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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 02:36:42 UTC</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Hospitalization Of US Underage Drinkers Common]]></title>
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  <source url="http%3A%2F%2Fwww.medicalnewstoday.com%2Freleases%2F241773.php"><![CDATA[Hospitalization Of US Underage Drinkers Common]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Hospitalization for underage drinking is common in the United States, and it comes with a price tag -- the estimated total cost for these hospitalizations is about $755 million per year, a Mayo Clinic study has found. Researchers also found geographic and demographic differences in the incidence of alcohol-related hospital admissions... ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 02:36:42 UTC</pubDate>
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	<votes>23</votes>
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	<title><![CDATA[In Those Who Drink More, The Brain's Caudate Nucleus And Frontal Cortex Are Less Active]]></title>
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  <source url="http%3A%2F%2Fwww.medicalnewstoday.com%2Freleases%2F241736.php"><![CDATA[In Those Who Drink More, The Brain's Caudate Nucleus And Frontal Cortex Are Less Active]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Alcohol abuse and dependence are common problems in the United States due to a number of factors, two of which may be social drinking by college students and young adults, and risk taking that may lead to heavier drinking later in life... ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 02:36:42 UTC</pubDate>
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	<votes>27</votes>
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	<title><![CDATA[Adolescent Impulses To Drink Can Be Curbed By Strict Parental Rules About Drinking]]></title>
	<link>http://drinkminder.co.uk/News/adolescent-impulses-to-drink-can-be-curbed-by-strict-parental-rules-about-drinking/</link>
  <source url="http%3A%2F%2Fwww.medicalnewstoday.com%2Freleases%2F241735.php"><![CDATA[Adolescent Impulses To Drink Can Be Curbed By Strict Parental Rules About Drinking]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Frequent drinking can lead to changes in the processing of alcohol cues that can, in turn, facilitate renewed drinking if an individual's ability and motivation to reflect on drinking behaviors are insufficient... ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 02:36:42 UTC</pubDate>
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	<category>News</category>
	<votes>27</votes>
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	<title><![CDATA[7.5 Million US Kids Live With A Parent With Alcohol Problems]]></title>
	<link>http://drinkminder.co.uk/News/7-5-million-us-kids-live-with-a-parent-with-alcohol-problems/</link>
  <source url="http%3A%2F%2Fwww.medicalnewstoday.com%2Farticles%2F241730.php"><![CDATA[7.5 Million US Kids Live With A Parent With Alcohol Problems]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Using data from a national survey, a new government report released on Thursday reveals that 10.5 per cent  of children  under the age of 18 (7.5 million of this population) in the US live with a parent who has experienced an alcohol use disorder in  the past year.  The report was released to coincide with Children of Alcoholics Week, which runs from 12 to 18 February... ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 02:36:42 UTC</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>News</category>
	<votes>41</votes>
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	<title><![CDATA[Alcohol Used By Fruit Flies As A Drug To Kill Parasites]]></title>
	<link>http://drinkminder.co.uk/News/alcohol-used-by-fruit-flies-as-a-drug-to-kill-parasites/</link>
  <source url="http%3A%2F%2Fwww.medicalnewstoday.com%2Freleases%2F241804.php"><![CDATA[Alcohol Used By Fruit Flies As A Drug To Kill Parasites]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Fruit flies infected with a blood-borne parasite consume alcohol to self-medicate, a behavior that greatly increases their survival rate, an Emory University study finds... ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 02:36:41 UTC</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>News</category>
	<votes>26</votes>
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	<title><![CDATA[Alcohol Use Among Middle School Students Can Be Reduced By After-School Program]]></title>
	<link>http://drinkminder.co.uk/News/alcohol-use-among-middle-school-students-can-be-reduced-by-after-school-program/</link>
  <source url="http%3A%2F%2Fwww.medicalnewstoday.com%2Freleases%2F241447.php"><![CDATA[Alcohol Use Among Middle School Students Can Be Reduced By After-School Program]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[A voluntary substance prevention program held after school and presented by trained facilitators can help reduce alcohol use among young adolescents, according to a new RAND Corporation study... ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:36:53 UTC</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>News</category>
