Alcohol and Vitamin Def...

Alcohol drinking can cause vitamin deficiency. This can be a direct result of alcohol effects on body metabolism and absorption of vitamins. Alcohol reduces secretion of digestive enzymes by the pancreas, and impairs food uptake into the blood, through the intestinal walls. Vitamin...

Alcohol – A Quest...

Drinking alcohol affects the cerebellum, that part of the brain associated with maintaining balance and co-ordinated movement. One of the classic symptoms of having too much to drink is a loss of balance and motor co-ordination, with slow movements, and slurred speech. Alcohol...

How Long Does Alcohol R...

Ask people how long it takes to achieve complete alcohol rehabilitation, and most will react with surprise. A common perception is that there is no such thing as a complete alcohol rehab, that brings an end to alcohol use and cravings. Alcoholics are considered to be lucky enough if they...

How to say NO to Alcoho...

Saying no to alcohol drinking, in Canada, can be harder than you think if you suddenly decide for one reason or another to reduce your alcohol drinking. Valid reasons why a person who usually drinks alcohol might want to abstain include important work/social commitments – that...

Alcohol – Curbing...

Throughout Canada, the problem of excess alcohol drinking, a binge drinking culture, pervades the student community. Other Canadian drinkers frequently binge drink on public holidays and weekends. The problem of excessive alcohol drinking in Canada is not new. see article Curbing the...

Is Alcoholism a Disease...

As from April 1 2011, alcoholism is to be treated as a complex disease in British Columbia, Canada, the outcome of a 2009 report by the BCMA, recommending that the medical profession, and specifically family doctors, be given increased funding and resources to combat the problem of...