News tagged with ethanol consumption
Enhanced brain acetate metabolism may reward heavy drinkers
In addition to its well-known effects on the CNS, alcohol consumption has a significant impact on metabolism. After consumption, the body rapidly begins converting ethanol to acetate, which can serve as an energy source for ...
Addiction
Mar 08, 2013 |
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Is it time for global guidelines on safe levels of drinking?
A comparison of drinking guidelines around the world shows there's little consensus between countries on what constitutes safe or sensible alcohol consumption, say University of Sussex researchers.
Health
Jan 22, 2013 |
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Even moderate drinking in pregnancy can affect a child's IQ, study shows
Relatively small levels of exposure to alcohol while in the womb can influence a child's IQ, according to a new study led by researchers from the universities of Bristol and Oxford using data from over 4,000 mothers and their ...
Health
Nov 14, 2012 |
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Tendency to binge drinking runs in the blood
Mice drink more alcohol during the dark cycle compared to daytime. The discovery made by scientists from Portland Alcohol Research Center and The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at University of ...
Addiction
Nov 08, 2012 |
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Enhanced minimum-pricing strategy on alcohol could result in less harm for consumers
(Medical Xpress)—Consumers tend to switch to less potent alcoholic beverages when minimum prices are raised for cheap, strong drinks, new research from the University of Victoria's Centre for Addictions Research of BC (CARBC) ...
Health
Oct 19, 2012 |
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Researchers find potential link between drinking alcohol and breast cancer
A research team this week will present findings that they say may finally explain the link between alcohol consumption and breast cancer.
Cancer
Apr 23, 2012 |
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Genes modify the risk of liver disease among alcoholics
It has been widely observed that only a small percentage of alcoholics develop cirrhosis of the liver, the most advanced form of alcoholic liver disease (ALD); the reason why all alcoholics do not develop such disease is ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 06, 2011 |
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Alcohol helps the brain remember, says new study
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.
Neuroscience
Apr 12, 2011 |
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