drinking

  • Alcohol Awareness Month: Pandemic Worsens Dangerous Drinking

    April is Alcohol Awareness Month, highlighting serious consequences of drinking too much. Excessive alcohol use contributes to more than 95,000 deaths each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr. Scott Itano, a family medicine physician at Kaiser Permanente Washington in Seattle, said the pandemic has exacerbated dangerous...
  • State unveils long-awaited standard for drinking water contaminant

    California today proposed a long-awaited standard for a cancer-causing contaminant in drinking water that would require costly treatment in many cities throughout the state. Traces of hexavalent chromium are widely found in the drinking water of millions of Californians, with some of the contamination naturally occurring and some from...
  • Five Tips to Help Those in Recovery Avoid Alcohol During Social Events

    News and Experts For those suffering from alcoholism, the temptation of the holidays is gone but there are a lot of social situations in the coming months that will test their commitment to turn their lives around. “There are a variety of social situations – from after work drinks...
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