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Task Force Recommends Screening All Adults for Alcohol Misuse
Questions about alcohol use should be a part of regular physical checkups, according to a panel of experts. About 21% of American adults admit that they engage...
Drone Pilots: No Worse Off Than Those Who Actually Fly
A new Pentagon study contrasting the mental-health concerns of pilots who actually climb into the cockpit – as opposed to military drone drivers who sit at desks...
Mindy McCready
'I call my life a beautiful mess and organized chaos ... I think that's really the life of a celebrity, of a big, huge, giant personality.' As a young...
Why Personality May Matter In Preventing Alcoholism
A program that takes personality into account may help to identify and reduce teen drinking rates. Researchers studied 2,643 ninth-graders in England, aged 13...
Revisions to Mental Health Manual May Turn Binge Drinkers into ‘Mild’ Alcoholics
Are you an alcoholic— or just a problem drinker? It may not matter, according to the latest version of the DSM, psychiatry’s diagnostic manual. And now, in a...
It’s a Whale Of An Ale: Portland, Ore’s Rogue Brewery Makes A “Moby Dick” Flavored Beer
Just in time for the holidays: Moby Dick flavored beer
Is the Military Racist?
In the wake of a tragic shooting at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin, my heart is particularly torn. As a Hindu, I share a bond with the Sikh faith rooted in Dharma;...
Bet General Amos Loves This
Here’s the latest in the Crazed Commerce Division of We’ll Peddle Whatever We Want and Give Some Money to the Military So Leave Us Alone: According to a press...
College Drinking: Maybe Not a Disorder but Still a Big Problem
Proposed changes to the psychiatric profession’s diagnostic manual, the DSM-5, have caused a recent uproar, with critics worried that the new label of “alcohol...
The Healthiest Places to Live in the U.S., Ranked
You may pride yourself on having a healthy home and living a healthy lifestyle, but how good-for-you is your neighborhood? You can find out, thanks to the 2012...
