News tagged with alcohol
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New genetic screen paves the way for long-sought treatments for liver disease
Chronic liver failure is a major health problem that causes about one million deaths around the world each year. A study published April 11th by Cell Press in the journal Cell reveals a new type of screen for identifying genes ...
Medical research
Apr 11, 2013 |
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Regulating density of alcohol outlets a promising strategy to improve public health
Regulating alcohol outlet density, or the number of physical locations in which alcoholic beverages are available for purchase in a geographic area, is an effective strategy for reducing excessive alcohol consumption and ...
Health
Apr 11, 2013 |
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PET scans monitor brain circuits activated by light, opening new window to brain diseases
(Medical Xpress)—Building on their history of innovative brain-imaging techniques, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and collaborators have developed a new way ...
Neuroscience
Apr 11, 2013 |
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A new treatment option for alcohol dependence: Reduced consumption rather than abstinence
A potential new treatment for alcoholism called nalmefene is effective and safe for reducing alcohol consumption in alcohol dependent individuals, says a new study published this week in Biological Psychiatry.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 11, 2013 |
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Alcohol consumption has no impact on breast cancer survival
Although previous research has linked alcohol consumption to an increased risk of developing breast cancer, a new study has found that drinking before and after diagnosis does not impact survival from the disease. In fact, ...
Cancer
Apr 08, 2013 |
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Incarceration, marijuana use and suicide attempts may hinder liver transplant eligibility
Results from an anonymous survey of U.S. transplant providers report that incarceration, marijuana use, and psychiatric diagnoses, particularly suicide attempts, may lower patients' eligibility for liver transplantation. ...
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Apr 04, 2013 |
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Body Mass Index and coronary heart disease
Coronary heart disease (CHD) increases with BMI, as well as with age, finds an article published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Medicine. The research from the Million Women Study indicates that increased weight ...
Health
Apr 01, 2013 |
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Children of deployed parents at higher risk for alcohol, drug use
In 2010, almost 2 million American children had at least one parent in active military duty. A new University of Iowa study suggests that deployment of a parent puts these children at an increased risk for drinking alcohol ...
Addiction
Mar 28, 2013 |
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Major health benefits of music uncovered
(Medical Xpress)—In the first large-scale review of 400 research papers in the neurochemistry of music, a team led by Prof. Daniel J. Levitin of McGill University's Psychology Dept. has been able to show ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 28, 2013 |
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People with depression may not reap full benefits of healthy behaviors
Depression may inhibit the anti-inflammatory effects typically associated with physical activity and light-to-moderate alcohol consumption, according to researchers at Duke Medicine.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 26, 2013 |
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Research provides clues to alcohol addiction vulnerability
(Medical Xpress)—A Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center team studying alcohol addiction has new research that might shed light on why some drinkers are more susceptible to addiction than others.
Addiction
Mar 26, 2013 |
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Ultrasound to combat liver tumours
Liver tumours are either benign or malignant; if malignant then they can be primary or secondary. In Europe, a solitary lesion in the liver is more likely to be a metastatic carcinoma than a primary liver ...
Cancer
Mar 25, 2013 |
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Study sounds warning on drinking and skiing
One in five people ski having consumed alcohol, and 29 percent of these hurtle down the piste over the legal limit for driving, an Austrian survey showed Thursday.
Health
Mar 21, 2013 |
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Nurses can play key role in reducing deaths from world's most common diseases
Nurses and midwives can play a critical role in lessening people's risk of cardiovascular diseases, cancers, chronic respiratory disease and diabetes, according to a groundbreaking new report issued by the World Health Organization ...
Health
Mar 19, 2013 |
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Brain-mapping increases understanding of alcohol's effects on first-year college students
(Medical Xpress)—A research team that includes several Penn State scientists has completed a first-of-its-kind longitudinal pilot study aimed at better understanding how the neural processes that underlie responses to alcohol-related ...
Addiction
Mar 19, 2013 |
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