Alcohol numbs the parts of the brain that process threats while stimulating its reward centres
... known association of alcohol consumption with an increased risk of breast cancer has been linked by researchers at the University ...
... print issue. “We have identified a protein that may be a cause of alcohol dependence and tolerance, suggesting the possibility of developing ... of cancer,” said Gu. “While an association has been established between alcohol consumption and various cancers, the mechanism remains ...
... across decades, has found substantial increases in drinking and alcohol dependence among women. Increases were particularly ...
... may be due to excessive drinking, it has been difficult to differentiate between alcohol-induced heart failure and heart failure ... , especially the idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy,” said Gwathmey. “Alcohol-induced cardiomyopathy is associated with changes in contraction ...
... find that young Americans report having more lifetime alcohol problems than older Americans, despite having had less ...
... 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 those early drinking behaviors – be it the sedative effect of alcohol, avoidance of after-effects or different types of metabolism ...
While previous studies have confirmed a relationship between alcohol-outlet density and violence, few have looked ... over time... finding that increasing the density of all kinds of alcohol outlets in a suburb leads to increasing rates ...
... 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 that when men become upset, they are more likely than women to want alcohol ...
... search for genes associated with alcohol dependence has recently been extended to the tachykinin receptor 3 gene ...
... of being hospitalized from being violently assaulted increases when there is increased alcohol sales near the victim's residence, finds ... sold in bars), it probably underestimates the link between alcohol and assault. It also does not indicate whether the victim ...
... that under stress, women report more sadness and anxiety than men, but men report more craving for alcohol ...
... of patients, as found during prolonged follow-up. Nevertheless, alcoholic patients tend to be indifferent regarding their health ... , of Jikei University, in which he analyzed the background of alcoholic patients to predict the occurrence of esophageal varices ...
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.
... at onset of drinking is a strong predictor of subsequent alcohol dependence. New findings indicate that an early ...
