Why does drinking hurt your eyes?
Alcohol is not the best for your health; that’s nothing new. There are countless articles and studies on the ways that alcohol harms you, but the damage it can do to the eyes is one that isn’t often talked about. More...
The Correlation Between Artists and Alcohol and Drug Abuse: Does Creativity and Substance Abuse Go Hand-in-Hand?
Art is a beautiful thing. It is the ultimate form of expression and it is exactly what separates humans from any other organism on Earth. We, humans, are empathetic beings and we can both feel and evoke emotions More...
Can Artificial Intelligence Help People Quit Smoking?
So you’re thinking about stopping smoking. And the road ahead looks long and difficult. It is rare that a smoker successfully quits the first time they try. There’re many ways to break away from your bad More...
Oklahoma raises cigarette tax, Health officials applaud
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin and the state legislature approved an additional $1 tax on cigarettes this week, which drew accolades from the public health community. Image/27707 via pixabay The Oklahoma State Department More...
5 survival tips to cope with your IVF/egg donation cycle
IVF/egg donation is a successful infertility treatment suitable for women with poor ovarian reserve, early menopause or other conditions or women after the age of 35. It is a highly successful, though very emotional More...
4 Ways Becoming Sober Can Change Your Life
Most people will agree that alcohol is enjoyable. It tastes good when mixed in a variety of different ways. Not only is it an activity which is accepted as a social activity, it lowers a person’s inhibitions More...
Where To Find Help For Alcohol Dependency
Alcohol dependency can be a particularly cruel thing to deal with. It affects you, your family, your job, your opportunities for education of even just life improvement. And when you’re inside of the cycle, More...
Staggering Facts of Alcohol Abuse
The dangers of tobacco products and tobacco use have been well documented and accepted. Restrictions on smoking are now common in public places and are generally accepted. However, although the dangers of excessive More...
A Vicious Cycle: Why It’s Utterly Important to Assess Behavioral Health as Part of Addiction Treatment
An essential aspect of recovery is the diagnosis of any behavioral or mental health issues the patient have. Depression, bipolar disorder, OCD, ADD, or another disorder is present in most people who show signs More...
When a parent’s addiction becomes a child’s depression
A parent struggling with addiction may assume that their addiction does not affect anyone else. In reality, their addiction can affect their children, causing them to develop depression and other mental health disorders More...
Top Factors Affecting your Life Insurance Premium
Life insurance can be a great way to financially protect your loved ones while making future investments at the same time. Before accepting your application, an insurance company considers several factors when pricing More...
Top Countries Most Affected by Drug Abuse – How Can the Best Drug Rehab Centers Help?
Drug addiction is a global problem that is affecting countries around the world in different ways. In some countries the drug of choice is heroin, while in others it is cocaine or alcohol. Regardless of the source More...
Risk Factors for Alcohol Abuse
People look for genetic and psychological markers for alcoholism for two primary reasons. The first is to formulate an opinion on whether or not a person is predisposed to alcoholism. The aim here is to guess as More...
Eyes on Drug Rehabilitation: An Interview with Per Wickstrom
1) We often hear people refer to addicts as ‘recovering addicts’ even though they have been clean of substance abuse for many years. Why is this? Why aren’t they considered to be ‘recovered?’ Since the More...
Sitting Is The New Smoking, And Other Causes Of Lifestyle Diseases
In case you aren’t sure what a “lifestyle disease” is, here’s a quick lesson. To put it basically, lifestyle diseases are diseases caused by the type of lifestyle you live. These include illnesses such as More...
New study: Religion leads to ‘stronger worldviews’ which reduces use of alcohol, tobacco
Public domain image/Jon Sullivan A newly released study from researchers at the University of Florida examined teenagers’ worldviews and the impact these perspectives have on deterring drugs and alcohol, finding More...
Alcohol is worse than smoking at shortening life expectancy
New research from Germany suggests that people who are alcohol-dependent, particularly women, may be cutting their lives even shorter than smokers. photo “Tbone” by AB via wikimedia commons In the study, More...
