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A Hard Winter
B.E.,
Editorial
Oxford University Press
1979-01-01 00:00:00.0
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ALCOHOL-INDUCED HYPOGLYCAEMIA
Wright, J.
Annotations
Oxford University Press
1979-01-01 00:00:00.0
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LITHIUM AND CHRONIC ALCOHOLISM
Merry, Julius
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Oxford University Press
1979-01-01 00:00:00.0
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ANIMAL MODELS IN ALCOHOL RESEARCH
Thomson, Allan D.
Annotations
Oxford University Press
1979-01-01 00:00:00.0
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Alcoholism in Doctors
SCLARE, A. BALFOUR
Special Article
Problem drinking among medical practitioners is an important health hazard and has been much ignored in the past. There is considerable evidence to suggest that doctors constitute a high risk group in respect of drinking problems. Follow-up studies of alcoholic doctors have given variable results but on the whole there is room for a reasonable degree of optimism. Scottish and Irish practitioners would appear to be particularly vulnerable and the writer's study in Glasgow suggests the possibility of a higher degree of risk among general practitioners. The general issue of the sick doctor is now receiving attention from the newly constituted General Medical Council and the new procedures should be observed with interest. The causal factors of problem drinking among doctors are multiple. Early recognition of the problem among doctors can lead to worthwhile treatment. There is, however, a need for preventive and health education measures among the medical profession.
Oxford University Press
1979-01-01 00:00:00.0
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Self-Reported Alcohol Consumption and Other Characteristics of One Hundred Patients Attending a Scottish Alcoholism Treatment Unit
PLANT, MOIRA L.
PLANT, MARTIN A.
Special Article
In November 1977 a new, detailed system of data collection was introduced by the Unit for the Treatment of Alcoholism, Royal Edinburgh Hospital. This paper reviews the characteristics of the first 100 in-patients interviewed with the Patient Profile Questionnaire. Alcohol consumption data, biographical characteristics and experience of alcohol-related problems are described. Comparison with British population studies indicated that amongst the patients examined the ratio of male: female alcohol consumption (2:1) was much closer than for the general population. In spite of even this major consumption difference, females reported as many alcohol-related problems as did the males. Comparison with two earlier reviews indicated that the patient population was much the same as when the Unit opened in 1964.
Oxford University Press
1979-01-01 00:00:00.0
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The UK and Europe: Some Comparative Observations on Alcohol Consumption, Alcohol-Related Problems and Alcohol Control Policies in the United Kingdom and Other Countries of Europe
DAVIES, PHIL
Sociology
This paper examines Britain's alcohol consumption, alcohol-related problems and certain alcohol control policies within a comparative European framework. It is suggested that such an examination contributes to a balanced perspective on alcohol and alcoholism in the United Kingdom. Without wishing to minimise the range and extent of alcohol-related problems in the United Kingdom, it is suggested that alcohol consumption, alcohol-related problems and alcohol control policies in the UK compare favourably with those in other countries of Europe.
Oxford University Press
1979-01-01 00:00:00.0
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Anti-Alcohol Campaign
Housden, Gerard
Letter to the Editor
Oxford University Press
1979-01-01 00:00:00.0
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Possible Harmful Effects of Alcohol Ingestion during Rehabilitation of Patients following Myocardial Infarction
SHEEHAN, DAVID V.
HACKETT, THOMAS P.
Clinical Studies
The role of alcohol as a risk factor in patients with established heart disease needs further empirical clarification and the literature that addresses the problem is limited. In healthy young males studied prospectively alcohol has a negative role as a risk factor in the development of coronary heart disease. However, conclusions about this group do not necessarily hold for those with already established cardiac damage. Two studies report a significant difference between normal controls and patients with cardiac disease using even small amounts of alcohol. One prospective study of risk factors for coronary heart disease found a record of alcohol intemperance significantly increased the risk of acute myocardial infarction or sudden death. The epidemiological, metabolic, hemodynamic and autopsy studies that bear on the effects of alcohol and its major metabolites on the heart are reviewed.
Oxford University Press
1979-01-01 00:00:00.0
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OBSERVATIONS ON THE INCIDENCE OF Alcoholic Cardiomyopathy
FINK, R. S.
ROSALKI, S. B.
Review
There is a discrepancy between the incidence of cardiac abnormality seen at autopsy (up to 90%), the incidence of contractility abnormality at cardiac catheterisation (about 30%) and the low clinical incidence of cardiac abnormality (some 2%) seen in chronic alcoholics. This suggests that sub-clinical cardiomyopathy may be frequent. Support for this suggestion is provided by the high incidence of contractility abnormality (approximately 30%) observed using the non-invasive technique of systolic time interval measurement and by studies which have demonstrated release of cardiac mitochondrial enzymes into coronary sinus blood in chronic alcoholics following acute alcohol exposure. Histopathological abnormalities in the hearts of chronic alcoholics serve to explain the haemodynamic abnormalities observed, and the structural abnormalities may be interpreted on the basis of possible biochemical alteration.
Oxford University Press
1979-01-01 00:00:00.0
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NEW POSTER AND PAMPHLET
NEW POSTER AND PAMPHLET
Oxford University Press
1979-01-01 00:00:00.0
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Lord Porritt's Address at the AGM of the Medical Council on Alcoholism
J.P.W.H.,
Articles
Oxford University Press
1979-01-01 00:00:00.0
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Books and Publications
Rix, Keith J. B.
Books and Publications
Oxford University Press
1979-01-01 00:00:00.0
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Books and Publications
M.E.,
Books and Publications
Oxford University Press
1979-01-01 00:00:00.0
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