Latest Health Articles for Alcohol Abuse

• Husband denies alcoholism in NY wrong-way crash

  article 2009-08-07  |  Author: Frank Eltman
  She couldn't have been drunk and stoned. Her husband had never seen her intoxicated before. And there were absolutely no marital problems that could have sent her over the edge.In an anguished, sometimes angry news conference, Daniel Schuler refused to accept an autopsy report that showed his wife had the ...

• Soldiers in Colorado slayings tell of Iraq horrors

  article 2009-07-27  |  Author: Staff
  Soldiers from an Army unit that had 10 infantrymen accused of murder, attempted murder or manslaughter after returning to civilian life described a breakdown in discipline during their Iraq deployment in which troops murdered civilians, a newspaper reported Sunday.Some Fort Carson, Colo.-based soldiers have had trouble adjusting to life back ...

• Minn. man killed by deputy after day of swimming

  article 2009-07-22  |  Author: Elizabeth Dunbar And Amy Forliti
  A plainclothes sheriff's deputy shot and killed an unarmed 24-year-old man wearing only swim trunks after an argument ensued when he confronted the man for erratic driving, authorities and witnesses said Tuesday.Le Sueur County Sheriff's investigator Todd Waldron, 37, shot Tyler Heilman after the two scuffled Monday in Kasota, a ...

• College presidents seek debate on drinking age

  article 2008-08-19  |  Author: Justin Pope
  College presidents from about 100 of the nation's best-known universities, including Duke, Dartmouth and Ohio State, are calling on lawmakers to consider lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18, saying current laws actually encourage dangerous binge drinking on campus.The movement called the Amethyst Initiative began quietly recruiting presidents more ...

• Ship pilot in San Francisco Bay spill charged with lying about prescription drug use

  article 2008-04-23  |  Author: Paul Elias
  The pilot who guided the Hong Kong-registered container ship that spilled 53,000 gallons (200,620 liters) of oil into San Francisco Bay was charged with two felony counts of lying to Coast Guard officials about his prescription drug use.Capt. John Cota, 60, previously was charged with two misdemeanor environmental crimes for ...

• Adolescents, alcohol a dangerous mix

  article 2008-04-18  |  Author: Veronika Oleksyn
  A 13-year-old schoolgirl in southern Austria celebrated the start of her spring break with a bottle of schnapps.She ended up in intensive care.In other countries across Europe, adolescents are making similar headlines for drinking themselves into a stupor, often passing out in the process.And they're getting younger: A June 2006 ...