes.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:09:59 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Random Roadside Breath Tests Considered in Canada]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Officials in Canada are considering changing the law to allow police to conduct random roadside Breathalyzer tests for drunk driving, rather than just for-cause tests.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:25:59 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Police Tip Not Enough to Justify Breath Test for DWI, Court Says]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Police need to personally observe signs of impaired driving before pulling over a driver and administering tests for DWI, even if they received an alert from citizens about a possible drunk driver.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:57:31 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Study: Parents' Expectations Can Influence Risky Teen Behavior]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[The more parents expect their teens to engage in risky behaviors such as drinking and using drugs, the more likely their teens are to follow through with those behaviors, a study says.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:18:05 EDT</pubDate> 
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