Alcoholism Archive
Alcoholism causes sleep problems even during extended abstinence
0 Comments Published January 3rd, 2010 in Alcoholism, General Interest, Health, Health News, Health and Wellness, Life, Medical News, Mental Health, Popular, Sleep, Substance abuseAASMnet.org - Long-term alcoholism affects sleep even after long periods of abstinence, and the pattern of this effect is similar in both men and women, according to a study in the journal SLEEP.
Results indicate that in long-term alcoholics who had not had a drink for up to 719 days, the percentage of slow wave sleep [...]
Reducing hangover symptoms during the holidays
0 Comments Published December 8th, 2009 in Alcoholism, General Interest, Health, Health News, Health and Wellness, Life, PopularMed.UNC.edu - Unfortunately, too many people will drink too much alcohol during the holiday season, and find themselves waking up with hangovers (and hopefully not worse consequences from alcohol use).
For those folks, the bad news is that while myths about hangover “cures” abound, there isn’t a single one that has been scientifically proven to work, [...]
How alcohol gets your brain cells intoxicated
0 Comments Published June 28th, 2009 in Alcoholism, General Interest, Health, Health News, Life, Medical News, Mental Health, Popular, Substance abuseAlcohol’s intoxicating effects are familiar to everyone. But the molecular details of alcohol’s impact on brain activity remain a mystery. A new study by researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies brings us closer to understanding how alcohol alters the way brain cells work.
Their findings, published in the current advance online edition of Nature [...]
Alcohol changes brain metabolism in six minutes
0 Comments Published June 28th, 2009 in Alcoholism, General Interest, Health, Health News, Life, Medical News, Mental Health, Popular, Substance abuseUni-Heidelberg.de - Just one drink can quickly go to your head. Researchers in Heidelberg tested this well-known adage. Only six minutes after consuming an amount of alcohol (ethanol) equivalent to three glasses of beer or two glasses of wine, leading to a blood alcohol level of 0.05 to 0.06 percent, changes have already taken place [...]
High tolerance for alcohol a risk factor for alcoholism
0 Comments Published May 24th, 2009 in Alcoholism, General Interest, Health, Health News, Health and Wellness, Life, Medical News, Mental Health, Popular, Substance abuseSomeone who has a low level of response (LR) to alcohol, meaning relatively little reaction to alcohol, has a higher risk for developing alcoholism and alcohol-use disorders (AUDs). A study that examined the influence of LR in conjunction with other characteristics – like family history of AUDs and age of drinking onset – has found [...]
Excess alcohol can lead to depression
0 Comments Published March 2nd, 2009 in Alcoholism, Depression, General Interest, Health, Health News, Health and Wellness, Life, Mental Health, Popular, Substance abuseJAMA / Archives - Many people who have had problems with depression and alcohol have been attracted to the controversial “self-medication” hypothesis - that is, the idea that some people start to drink to temporarily relieve depressive symptoms. Now a new carefully designed study suggests that the opposite may be true.
A statistical modeling study suggests [...]














