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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
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
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
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