Australian study finds medications for alcohol use disorders underutilized
Researchers from The University of Western Australia have found medications used to treat alcohol use disorders are severely underutilized in Australia.
Sep 10, 2024
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Organic Chemicals: News and Research on Alkanesulfonic Acids
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Research illuminates benefits of taurine: Q&A with professor of pathology
The amino acid taurine, a common ingredient in energy drinks, is one of the most abundant amino acids in humans, where it plays key roles in our muscles, our brains, and in the mitochondria that power all our cells. Research ...
Aug 8, 2024
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Alcohol use disorder can be treated with an array of medications—but few people have heard of them
More than 29.5 million Americans ages 12 and up had alcohol use disorder—the medical term for the disease commonly known as alcoholism—in 2022, when the most recent national data was published.
May 20, 2024
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Study finds biomarkers for psychiatric symptoms in patients with rare genetic condition 22q
A recent study led by UC Davis Health researchers provides new insights into the molecular changes linked to the rare genetic condition 22q11.2 deletion syndrome, or 22q. It found unique biomarkers that could identify patients ...
Apr 26, 2024
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Prescribing alcohol use disorder medications upon discharge from alcohol-related hospitalizations works
For adults hospitalized for alcohol-related reasons, receiving a prescription for an alcohol use disorder (AUD) medication at the time of discharge may lower their risk of returning to the hospital within 30 days of discharge, ...
Mar 29, 2024
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Rural Americans are going without meds to fight opioid, alcohol addictions
Less than 9% of rural Americans who abuse both opioids and alcohol are prescribed medications to treat both disorders, new research reveals.
Mar 26, 2024
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Study finds women with depression have 20% lower taurine concentration in the hippocampus
For the first time, a research team in Korea has discovered there is a significant relationship between depression and the taurine concentration in the hippocampus, an area of the brain responsible for memory and learning ...
Nov 14, 2023
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Researchers identify amino acid that may play a key role for predicting and treating long COVID
University of Alberta researchers have identified an amino acid that may play a key role in predicting poor clinical outcomes and the treatment of long COVID.
Oct 26, 2023
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Researchers work to preserve fertility for people undergoing gene therapy
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have created a novel gene therapy procedure that could preserve fertility in people with sickle cell disease and other genetic blood conditions. Infertility is a high-risk ...
Oct 12, 2023
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Q&A: Alcohol use disorder treatment in sexually diverse and gender-diverse patients
Alex Keuroghlian, MD, MPH, and Michal McDowell, MD, MPH, from the Department of Psychiatry at Mass General, have authored a new study in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, titled "Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment in Sexually ...
Aug 28, 2023
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