Alcohol appears in various products, but most familiar are alcoholic beverages that include ethanol, a psychoactive drug that depresses the central nervous system. Heavier drinkers develop higher tolerances to alcohol’s effects as the brain and body adjust to accept the constant presence of alcohol in the system. Over-consumption of alcohol can result in alcohol poisoning.
A new study has found that binge drinking may put teenagers at an increased risk of developing osteoporosis and bone fractures later in life. Published in the journal Alcohol and Alcoholism, the study found long-term disruptions in many genes that play a role in bone formations in rats.
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Behavioral economic analysis uses social, cognitive, and emotional factors to better understand the economic decisions of individuals. A new study from the University of Georgia suggests that behavioral economic analysis may also help scientists understand why some people crave alcohol and drugs. Although this method of study is relatively new, it could help develop new, [...]
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A new study, which will be published in the September issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, found that young adults with a religious upbringing are more likely to refrain from problem alcohol use than their non-religious counterparts during adolescence, even if they are predisposed to developing alcohol dependence.
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Although it’s clear that drinking alcohol during pregnancy can result in negative outcomes such as birth defects and brain damage, fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is still extremely difficult to understand, treat, and prevent. Four first-year medical students from Georgetown University Medical Center examined the clinical treatment of FAS, finding that no new medical strategies exist [...]
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Researchers from the Medical College of Georgia (MCG) conducted a study and found that CDP-choline, a dietary supplement sold as a brain-boosting agent and being tested as a treatment for stroke and traumatic brain injury, may block brain damage that can result from alcohol consumption early in pregnancy. Dr. Erhard Bieberich, biochemist in the MCG [...]
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When some people drink alcohol, the neurotransmitter dopamine is released in the brain, which leads to feelings of euphoria and can contribute to alcohol cravings and dependency. But alcohol doesn’t affect everyone in the same way–some people can drink occasionally and not become dependent, whereas others can become almost immediately hooked.
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Fears that the poorest families could be hardest hit by minimum pricing for alcohol in the United Kingdom may be unfounded, health campaigners have claimed.
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Choices about alcohol are never made in isolation. Making a decision whether to drink and how much to drink affects family members, employers, and friends. When drinking behaviors extend to secondary decisions related to drinking, such as whether to drive after drinking, the impact reaches even more people.
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Two researchers, Barbara McCrady and Elizabeth Epstein, wanted to know whether cognitive behavioral therapy worked better for alcohol-dependent women when delivered as couples therapy than when delivered as individual therapy.
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Scotland’s BrewDog Brewery is now in the process of shipping more than 400 bottles of one of the world’s strongest beers to stores in California and New York City. At 32 percent alcohol by volume, Tactical Nuclear Penguin is more than six times more potent than the average American Budweiser.
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