http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. In 2009, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, suicide ranked as the 10th leading overall cause of death in the United States. Prior research has also shown that alcohol use disorders confer increased risk for suicide, and are second only to mood disorders as common among individuals who have committed suicide. A study of the prevalence and sociodemographic correlates of suicide involving acute alcohol intoxication among U.S. ethnic minorities has found that American Indians are at much greater risk than other groups. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-american-indians-greater-suicide-acute.html Addiction Tue, 05 Feb 2013 16:04:33 EST news279302660 (HealthDay)—There is high consensus among state medical boards regarding the likelihood of probable investigations for certain online behaviors, according to a study published in the Jan. 15 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-online-behaviors-docs-warrant.html Other Tue, 15 Jan 2013 09:08:27 EST news277463268 Injured patients were less likely to die in the hospital if they had alcohol in their blood, according to a study from the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health—and the more alcohol, the more likely they were to survive. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-alcohol-effect-mortality-substantial.html Health Mon, 19 Nov 2012 12:52:32 EST news272551941 (Medical Xpress)—A new study is shedding light on the use of sedative drugs in hospitals and has proven certain clinically used drug combinations to be faster and more effective in sedating highly aggressive patients in the emergency department (ED). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-antipsychotics-patient-sedation.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 09 Oct 2012 07:26:49 EST news268986398 (Medical Xpress) -- Although certain memory processes are impaired during alcohol intoxication, the brain does appear to retain emotionally charged images, particularly in unconscious memory processes, a new study in the September issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs suggests. This finding may have implications for improving alcohol education and treatment programs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-emotional-memory-intact-alcohol-intoxication.html Addiction Tue, 21 Aug 2012 16:40:01 EST news264784912 Medical staff struggle to spot problem drinking in their patients unless they are already intoxicated, according to research by the University of Leicester. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-clinicians-overlook-alcohol-problems-patients.html Addiction Wed, 01 Aug 2012 11:04:06 EST news263037838 (Medical Xpress) -- New UCLA psychology research indicates that Asians who are struggling with alcoholism may benefit especially from naltrexone, one of three medications approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of alcoholism. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-asians-alcoholism-benefit.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 27 Sep 2011 06:32:53 EST news236323927 A marker for Alzheimer's disease rises and falls in the spinal fluid in a daily pattern that echoes the sleep cycle, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-marker-alzheimer-disease-day-falls.html Alzheimer's disease & dementia Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:22:03 EST news236272899 Power can lead to great acts of altruism, but also corruptive, unethical behavior. Being intoxicated can lead to a first date, or a bar brawl. And the mask of anonymity can encourage one individual to let a stranger know they have toilet paper stuck to their shoe, whereas another may post salacious photos online. What is the common thread between these three disparate states? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-powerful-intoxicated-anonymous-paradox-disinhibited.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 22 Jun 2011 11:16:39 EST news227960179