Alcohol
Lifestyle
Parents can curb teen’s binge drinking and driving, study
Ongoing parental practices could be protective against binge drinking once teens' transition from high school into early adulthood.
Science
This brain circuit is responsible for regulating alcohol consumption
Discovery could lead to a better understanding of why some casual drinkers develop an alcohol use disorder.
Health
This gut bacteria produce a ton of alcohol in the body
The findings could help develop a screening method for early diagnosis and treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver.
Health
Quitting alcohol may improve mental well-being, health-related quality of life
The association of moderate alcohol consumption with specific disorders, including heart disease and cancers, has been well documented. The evidence of the broader impact...
Lifestyle
Study highlights the relation between parent’s lenient attitude and children’s alcohol use
Alcohol use is not only an adult problem. Millions of adolescents drink alcohol. Many binge drink, having five or more drinks at a time.
Exposure...
Health
Is alcohol consumption more helpful than harmful?
People drink to socialize, celebrate, and relax. Alcohol often has a strong effect on people – and throughout history, we’ve struggled to understand and...
Health
Alcohol dependence and psychological disorders share genetic links
The risk to alcohol dependence (AD) is heritable, however little is thought about its complex polygenic architecture or its genetic association with other disorders....
Lifestyle
Drinking energy drinks with alcohol could make you aggressive
A new study by the University of Portsmouth in collaboration with the Federal University of Santa Maria in Brazil, suggests that a key ingredient of energy...
Health
Substance in hair may be a marker for alcohol consumption
Ethyl glucuronide (EtG) and ethyl sulphate (EtS) are 2 non‐oxidative and direct metabolites of ethanol. EtG is known to accumulate in hair and has...
Health
Scientists discovered a wonder drug for alcohol use disorder ineffective
Scientists at the University of Liverpool have recently highlighted the ineffectiveness of a specific drug treatment for alcohol use disorders.
Baclofen is a pharmaceutical which has been...