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A Massachusetts smoking ban in restaurants, bars, and other workplaces has led to almost 600 fewer coronary deaths, according to a new report from the state Department of Public health and the Harvard School of Public health.

Anheuser-Busch's merger with Belgian rival InBev NB is now official: company shareholders voted this week to approve the plan to combine the companies and create the world's largest brewing firm.

A US study found a strong link between alcohol tax increases in 1983 and 2002 and deaths related to alcohol use in one American state. The research was the work of Dr Alexander C Wagenaar from the University of Florida College of medicine and colleagues and was published online ahead of print on 13 November in the American Journal of Public health.

Approximately 30% of Pakistan's injection drug users are living with HIV/AIDS, Arshad Altaf -- senior provincial surveillance support officer with an HIV/AIDS surveillance program called the Sindh AIDS Control Program that is managed jointly by Canada and Pakistan -- said on Wednesday at the International Symposium on Tropical medicine and Hygiene, Pakistan's

Researchers have discovered that cocaine addicts are 25 percent more likely to have a particular gene variant than non-addicts -- a fact that could be useful in screening individuals for possible addiction risk.

A new study at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory suggests that vigabatrin (a.k.a. gamma vinyl-GABA, or GVG) blocks drug-seeking behavior in animals previously trained to associate methamphetamine with a particular environment. Specifically, animals pre-treated with vigabatrin lost interest in spending time in a location where they had previously been given methamphetamine.

Raising taxes on beer, wine and liquor immediately reduces the number of deaths from alcohol-related diseases such as liver disease, oral or breast cancers, and alcohol poisoning, according to a new study published in the online edition of the American Journal of Public health.

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