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Chinese Herbal Medicine May Provide Novel Treatment for Alcohol Abuse
UCLA researchers have identified how a component of an ancient Chinese herbal anti-hangover medicine called dihydromyricetin, isolated from the plant Hovenia, counteracts acute alcohol intoxication and withdrawal symptoms. How People Arrived Here: China...
Helping Others Helps Teens Stay on the Road to Addiction Recovery
A new study of teens undergoing substance abuse treatment finds helping others helps the adolescent helper by reducing cravings for alcohol and drugs, a major precipitator of relapse. These novel findings stem from the “Helping Others” study...
CDC Reports Excessive Alcohol Consumption Cost the U.S. $224b in 2006
The cost of excessive alcohol consumption in the United States in 2006 reached $223.5 billion or about $1.90 per drink, according to a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Almost three–quarters of these costs were due to binge...
Asians Fighting Alcoholism May Benefit From New UCLA Study
New UCLA psychology research indicates that Asians who are struggling with alcoholism may benefit especially from naltrexone, one of three medications approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of alcoholism.
Government Support Demanded for Scheme to Tackle Alcohol-related Crimes in London
Croydon and Sutton’s London Assembly member, Steve O’Connell has called on the Government to back the Mayor’s radical plan to cut alcohol-related crime in London.
People Born After World War II are More Likely to Binge Drink And Develop Alcohol Disorders
In a review of 31 peer-reviewed and published studies, researchers at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health looked generational and gender differences in alcohol consumption, alcohol disorders, and mortality. Findings indicate that...
Parents, Communities And Other Stakeholders Called to Join the Fight Against Alcohol Abuse
Parents, communities and other stakeholders have been called to join the fight against alcohol abuse, which costs the economy at least R9 billion a year as the Department of Trade and Industry launched its Sobriety Week Campaign.
Evidence for ‘food Addiction’ in Humans
Research to be presented at the upcoming annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB), the foremost society for research into all aspects of eating and drinking behavior, suggests that people can become dependent on highly...
