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Nov 25th, 2022 - This article is part of a Festschrift commemorating the 50th anniversary of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). Established in 1970, first as part of the National Institute of Mental Health and later as an independent i...

Nov 24th, 2022 - Alcoholism is a serious social, economic, and public health problem. Alcoholism can affect the gastrointestinal, neurological, cardiovascular, and respiratory systems, and it can be fatal, costing the healthcare system huge amounts of money. Despi...

Nov 13th, 2022 - Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) has been linked with the gut-liver axis. Here, we investigate the potential for repurposing disulfiram (DSF), a drug commonly used to treat chronic alcoholism, for NASH. Using a mouse model, we show that DSF ame...

Nov 13th, 2022 - Pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT) is most commonly used to treat exocrine insufficiency related to pancreatic diseases, but can be used for non-pancreatic digestive conditions (NPDC). We aimed to determine the prevalence of PERT use and...

Nov 8th, 2022 - This article is part of a Festschrift commemorating the 50th anniversary of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). Established in 1970, first as part of the National Institute of Mental Health and later as an independent i...

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 ...

Oct 14th, 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 ...

Oct 12th, 2022 - The study will be developed in three stages, according to the objectives outlined. Initially, a prototype of a cellphone application will be developed to help Brazilian adults diagnosed with SAH, with tools related mainly to medication adherence, ...

Oct 12th, 2022 - DSF blocks an enzyme called aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH). ALDH breaks down substances in the body that can be toxic. ALDH also appears to be important for making many cancers resistant to chemotherapy drugs like liposomal doxorubicin. The study t...

Oct 7th, 2022 - The primary hypotheses under test are that alcohol dependent subjects treated with suvorexant will report decreased craving for alcohol following alcohol exposure in the laboratory and report significantly less drinking under naturalistic conditio...

Oct 3rd, 2022 - The aim is to evaluate the digital cognitive monitoring (Mindmore-P) in clinical practice by: I) Test recruitment process and measure attrition rate. II) To establish whether it is possible to detect early signs of neurocognitive decline, using a ...

Oct 20th, 2022 - Note that some links may require subscriptions. Valley Physicians Group members in California are set to start a multi-day strike in early November in Santa Clara County. (Becker's Hospital Review) The World Health Organization (WHO) says the COVI...

Oct 6th, 2022 - (This article runs with sidebar USA-TRANSYOUTH/DATA) BELPRE, Ohio, Oct 6 (Reuters) - On the two-hour drive back from the hospital, Danielle Boyer kept replaying the doctor’s questions in her mind. Was her then-12-year-old child, Ryace, hearing voi...

Oct 4th, 2022 - Starting treatment for alcohol use disorder (AUD) with extended-release naltrexone injections in the emergency department (ED) produced a dramatic reduction in alcohol consumption, according to findings presented at the American College of Emergen...

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...