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Athletes Who Use Performance Drugs Likely to Abuse Other Substances
Rutgers University researchers have found that student athletes who use legal and illicit drugs to boost their sports performance also are more likely to drink heavily and use recreational drugs like marijuana and cocaine. 11/17/2009

Male Athletes Drink More, Smoke Less, Study Finds
Adolescent males who play team sports are less likely to smoke cigarettes or be depressed but are more likely to drink alcohol and get into fights, whereas sports participation generally reduces risky behavior among girls. 11/16/2009

Crushing Virtual Cigarettes to Squish Addiction
Can destroying cyber-cigarettes help smokers quit? Surprisingly, a new study says yes. 11/13/2009

CDC Finds Little New Progress in Cutting Smoking
About 20 percent of adults in the U.S. were regular smokers last year, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is concerned that the numbers of adult smokers failed to decline significantly after a decade of near-steady progress against the nation's top cause of preventable deaths. 11/12/2009

Medicaid Programs Limit Coverage for Smoking Cessation
Most state Medicaid programs offer some type of coverage for smoking-cessation programs, but just two states cover treatment completely, according to research from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 11/12/2009

Fatal Overdoses Often Involve Methadone, Washington Study Finds
Methadone was involved in 64 percent of fatal overdoses on prescription opiate drugs in the state of Washington, more than double the rate of overdoses on oxycodone or hydrocodone, according to a new report from state and federal health officials. 11/11/2009

Don't Switch to 'Lights' to Quit Smoking, Researchers Say
Switching to so-called light cigarettes won't improve your health or help you quit smoking, experts say. 11/10/2009

Alcohol Use Hinders In-Vitro Fertilization, Study Finds
The odds of achieving a live birth through in-virto fertilization (IVF) fell by 26 percent if either sex partner consumed four or more alcoholic drinks weekly, according to a new study. 11/10/2009

Study Explores Action of Alcohol-Related Metabolic 'Switch'
A study of fruit flies finds that heavy drinking may initiate a genetic process that increases alcohol tolerance but also switches the body from metabolizing alcohol to forming fat in the liver -- the underpinning of the deadly disease cirrhosis. 11/09/2009

Animal Study Finds Males More Affected by Prenatal Cocaine Use
Cocaine use during pregnancy appears to be linked to impulsive behavior among male children but not females, according to researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. 11/08/2009

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