Norwegian Alcohol Policy through the Centuries

The University of Halle through the centuries.

Development of the Alcohol Policy Document in Iran

Background: Statistics of alcohol use Iran was investigated in the beginning of 2010 in Mental, Social Health and Addiction Department of Ministry of Health. The findings showed that the alcohol use, especially in young people, is notable. Hence a strategic plan or a policy document in alcohol use was needed to explain the main vision also provide countrywide strategies for all related domains ...

The horse through fifty centuries of civilization

ANTHONY DENT (editor), The horse through fifty centuries of civilization, London, Phaidon Press, 1974, 4to, pp. 288, illus., £8.95. For more than five thousand years until about sixty years ago, the history of the horse was the history of man. Although the dog has been man's best animal friend, the horse has been much more a part of his civilization than any other of his domesticated animals. A...

Preventing Alcohol-Related Problems Through Health Policy Research

Alcohol-related health policy research is responsible for guiding the implementation of laws and public health policies that have reduced alcohol-related highway injuries and deaths, as well as other alcohol-related problems over the last 40 years. This research, which tests theories about potential policy changes and responds to specific problems, has examined a vast array of prevention progra...

Between the utility and hazards of phosphorus through the centuries.

Phosphorus has been shown to be a predictor of cardiovascular mortality in kidney disease subjects. Phosphorus was discovered in 1669 and was considered a philosophers stone, it was used as medicament but there were reported deaths after its use. High serum levels of phosphorus are associated with increased risk for cardiovascular disease in the general population in subjects free from chronic ...