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New guidelines suggest overweight children should be screened for non-alco
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C [US], Dec. 2 (ANI): According to a recent set of guidelines published in the Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, a screening test for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), is recommended for all obese children aged nine to eleven years.
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Marijuana boon for drug addicts: Study
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Nov. 17 (ANI): A UBC study has found that using marijuana could treat people addicted to opioid drugs and help some alcoholics to quit their drinking habit.
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Children of alcoholic parents face risk of underage drinking
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov. 16 (ANI): Approach to preventing alcohol and drug use by some adolescents should begin in early childhood, suggests a study published in Developmental Psychology journal.
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Alcohol mixed with energy drink causes similar risk as cocaine
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
WahingtonD.C. [US], Oct. 26 (ANI): Drinking highly caffeinated alcoholic beverages trigger changes in the adolescent brain, similar to taking cocaine, and the consequences last into adulthood, according to a recent research conducted at Purdue University.
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Simple blood test may enhance diagnosis rate of severe liver disease
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct. 7 (ANI): Using information collected in a liver biopsy study, researchers at Cardiff University have developed a method of determining the onset of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) through the analysis of lipids, metabolites and clinical markers in blood.
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