Knowledge of cardiovascular disease risk improved when it was measured, and people interacted with the program in the intended ways. For example, physicians may not order the appropriate tests for measuring cholesterol, or may not prescribe the correct medications for reducing it. Some recent interventions have targeted physician behavior to correct these limitations. A related […]
Specific environmental circumstances during childhood can also be protective, despite the possible presence of genes that increase risk. However, they need to be aware of their increased risk of developing alcoholism and monitor their drinking carefully. It’s also important for them to seek help if they can’t control their drinking. Alcoholism, or alcohol use disorder
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“The mainstream view in public health and medicine is that if there are benefits to alcohol, they’re much smaller than thought, and they may not exist at all,” Tim Stockwell, PhD, a leading alcohol researcher and director of the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research, tells SELF. “We encourage all adults who choose to drink
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