Compulsive drinking may be due to dysfunction in a specific brain pathway that normally helps keep drinking in check. The results are reported in the journal Biological Psychiatry.
New research suggests that moderate drinking may lower the risk of being hospitalized for any cause, including cardiovascular conditions. Drinking in moderation may reduce the risk of hospitalization.
Researchers conducted a web-based survey among youths aged 15–25 in the USA (n = 1,212), South Korea (n = 1,192), Finland (n = 1,200) and Spain (n = 1,212) in order to determine the continuing role of daily popular social media use in youth hazardous alcohol consumption in these countries.
A new study suggests that even light-to-moderate alcohol consumption may increase overall cancer risk, compared with not drinking any alcohol at all. The research, which was conducted in Japan, found that current and former drinkers were at an 18% higher overall risk for cancer compared with non-drinkers and that the overall risk was lowest at zero alcohol consumption.
Despite the existence of cost effective interventions to reduce harmful use of alcohol, many countries are not giving it the attention it deserves, say Dag Rekve and colleagues
The first analysis of WHO-recommended policies to reduce chronic diseases finds that implementation is slowly improving, but on average just over half get no further than being endorsed, according to results from 151 countries published in The Lancet Global Health journal.
On November 26, a new study in the academic journal PLOS Medicine dispelled the popular idea that binge drinking is more prevalent among women with children than among women without children, the alleged basis of “mommy drinking culture.”
Research has linked a partner's or spouse's drinking with changes in alcohol-related behaviours, but few studies have considered only cohabiting relationships. A new study published in Drug & Alcohol Review sought to determine if a cohabiting partner's drinking habits are influenced by their partner's consumption.
New findings by a University of Houston psychology professor indicate that among firefighters, distress tolerance amplifies associations between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and alcohol use severity.
Collecting rigorous public health data through large survey-based studies is a slow, expensive process.New research from Boston Children's Hospital shows that mining people's alcohol-related tweets and online searches offers a more immediate, localized information source to complement traditional methods, offering public health professionals the opportunity to spot emerging trends and measure the effects of alcohol-related interventions.