FAR selects Dr. O’Brien for grant
University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Studies of Addiction Receives Research Funds Bridport, VT – January 6, 2012 – The Foundation for Alcoholism Research, Inc. (FAR)…
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Chilean Researchers Working on Alcoholism Vaccine
Researchers in Chile say that if their venture is successful, a shot a month could help alcoholics kick their habit. A team of researchers in…
Why give alcoholics any assistance? They’ll just spend it on booze!
While it is true that alcoholics are responsible for 60% – 80% of alcohol revenue, not only do they have other expenses, they have a…
Why is it up to alcoholics to help themselves?
How often I have heard, “it’s up to the alcoholic to help themselves.” I have also heard and read that the medical profession now considers alcoholism…
Is 2 Buck Chuck Wine Good for America?
Here in Vermont we now have a Trader Joe’s store. It has many good and healthy traits to its offerings and I applaud them for…
New York Times Article About Low Use of Effective Medicines
I encourage reading the article just published today in the NYT about the low levels of doctors prescribing current medicines that have been shown to…
Would You Rather…
Would you rather have your house burn down … or be alcohol dependent? Would you rather flunk out of school … or be alcohol dependent?…
The Brain and the Heart are Organs
This title sounds like the beginning of something from the Wizard of Oz. But this is no fantasy. Heart disease is the number 1 most…
Alcoholism is born not made – right?
The general population seems to accept that alcoholism is genetic. Like breast cancer, if there is a history of the disease in the family, that…
