Omar Rahman, M.D., director of the Munroe-Meyer Institute Department of Genetics at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, is part of a group that has created a training manual in both English and Spanish designed to help health care providers recognize and diagnose fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD).
- New training manual designed to help health care providers diagnose fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
For many people, social disconnection, financial strain, increased obligations in the home and ongoing uncertainty have created distress – and with it, a need for new ways of coping.
Female college students appear to be more affected by high alcohol use than men, which may lead to less interest in academics, according to new research including by faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York.
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. -- Early exposure to anesthetics may make adolescents more susceptible to developing alcohol use disorder (AUD), according to new research from Binghamton University, State University of New York.
Despite decreases in overall opioid overdose deaths in 2018, deaths involving synthetic opioids, cocaine, and other psychostimulants increased sharply in the United States, and alcohol and suicide deaths also rose, new data show.
Every culture that has developed social drinking rituals has also developed its own drinking toasts. Americans toast to good spirits with a hearty “Cheers.” In Turkey, it’s commonplace to toast “to honor” by proclaiming “Şerefe.” But the emerging changes and new trends in the alcoholic beverage market are best characterized by the ancient Celts’ “Sláinte,” meaning “to health.”
Everyone has a homemade cure for a hangover: A pot of coffee? A hot shower? A greasy breakfast? An assortment of B vitamins? 5-hour Energy drink? “Hair of the dog”? These might seem like ready solutions when you’ve got the “brew flu.” But, unfortunately, none have been proven to actually work.
AUSTIN, Texas -- Home isolation due to COVID19 is causing some people to suffer anxiety and panic attacks -- both of which can lead to substance abuse.
"We believe we're seeing a significant increase in alcohol-related problems," explained Sammy Saab, MD. In a poll of 1004 Americans conducted on March 18 and 19, 8% of respondents reported that they are consuming more alcohol or other drugs and substances during this period of social isolation.
An innovative statewide alcohol-monitoring program that requires drunk drivers to be tested frequently for alcohol use significantly lowers the likelihood that participants will be rearrested or have probation revoked, according to a new RAND Corporation study.