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.
New research pinpoints genetic pathways and genes that are associated with levels of alcohol consumption but not with alcohol dependence. This means that your genetic makeup may predispose you to drink more, but may not increase your genetic risk for alcoholism.
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Researchers warn that even low alcohol consumption is bad for your health in general. Johan Jarl of Lund University, Sweden, worked with a team to determine the effect of low alcohol consumption on health by measuring alcohol-related medical care costs and episodes collected during the Swedish Cost of Alcohol Project in 2002.
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In any given year, people with alcohol dependence (AD) commit more than 20 percent of suicides in the general population. About 80 to 90 percent of AD suicides are by men, mostly white. A new look at the relationship between alcohol and suicide has found that both attempted and complete suicides occur at greater rates [...]
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Scientists have been pondering why certain individuals are more predisposed to alcohol dependency than others for decades, as alcoholism can be influenced by neurobiology, personality traits, and individual and social influences. Scientists know how alcohol affects the central nervous system, but the exact mechanism of action remains obscure.
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The impact that alcohol dependence can have on a person and the people that care about them can be profound. Many of these people do not want to live with this dependence every day, but have yet to find a way to escape it completely. Now, new research may offer hope. Science Daily recently reported [...]
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A study from Idaho State University says that alcohol causes more physiological stress in women than in men. According to the study by Dan Selvage, women release higher leels of stress hormones. This means the hormones could mask other illnesses.
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