Michael McDonell, Washington State University (IMAGE)

Washington State University

Michael McDonell, Washington State University

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Michael McDonell, an associate professor in Washington State University's Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, has found that offering prizes -- from simple shampoo to DVD players -- can be an effective, low-cost treatment for alcohol abuse, the nation's third leading preventable cause of death.

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