	<votes>33</votes>
	<guid>http://drinkminder.co.uk/News/alcohol-use-among-middle-school-students-can-be-reduced-by-after-school-program/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[New IHeal Project Aims To Detect Drug Cravings And Intervene To Stop Drug Use]]></title>
	<link>http://drinkminder.co.uk/News/new-iheal-project-aims-to-detect-drug-cravings-and-intervene-to-stop-drug-use/</link>
  <source url="http%3A%2F%2Fwww.medicalnewstoday.com%2Freleases%2F241482.php"><![CDATA[New IHeal Project Aims To Detect Drug Cravings And Intervene To Stop Drug Use]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Imagine a device combining sensors to measure physiological changes. Then imagine a smartphone with software applications designed to respond to your bodily changes in an attempt to change your behavior. That is the vision behind "iHeal," currently being developedÂ¹ by Edward Boyer from the University of Massachusetts Medical School in the US, and his colleagues... ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:36:53 UTC</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>News</category>
	<votes>35</votes>
	<guid>http://drinkminder.co.uk/News/new-iheal-project-aims-to-detect-drug-cravings-and-intervene-to-stop-drug-use/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Of Spanish Adolescents, 60 Percent State They Do Not Take Drugs And Rarely Drink Alcohol]]></title>
	<link>http://drinkminder.co.uk/News/of-spanish-adolescents-60-percent-state-they-do-not-take-drugs-and-rarely-drink-alcohol/</link>
  <source url="http%3A%2F%2Fwww.medicalnewstoday.com%2Freleases%2F241504.php"><![CDATA[Of Spanish Adolescents, 60 Percent State They Do Not Take Drugs And Rarely Drink Alcohol]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Despite the cliches surrounding the habits of adolescents, the results of a study by the University of Seville show that most young people do not fit the risk profile of taking substances. Some 60% of Spaniards aged 13 to 18 say they do not take drugs and rarely drink alcohol - only in moderation - and at the same time, less than 10% admit to have taken some form of illegal drug... ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:36:52 UTC</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>News</category>
	<votes>37</votes>
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	<title><![CDATA[Cannabis Consumption Raises Vehicle Crash Risk]]></title>
	<link>http://drinkminder.co.uk/News/cannabis-consumption-raises-vehicle-crash-risk/</link>
  <source url="http%3A%2F%2Fwww.medicalnewstoday.com%2Farticles%2F241436.php"><![CDATA[Cannabis Consumption Raises Vehicle Crash Risk]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Researchers from Dalhousie University found that, individuals are almost two times more likely to cause a vehicle collision if they consume cannabis within three hours of driving than individuals not under the influence of alcohol or drugs. The study is published today on bmj.com... ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:34:07 UTC</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>News</category>
	<votes>34</votes>
	<guid>http://drinkminder.co.uk/News/cannabis-consumption-raises-vehicle-crash-risk/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[A Child's Long-Term Development May Be Harmed By Physical Punishment]]></title>
	<link>http://drinkminder.co.uk/News/a-childs-long-term-development-may-be-harmed-by-physical-punishment/</link>
  <source url="http%3A%2F%2Fwww.medicalnewstoday.com%2Freleases%2F241245.php"><![CDATA[A Child's Long-Term Development May Be Harmed By Physical Punishment]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[An analysis of research on physical punishment of children over the past 20 years indicates that such punishment is potentially harmful to their long-term development, states an article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal)... ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:50:36 UTC</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>News</category>
	<votes>22</votes>
	<guid>http://drinkminder.co.uk/News/a-childs-long-term-development-may-be-harmed-by-physical-punishment/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[CozyBot - Cool desktop phone holder every Android fan will love!]]></title>
	<link>http://drinkminder.co.uk/News/cozybot-cool-desktop-phone-holder-every-android-fan-will-love/</link>
  <source url="http%3A%2F%2Fwww.androidacademy.com%2F3-news%2F52-handsets-a-devices%2F292-cozybot-cool-desktop-phone-holder-every-android-fan-will-love"><![CDATA[CozyBot - Cool desktop phone holder every Android fan will love!]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Early in 2012 a mysterious object appeared on the lawns outside OTAMate's HQ. What did it mean? Were the Mayans right and this was some kind of 2001 omen? Nope - it was CozyBot! Designed by OTAMate and sold through our very own shop, this is the cool desktop phone holder every Android fan will love! When news of his arrival broke on Linked In there were so many hits to the site the servers crashed. He's been sold all over the world and had sightings in Brazil, the Philippines, Canada, Australia, the Czech Republic amongst many other countries including, of course, the US. Made from sturdy ABS shatterproof plastic, the CozyBot comes in two parts and is made to the highest quality manufacturing standards - even the color is the official pantone green. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:50:33 UTC</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>News</category>
