Posted on 11/13/2018 4:35:29 PM PST by Innovative
You can expect a "drinking checkup" when you visit the doctor. All adults, including pregnant women, should be screened for unhealthy alcohol use by their primary care physicians, the United States Preventive Services Task Force advises. For those patients who drink above the recommended limits, doctors should provide brief counseling to help them reduce their drinking, according to the new task force statement published Tuesday in the medical journal JAMA.
As far as teens, the independent panel of medical experts came up empty. The task force said it did not find enough evidence to make a recommendation for or against alcohol screening and counseling for those under the age of 18. The panel is calling for more research.
Unhealthy alcohol use means drinking beyond the recommended limits. No more than four drinks in a single day and 14 drinks in a week is the line drawn for men age 21 to 64, according to National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. For women and older men, the institute advises no more than three drinks in one day and no more than seven drinks in a week. There is no safe level of alcohol for pregnant women, according to the institute.
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I was in Norway a couple of months ago. The legal limit there is .02. .05 or over means mandatory jail time.
I won’t tell the doc about the hootch we’re brewing at the house.
If they supply the Bud Lite, I’ll join the study as long as the Bud Lite keeps coming.
Absolutely. Az courts mandate MADD classes at a cost on DUI cases. Since MADD is actually a cult religion this might be unconstitutional.
Answers to those questions are right up there with “Do you have a gun at home.”. Get the same answer to both.
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I was in the emergency room in August for some stuff related to a fall.
Prying nurse..Have you felt like hitting anyone today????
Me. Just today????
Prying nurse...How about ever.
Me. Replied with a look as to say...Kiss My.......
End of conversation.
Another time in the ER for a really bad cold.
Has anyone close to you hit you lately?
Yes, That’s how I got this really bad cold. ( combined with a kiss my .... look )
How ‘bout we screen all adult for “democrat” voter registrations and throw the craziest ones in jail?
Congress would be exempt of course.
True.
Can’t be stated enough. The left are the Neo-Victorians.
Too busy asking teens if they have same sex attractions.
So, after you are 64, it is BTW??
My husband’s mom smoked too, so many did. He’s pretty......normal ; )
You need a better beer!
You made me go back and look at the tagline. Worth it!
You’re no longer talking to just your doctor. The government has access to it all. HIPPA - what an unfunny joke.
Dr. Big Brother.
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