Addiction research is the study of addiction to drugs and alcohol for the purpose of finding new and better ways to treat people who suffer from chemical dependency or compulsive behaviors such as gambling addiction and sexual addiction. Some major addiction research organizations include The National Institute on Drug Abuse and The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
Whether or not an individual has had long-term exposure to alcohol may be apparent in their appearance, or in new fingernail and hair tests. According to this Medical News Today report, two new tests have been launched by the United States Drug Testing Laboratories (USDTL) that will monitor long-term alcohol exposure. The tests use fingernail [...]
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A new study has shown that men who live in low-income neighborhoods drink more than three times more alcohol per week than women living in these neighborhoods. The study, led by St. Michael’s researcher Flora Matheson and published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, suggests that neighborhood affluence affects men and women differently [...]
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Is there a relationship between alcohol consumption and coronary artery disease? One research team set out to answer this question and their processes were reported in this recent Science Daily release.
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Many parents debate about whether to make drinking a family affair. Some believe that including kids in their social drinking and inviting kids to join in teaches their children responsibility with alcohol. Others would rather keep their drinking reserved for adult-only events and encourage their children to avoid alcohol.
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Alcohol and sporting events seem to go hand in hand, but a new study has revealed that a surprising eight percent of football and baseball fans were legally drunk when leaving a game. Forty percent of fans tested positive for alcohol, and sixty percent had zero blood alcohol content (BAC).
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A new study discovered a mutation in a mouse gene that could lead to new understanding of alcoholism and genetics. Researchers from the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center and the University of California, San Francisco, found that mice with the mutant gene were significantly more sensitive to alcohol than their normal littermates, and consumed [...]
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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 recent comparison of proposed national alcohol policies in Lesotho, Malawi, Uganda, and Botswana shows that the alcohol industry has assumed a significant and detrimental role in designing national alcohol policies in Sub-Saharan Africa. The policy drafts point to the alcohol industry’s preferred version of a national alcohol policy, which includes letting the industry regulate [...]
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New findings about alcohol’s effects on the brain and potential drug treatments that prevent damage to brain cells has led to three federal grants totaling $3.1 million for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
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The integration of alcohol screening, treatment, and referral into primary care and other medical settings is not routinely done. In addition, there are no current studies evaluating the effectiveness of integrating care for alcohol use disorders (AUDs) into routine treatment for tuberculosis (TB), despite the high co-occurrence and mortality associated with these two diseases.
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