ALLMedicine™ Alcoholism Center

Sep 21st, 2022 - The abuse of high doses of alcohol is associated with cognitive impairment that in extreme cases can result in dementia. However, the mechanisms underlying the neurotoxic effects of alcohol to the human brain are poorly understood. Here we test th...

Sep 21st, 2022 - Objective: The purpose of this protocol is to obtain a standard set of assessments, including brain behavioral, structural, functional, and connectivity (structural and functional) information, on all NIAAA research participants, referred to herei...

Sep 20th, 2022 - Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is a malignant cancer with a poor prognosis. Chemoradiotherapy is one of the most important strategies for patients with locally advanced unresectable ESCC; however, its therapeutic effect is unsatisfactor...

Sep 19th, 2022 - NEXT is a seven-year longitudinal assessment of a representative sample of U.S. adolescent and young adults starting at grade 10. The goals of the NEXT longitudinal study include: to identify the trajectory of adolescent health status and health b...

Sep 19th, 2022 - Objective The purpose of this protocol is to characterize cerebellar volumes and function in alcoholics and recovery of cerebellar volume and function during early abstinence. This study also investigates how cerebrocerebellar circuits contribute ...

May 25th, 2022 - According to the 2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, more than half of Americans ages 18 and older reported drinking alcohol in the past month, and about a quarter of this same group reported past-month binge drinking. To help adults who ...

Sep 10th, 2020 - To establish national standards of care for screening and counselling pregnant women and women of child-bearing age about alcohol consumption and possible alcohol use disorder based on current best evidence. Health care providers who care for preg...

Sep 10th, 2020 - Établir des normes pancanadiennes fondées sur les meilleures données probantes actuelles sur le dépistage et les conseils en matière de consommation d'alcool et de troubles de consommation d'alcool chez les femmes enceintes ou en âge de procréer. ...

Jan 29th, 2013 - Alcohol misuse is an important source of preventable injuries in the adolescent population. While alcohol screening and brief interventions are required at American College of Surgeons-accredited trauma centers, there is no standard screening meth...

Jun 13th, 2009 - Ethical considerations for administering alcohol or alcohol cues to treatment-seeking alcoholics in a research setting: can the benefits to society outweigh the risks to the individual? A commentary in the context of the National Advisory Council ...

Sep 21st, 2022 - The abuse of high doses of alcohol is associated with cognitive impairment that in extreme cases can result in dementia. However, the mechanisms underlying the neurotoxic effects of alcohol to the human brain are poorly understood. Here we test th...

Sep 21st, 2022 - Objective: The purpose of this protocol is to obtain a standard set of assessments, including brain behavioral, structural, functional, and connectivity (structural and functional) information, on all NIAAA research participants, referred to herei...

Sep 19th, 2022 - Objective The purpose of this protocol is to characterize cerebellar volumes and function in alcoholics and recovery of cerebellar volume and function during early abstinence. This study also investigates how cerebrocerebellar circuits contribute ...

Sep 19th, 2022 - NEXT is a seven-year longitudinal assessment of a representative sample of U.S. adolescent and young adults starting at grade 10. The goals of the NEXT longitudinal study include: to identify the trajectory of adolescent health status and health b...

Sep 16th, 2022 - The primary hypotheses under test are that alcohol dependent subjects treated with apremilast will report decreased craving for alcohol following alcohol exposure in the laboratory and report significantly less drinking under naturalistic conditio...

Sep 28th, 2022 - Nightmares May Predict Dementia Healthy middle-aged adults who have nightmares once a week or more were four times more likely to develop dementia within a decade, new research suggests. The results were reported in a study published in The Lancet...

Sep 27th, 2022 - Spironolactone, a potassium-sparing diuretic typically used to treat heart failure and hypertension, shows promise in treating alcohol use disorder (AUD), new research suggests. Researchers at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), the Natio...

Aug 23rd, 2022 - Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. We live in particularly stressful times, and some people turn to alcohol to cope with challenges, from the COVID-19 pandemic to any number of pers...

Aug 22nd, 2022 - Key clinical point: Heavy alcohol intake and ALDH2 rs671 polymorphism are associated with a significantly increased risk for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) development in patients with hepatitis B virus (HBV)-related cirrhosis. Major finding: Alco.

Aug 12th, 2022 - Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the sixth most common and third most deadly malignancy worldwide, carrying a mean survival rate without treatment of 6 to 20 months depending on stage. 1 Fifty-seven percent of patients with liver cancer are diagno.