Alcohol

WASHINGTON (January 20, 2020) -- Mice given a new drug targeting a key gene involved in lipid and glucose metabolism could tolerate a high-fat diet regimen (composed of 60% fat from lard) without developing significant liver damage,…

La Trobe University researchers have found introducing a minimum unit price (MUP) of $1.30 per standard drink across Australia could dramatically reduce alcohol consumption. Such a policy, already proven successful in Canada and Eastern…

Novel imaging technologies produce first whole-brain atlas at single-cell resolution, revealing how alcohol addiction -- and abstinence -- change neural physiology and affect previously unsuspected regions of the brainCredit: UC San Diego…

Alcohol consumption has become more prevalent in China in recent years but limited large-scale epidemiological evidence has made it difficult to know the true scale of the problem. A new large study of Chinese adults, published by the…

Over two-thirds of adolescent victims aged 15-20 tested positive in 2016 January 8, 2020 -- Researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health assessed the time trends in alcohol and marijuana detected in homicide victims…

First-ever large study on drinking habits of cancer survivors -- published in JNCCN -- finds more than a third exceed moderate drinking levels, one in five engage in binge drinkingCredit: NCCN PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA -- New research in…

An analysis of death certificates suggests that the number of alcohol-related deaths doubled in the United States between 1999-2017. In the analysis, which is published in Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, the number of…

Why is drinking in moderation so difficult for some people?Credit: Santa Clara University SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 18, 2019 -- Compulsive drinking may be due to dysfunction in a specific brain pathway that normally helps keep drinking in…

LONDON, ON - Researchers from Lawson Health Research Institute and Brescia University College found that teenage pregnant women are more likely to live in poverty, have poorer mental health and have higher rates of substance use. There…

NIH's 2019 Monitoring the Future survey finds continuing declines in prescription opioid misuse, tobacco cigarettes, and alcoholCredit: University of Michigan Findings from the 2019 Monitoring the Future (MTF) survey demonstrate the…