5 Questions to Ask Yourself About Alcohol
Here’s how you can evaluate your drinking habits to see if you might want to make a change.
Category: Substance Abuse
Why a Break from Booze Benefits Women’s Health
Taking a timeout from alcohol is good for both sexes but may be especially helpful for women.
Opioid Overdose Reversal Drug Available at Pharmacies
Administering the drug naloxone can prevent death from opioids.
Learning to Live as a Young Mother, After Drugs
A unique residential treatment program gave Katelin Hunter a chance to overcome loss, incarceration and substance abuse.
Addiction, Drug Rehabilitation, Families, North Carolina, Substance Abuse, UNC Stories
A Young Mother’s Journey to Recovery
Mothers struggling with drug addiction and their children find help through the UNC Horizons Program.
Addiction, Drug Rehabilitation, Families, North Carolina, Substance Abuse, UNC Stories
Should You Take a ‘Dry January’?
Quitting drinking cold turkey for 30 days can result in some immediate health benefits, but it’s not a safe step for heavy drinkers.
UNC’s Bowles Alcohol Research Center Can Keep Doing Good Work
The NIH renewed funding for UNC's Bowles Alcohol Research Center for another five years.
Study confirms link between alcohol consumption, breast cancer risk...
In findings published in the journal Cancer, Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers confirmed the link between alcohol consumption and breast cancer risk in a study in black women. The association has been seen in other studies drawn from majority white populations.
Cigar warning labels are not equally believable among adolescents
Less than 50 percent of surveyed teens found it ‘very believable’ that cigars are not a safe alternative to cigarettes, according to a first-of-its-kind UNC School of Medicine study.
Flavors influence appeal and use of most tobacco products, especial...
UNC Lineberger researchers led by Adam Goldstein, MD, MPH, concluded in a study published in Tobacco Control that banning non-menthol flavors like fruit and candy could reduce use of most tobacco products across the globe, especially among adolescents.
Severe burns, injuries from e-cigarette explosions go under-reporte...
In a new British Medical Journal editorial, UNC School of Medicine researchers and physicians stress the need for better worldwide surveillance of e-cigarette-related burns and better regulation of e-cigarettes to reduce burn injuries.
UNC expert weighs in on e-cigarette debate
Rob Tarran, PhD, says much is unknown about the effects of vaping, but data thus far suggest it is not harmless.