Pregnancy Status is Associated With Screening for Alcohol and Other Substance Use in the Emergency Department.

Greenmyer JR, Stacy JM, Klug MG, Foster K, Tiongson C, Burd L. J Addict Med. 2020 Jan 14. doi: 10.1097/ADM.0000000000000616. Abstract OBJECTIVES: Determine the rates of screening for substance use in

Drinking alcohol during pregnancy: #Drymester the safest approach

Drinking alcohol during pregnancy leads to poorer cognitive functioning in children, according to the most comprehensive review on the issue to date. The University of

The New York Times: Alcohol Deaths Have Risen Sharply, Particularly Among Women

The study found that rates of death involving alcohol increased 85 percent among women from 1999 to 2017.Credit…Benoit Tessier/Reuters By Matt Richtel The number of women

Maternal adverse childhood experiences are associated with binge drinking during pregnancy in a dose-dependent pattern: Findings from the All Our Families cohort

Cheryl L.Currie, James L.Sanders, Lisa-MarieSwanepoel, Colleen M.Davies https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2019.104348 Abstract Background Binge drinking (BD) is a serious risk factor for fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) and

CBC: Family doctors should begin screening patients for alcohol addiction at age 12, B.C. guideline says

Camille Bains · The Canadian Press  Russell Purdy, 33, suffered from addictions for years before going into treatment. The Surrey, B.C., man, who started drinking as a

What Is Your “Relationship” with Alcohol? Casual friendship, relationship, or commitment?

The title of her book, Drinking: A Love Story, by Caroline Knapp, succinctly captured the essence of the late author’s gradual descent into alcoholism. The end

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