News articles tagged with 'alcoholic'
Vitamin D deficiency in cirrhosis
— 15 Mar 2011 20:20 | HealthVitamin D deficiency is a well reported complication in chronic cholestatic liver disease such as primary biliary cirrhosis. While the prevalence and treatment of this deficiency has…
Japanese scientists use alcoholic drinks to induce superconductivity
— 7 Mar 2011 17:10 | TechnologyJapanese researchers have been immersing iron-based compounds in hot alcoholic beverages such as red wine, sake and shochu to induce superconductivity…
For alcoholics, new help in abstaining - without thinking about it
— 2 Mar 2011 11:49 | HealthAlcoholism is a tough addiction to kick. Eventually, most people return to drinking. But some Dutch and German psychological scientists have tested a short-term regime that promises…
Helping others helps alcoholics stay on the road to recovery, Case Western Reserve shows
— 29 Jan 2011 17:46 | HealthParticipating in community service activities and helping others is not just good for the soul; it has a healing effect that helps alcoholics and other addicts become and stay sober,…
Alcoholics beware - genetic variation linked to liver cirrhosis in Caucasians
— 16 Dec 2010 16:40 | HealthA new study by German researchers found that a variation in the PNPLA3 (adiponutrin) gene was associated with cirrhosis of the liver and elevated transaminase (liver enzyme) levels…
Alcoholic cirrhosis patients had high prevalence of complications at diagnosis
— 28 Apr 2010 13:40 | HealthA recent study by Danish researchers discovered patients with alcoholic cirrhosis had a high prevalence of complications at the time of the disease diagnosis. Researchers noted that…
Case Western Reserve first to prove validated instrument to measure AA-related helping
— 9 Apr 2010 10:54 | HealthMaria Pagano, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, has established an empirical model to quantify and gauge an alcohol addicts'…
Alcohol companies target youths with magazine ads, new study shows
— 3 Dec 2009 09:40 | HealthAlcoholic beverages popular among youths are more likely to be advertised in magazines with high youth readership than alcoholic drinks consumed mainly by adults, resulting in disproportionately…
Alcoholism's effect on sleep persists during long periods of sobriety
— 1 Oct 2009 10:04 | HealthA study in the 1 October issue of the journal Sleep shows that long-term alcoholism affects sleep even after long periods of abstinence, and the pattern of this effect is similar in…
Researchers find alcoholics display abnormal brain activity when processing facial expressions
— 12 Aug 2009 13:26 | HealthResearchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that individuals who have a long history of alcoholism, but who have been abstinent for at least a month up to…