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14th April 2012
Nicotine patch may help prevent smoking relapsesNicotine patches may help smokers recover from any initial setbacks in their attempt to kick the habit, a new U.S. study suggests.
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13th April 2012
Drinks body tried to alter damning reportA group representing the drinks industry sought to alter paragraphs and remove figures on alcohol-related rape and domestic violence from a special report shaping Government policy.
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13th April 2012
Alcohol industry in fight for bottom lineIn his foreword in the National Substance Misuse Strategy steering group report, released last February, group chairman Dr Tony Holohan spoke of Ireland’s “long and sometimes difficult association with alcohol”.
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12th April 2012
We need to take a legislative stand on behalf of the voicelessMake it illegal says John Crown
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12th April 2012
Prescribing exams on the GP horizon?Gary Culliton spoke with Prof Patrick Murray, Professor of Clinical Pharmacology and Consulting Physician, ahead of IMT’s annual GP Practice Management Seminar to be held this month.
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10th April 2012
Independent off-licences blame closure rate on below-cost alcohol sales by supermarketsThe specialist off-licence sector will “die a death within five years” unless the Government “urgently” implements key Department of Health recommendations to address alcohol abuse, its representative group has claimed.
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9th April 2012
Eilis O’Hanlon: We’re adults: it’s time the drink nannies grew up tooYes, we drink differently than the Italians. Let’s stop spending money on this non-problem, writes Eilis O’Hanlon
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6th April 2012
Remembrance ServiceTo Commemorate The Lives Lost Through Alcohol and Drug Addiction
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5th April 2012
Moderate alcohol impacts on breast cancer riskA new review of research that looks at the relationship between alcohol consumption and breast cancer has found that low level or moderate drinkers who consume just one drink a day have a 5 per cent increased risk of breast cancer.
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4th April 2012
URRÚS & UCD: Diploma in Community Drugs and Alcohol WorkUrrús and University College Dublin. Diploma in Community Drugs and Alcohol Work (NFQ level 7) - 1 Year (part-time)
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