Alcohol numbs the parts of the brain that process threats while stimulating its reward centres
The known association of alcohol consumption with an increased risk of breast cancer has been linked by researchers at the University at Buffalo to a process that causes genes that promote normal cell ...
... and will appear in the June print issue.
“We have identified a protein that may be a cause of alcohol dependence and tolerance, suggesting the possibility of developing a drug to inhibit the molecule ...
... on similarly aged groups, compared across decades, has found substantial increases in drinking and alcohol dependence among women. Increases were particularly notable among white and Hispanic women ...
... forms of cardiomyopathy, especially the idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy,” said Gwathmey. “Alcohol-induced cardiomyopathy is associated with changes in contraction and structural components that ...
... at a single point in time, generally find that young Americans report having more lifetime alcohol problems than older Americans, despite having had less time to develop these problems. But these ...
... are particularly useful in studies like these is that we can control the opportunity for exposure to alcohol, which we can’t do with human adolescents.”
Controlling for environment and opportunities ...
... . An Australian study examined this relationship over time... finding that increasing the density of all kinds of alcohol outlets in a suburb leads to increasing rates of violence in that suburb...
... depression and some types of anxiety disorders than men, while men have greater rates of alcohol-use disorders than women. A new study of emotional and alcohol-craving responses to stress has found ...
The search for genes associated with alcohol dependence has recently been extended to the tachykinin receptor 3 gene, located within a broad region on chromosome 4q. Researchers have found that seven ...
... being hospitalized from being violently assaulted increases when there is increased alcohol sales near the victim's residence, finds a ... risk for every 1,000 l alcohol sold daily).
A total of 1,150 ...
... tend to respond, you're more likely to be a man than a woman. A Yale University study finds that under stress, women report more sadness and anxiety than men, but men report more craving for alcohol.
... varices develop in the majority of patients, as found during prolonged follow-up. Nevertheless, alcoholic patients tend to be indifferent regarding their health, and are not likely to undergo ...
LONDON, May 22 (UPI) -- Nearly 5,000 British children under the age of 18 were hospitalized in 2007 because they drank too much alcohol, government data revealed.
An early age at onset of drinking is a strong predictor of subsequent alcohol dependence. New findings indicate that an early AOD among women born after 1944 may account for their increased rates of ...
