MySDFS - The Source for Safe and Drug Free School News, Products, Services & Resources

All the News
Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs News From Medical News Today
Latest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day.
The Partnership For A Drug-Free America® Presents New Research-Based Programs At National Prevention Network Conference Patricia Russo, chairman of the Partnership for a Drug-Free America provided keynote remarks and joined Steve Pasierb, Partnership CEO and Ken Winters, PhD., chairman of the organization's science advisory board and professor at the University of Minnesota, to review a number of new research-based programs from the Partnership at the National Prevention Network Prevention Research Conference... Gene Doping Detectable With A Simple Blood Test German scientists from TÃ¼bingen and Mainz have developed a blood test that can reliably detect gene doping even after 56 days. Scientists at the universities in TÃ¼bingen and Mainz have developed a test that can provide conclusive proof of gene doping... BMA Scotland Welcomes Announcement Of Minimum Price For Alcohol The BMA has welcomed plans to set the minimum price per unit of alcohol in Scotland at 45 pence. Commenting on the proposed price announced by the Cabinet Secretary this morning, Dr Brian Keighley, chairman of the BMA in Scotland, said that so far, no credible alternative to minimum pricing had been identified by opposition parties and he urged them to back the Alcohol Bill... A Genetic Predisposition To Alcohol Dependence May Be Indicated By Sensitivity To Alcohol Odors Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are DNA sequence variations that occur when a single nucleotide in the genome sequence is altered. Prior research suggested an association between SNPs in a gene that encodes aspects of the brain's gamma-amino butyric acid (GABA)-A receptors (the GABRA2 gene) and alcohol dependence... New UNH Research Shows Risk Of Marijuana's 'Gateway Effect' Overblown New research from the University of New Hampshire shows that the "gateway effect" of marijuana - that teenagers who use marijuana are more likely to move on to harder illicit drugs as young adults - is overblown. Whether teenagers who smoked pot will use other illicit drugs as young adults has more to do with life factors such as employment status and stress, according to the new research...

[ Back ]