	<votes>34</votes>
	<guid>http://drinkminder.co.uk/News/cozybot-cool-desktop-phone-holder-every-android-fan-will-love/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Alcohol Consumption And Risk Of Colon Cancer In People With A Family History Of Such Cancer]]></title>
	<link>http://drinkminder.co.uk/News/alcohol-consumption-and-risk-of-colon-cancer-in-people-with-a-family-history-of-such-cancer/</link>
  <source url="http%3A%2F%2Fwww.medicalnewstoday.com%2Freleases%2F240958.php"><![CDATA[Alcohol Consumption And Risk Of Colon Cancer In People With A Family History Of Such Cancer]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[A study based on more than 87,000 women and 47,000 men in the Nurses' Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow-up Study, looks at whether there is a link between colon cancer and alcohol, and if so at what level of consumption, and the importance of a family history of the disease. A total of 1,801 cases of colon cancer were diagnosed during follow-up from 1980 onwards... ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:36:24 UTC</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>News</category>
	<votes>23</votes>
	<guid>http://drinkminder.co.uk/News/alcohol-consumption-and-risk-of-colon-cancer-in-people-with-a-family-history-of-such-cancer/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Early Intervention May Curb Dangerous College Drinking]]></title>
	<link>http://drinkminder.co.uk/News/early-intervention-may-curb-dangerous-college-drinking/</link>
  <source url="http%3A%2F%2Fwww.medicalnewstoday.com%2Freleases%2F240956.php"><![CDATA[Early Intervention May Curb Dangerous College Drinking]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[The first few weeks of college are a critical time in shaping students' drinking habits. Now Penn State researchers have a tailored approach that may help prevent students from becoming heavy drinkers. "Research shows there is a spike in alcohol-related consequences that occur in the first few weeks of the semester, especially with college freshmen," said Michael J... ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:36:23 UTC</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>News</category>
	<votes>21</votes>
	<guid>http://drinkminder.co.uk/News/early-intervention-may-curb-dangerous-college-drinking/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Abnormal Brain Structure In Both Siblings - Addiction Only Affects One]]></title>
	<link>http://drinkminder.co.uk/News/abnormal-brain-structure-in-both-siblings-addiction-only-affects-one/</link>
  <source url="http%3A%2F%2Fwww.medicalnewstoday.com%2Farticles%2F241123.php"><![CDATA[Abnormal Brain Structure In Both Siblings - Addiction Only Affects One]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[A study conducted by Dr. Karen Ersche, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, England, and published in Science, reveals that one sibling who is addicted to drugs, and the other who is not, have similar brain abnormalities. These abnormalities  come from an area of the brain that is vital for aiding people in exhibiting self control... ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:36:22 UTC</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>News</category>
	<votes>42</votes>
	<guid>http://drinkminder.co.uk/News/abnormal-brain-structure-in-both-siblings-addiction-only-affects-one/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[When Anticipating Rewards, Adolescents' And Adults' Brains Respond Differently]]></title>
	<link>http://drinkminder.co.uk/News/when-anticipating-rewards-adolescents-and-adults-brains-respond-differently/</link>
  <source url="http%3A%2F%2Fwww.medicalnewstoday.com%2Freleases%2F240471.php"><![CDATA[When Anticipating Rewards, Adolescents' And Adults' Brains Respond Differently]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Teenagers are more susceptible to developing disorders like addiction and depression, according to a paper published by Pitt researchers in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The study was led by Bita Moghaddam, coauthor of the paper and a professor of neuroscience in Pitt's Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences... ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:29:26 UTC</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>News</category>
	<votes>35</votes>
	<guid>http://drinkminder.co.uk/News/when-anticipating-rewards-adolescents-and-adults-brains-respond-differently/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Off-Campus College Party Hosts Drink More Than Attendees]]></title>
