http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. The Royal College of Psychiatrists of London has published a report related primarily to problems of unrecognized alcohol misuse among the elderly. The report provides guidelines for psychiatrists and family physicians on how to find and how to treat elderly people with misuse of alcohol and drugs. Forum members consider it very important to identify abusive drinking among the elderly and this report provides specific and very reasonable recommendations to assist practitioners in both the identification and treatment of such problems. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-alcohol-elderly-benefits.html Addiction Mon, 27 Jun 2011 10:27:57 EST news228389266 (Medical Xpress) -- Frequent use of energy drinks is associated with binge drinking, alcohol-related social problems and misuse of prescription drugs among musicians, according to researchers at the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-energy-linked-substance-musicians.html Health Thu, 16 Jun 2011 11:35:26 EST news227442912 Administrative information can be useful for surveillance and understanding of alcohol-related harm in young people, states an article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-health-alcohol-related-youth.html Health Mon, 13 Jun 2011 13:15:09 EST news227189694 In a large study of men in Japan, the presence of fatty liver disease by ultrasonography showed an inverse ( reduced risk) association with the frequency of moderate alcohol consumption; however, there was some suggestion of an increase in fatty liver disease with higher volume of alcohol consumed per day. Moderate drinkers had lower levels of obesity than did non-drinkers, and both obesity and metabolic abnormalities were positively associated with fatty liver disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-frequent-moderate-alcohol-fatty-liver.html Addiction Tue, 24 May 2011 10:18:25 EST news225451080 Slathering on alcohol-based hand sanitizer every few minutes may have one unintended consequence — a positive screen for alcohol use in certain types of tests, a University of Florida study confirmed. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-germ-killing-sanitizers-effect-alcohol.html Health Fri, 13 May 2011 05:53:51 EST news224484765 School prevention programs aimed at curbing alcohol misuse in children are somewhat helpful, enough so to deserve consideration for widespread use, according to a large, international systematic review. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-school-based-curb-alcohol-misuse.html Health Wed, 11 May 2011 10:58:02 EST news224330270 Energy drinks mixed with alcohol, such as Red Bull and vodka, have become trendy. While this consumption has been implicated in risky drinking practices and associated accidents and injuries, there is little laboratory research on how the effects of this combination differ from those of drinking alcohol alone. A recent laboratory study, comparing measures of intoxication due to alcohol alone versus alcohol/energy drink, has found that the combination of the energy drink enhanced feelings of stimulation in participants. However, the energy drink did not change the level of impairment for impulsive behavior. These findings suggest that energy drinks combined with alcohol may increase the risks associated with drinking. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-energy-beverages-alcohol-riskier.html Health Fri, 15 Apr 2011 18:40:08 EST news222111597 Drinking alcohol primes certain areas of our brain to learn and remember better, says a new study from the Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research at The University of Texas at Austin. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-alcohol-brain.html Neuroscience Tue, 12 Apr 2011 10:54:45 EST news221824459