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Expert Author: Scott Mogul | Submitted: 2008-05-13 | Word Count: 541 | Views: 2 Could you recognize the stages of alcoholism in yourself, your friends, or your family members? If you are concerned that someone you know has an alcohol problem, then just knowing the four alcoholism stages could enable you to help that person quit drinking, and may even help you save their life.
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Expert Author: Peter Sams | Submitted: 2008-03-05 | Word Count: 510 | Views: 68 Alcohol has many side effects including altering your perceptions, dulling your senses, hindering coordination, and blocking memory functions. If you continue to use alcohol heavily, you could experience stomach ailments, sexual impotence, heart and central nervous system damage, loss of appetite, and blackouts.
Expert Author: Peter Sams | Submitted: 2008-02-25 | Word Count: 510 | Views: 102 2-4% of all cancer cases are related to alcohol. Upper digestive tract cancers are the most common, hitting the esophagus, mouth, larynx, and pharynx. Women who drink prior to menopause are more likely to develop breast cancer. Your risk of skin cancer doubles if you drink slightly more than "moderate levels." Some studies implicate alcohol in colon, stomach, pancreas and lung cancer. And let's not forget the liver...
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Expert Author: Parag Patel | Submitted: 2007-10-16 | Word Count: 524 | Views: 259 Find information on the traumatic brain injury. Traumatic brain injury occurs when a sudden physical assault on the head causes damage to the brain. The damage can be focal, confined to one area of the brain, or diffuse, involving more than one area of the brain. Traumatic brain injury can result from a closed head injury or a penetrating head injury. A closed head injury occurs when the head suddenly and violently hits an object, but the object does not break through the skull. A penetrating head injury occurs when an object pierces the skull and enters the brain tissue.
Expert Author: Denny Soinski | Submitted: 2007-09-01 | Word Count: 894 | Views: 359 Mandatory alcoholism treatment for people incarcerated for alcohol-related offenses and significant changes in our attitudes toward drinking alcohol, when added to the current anti-drunk driving campaigns and laws, are likely to make a major impact on reducing the number of people in our society who die in alcohol-related traffic accidents.