	<link>http://drinkminder.co.uk/News/off-campus-college-party-hosts-drink-more-than-attendees/</link>
  <source url="http%3A%2F%2Fwww.medicalnewstoday.com%2Freleases%2F240740.php"><![CDATA[Off-Campus College Party Hosts Drink More Than Attendees]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[On any given weekend, at least 10 percent of students at a single college could be hosting a party, and on average, party hosts who live off campus are drinking more and engaging in more alcohol-related problem behaviors than are the students attending their bashes, research suggests... ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:29:26 UTC</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>News</category>
	<votes>27</votes>
	<guid>http://drinkminder.co.uk/News/off-campus-college-party-hosts-drink-more-than-attendees/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[When Housing For The Homeless Allows Alcohol, Heavy Drinkers Imbibe Less]]></title>
	<link>http://drinkminder.co.uk/News/when-housing-for-the-homeless-allows-alcohol-heavy-drinkers-imbibe-less/</link>
  <source url="http%3A%2F%2Fwww.medicalnewstoday.com%2Freleases%2F240543.php"><![CDATA[When Housing For The Homeless Allows Alcohol, Heavy Drinkers Imbibe Less]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[A study of a controversial housing project that allows chronically homeless people with severe alcohol problems to drink in their apartments found that during their first two years in the building residents cut their heavy drinking by 35 percent. For every three months during the study, participants drank an average of 8 percent fewer drinks on their heaviest drinking days... ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:33:53 UTC</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>News</category>
	<votes>37</votes>
	<guid>http://drinkminder.co.uk/News/when-housing-for-the-homeless-allows-alcohol-heavy-drinkers-imbibe-less/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[New Research Shows How Neurons Interact And Could Lead To New Treatment For Addiction]]></title>
	<link>http://drinkminder.co.uk/News/new-research-shows-how-neurons-interact-and-could-lead-to-new-treatment-for-addiction/</link>
  <source url="http%3A%2F%2Fwww.medicalnewstoday.com%2Freleases%2F240493.php"><![CDATA[New Research Shows How Neurons Interact And Could Lead To New Treatment For Addiction]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Harvard scientists have developed the fullest picture yet of how neurons in the brain interact to reinforce behaviors ranging from learning to drug use, a finding that might open the door to possible breakthroughs in the treatment of addiction... ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:33:53 UTC</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>News</category>
	<votes>28</votes>
	<guid>http://drinkminder.co.uk/News/new-research-shows-how-neurons-interact-and-could-lead-to-new-treatment-for-addiction/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[In Cardiovascular Disease, Is It The Alcohol Or Polyphenols In Red Wine That Benefits Patients?]]></title>
	<link>http://drinkminder.co.uk/News/in-cardiovascular-disease-is-it-the-alcohol-or-polyphenols-in-red-wine-that-benefits-patients/</link>
  <source url="http%3A%2F%2Fwww.medicalnewstoday.com%2Freleases%2F240452.php"><![CDATA[In Cardiovascular Disease, Is It The Alcohol Or Polyphenols In Red Wine That Benefits Patients?]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Observational epidemiologic studies relating wine and alcohol to health all suffer from the fact that they, of necessity, compare people who prefer certain beverages, but not the beverages themselves. While there have been many intervention trials in animals, randomized trials in humans are less common... ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:33:53 UTC</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>News</category>
	<votes>24</votes>
	<guid>http://drinkminder.co.uk/News/in-cardiovascular-disease-is-it-the-alcohol-or-polyphenols-in-red-wine-that-benefits-patients/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Mental Illness Affects 1 In 5 Americans]]></title>
	<link>http://drinkminder.co.uk/News/mental-illness-affects-1-in-5-americans/</link>
  <source url="http%3A%2F%2Fwww.medicalnewstoday.com%2Farticles%2F240648.php"><![CDATA[Mental Illness Affects 1 In 5 Americans]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[In the past year, 45.9 million Americans above the age of 18 years, or 20% of 18 year-olds, experienced mental illness, according to a new national report. Mental illness amongst those aged between 18 and 25 years (29.9%) was more than double as high, compared with people aged 50 years or older (14.3%)... ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:33:52 UTC</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>News</category>
	<votes>23</votes>
	<guid>http://drinkminder.co.uk/News/mental-illness-affects-1-in-5-americans/</guid>
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