Alcoholism Blog

A new Special Feature kit, The Facts About Alcohol, is now available from SAMHSA's NCADI. The kit includes a selection of publications that inform readers about problems related to alcohol abuse ... Read More

Scientific research continues to uncover ways in which children are affected by the drinking and behavior of their alcoholic parents and the news is bad for both sons and daughters. ... Read More

A new Cornell University study shows that when alcohol consumption in and around the workplace increases, so does the risk of harassment of women by male co-workers. The study, "Harassing ... Read More

"Brain exercises" originally developed for the rehabilitation of head-injury patients improve the cognitive functioning of individuals in substance-abuse treatment and their commitment to the treatment program, according to research conducted ... Read More

A researcher has discovered a way to identify those college drinkers who are most likely to be at risk for the very serious problems posed by peak drinking, including alcohol ... Read More

Citing a recent federal study showing that hundreds of children die every year while riding with a driver who had been drinking, Mothers Against Drunk Driving has called for tougher ... Read More

The Food and Drug Administration issued a Public Health Advisory that provides further cautions to physicians, their patients, and families and caregivers of patients about the need to closely monitor ... Read More

In tests on human volunteers, Duke University Medical Center researchers have found that even small amounts of alcohol boost the pleasurable effects of nicotine, inducing people to smoke more when ... Read More

Drug prevention programs are critical to school-based antidrug efforts and they can effect behavior change in nonusers and in youth who already smoke and drink. Results of a recently published ... Read More

A published study shows that buprenorphine, an effective and well-tolerated office-based treatment for opiate addiction, may significantly reduce abuse of heroin and cocaine in people addicted to both drugs. ... Read More

Many women know about the dangers of prenatal alcohol exposure, particularly the damaging effects that heavy drinking can cause to a child's cognitive development. Research has found that even light ... Read More

An innovative new study of six-month-old infants whose mothers drank during pregnancy indicate that slower processing speeds and arousal-regulation problems exist as early as infancy. More: Alcohol and Women | Health ... Read More

Both researchers and clinicians can attest to the high co-occurrence of alcoholism and other psychiatric disorders, although the exact contribution of genetic and environmental factors to coexisting psychopathologies remains unclear. ... Read More

Although alcohol researchers believe that drinking can cause brain damage, the quantity of alcohol and the length of time needed to accomplish this remain unknown. Scientists in Germany have discovered ... Read More

Those who have never attended a 12-step meeting have some misconceptions and fears about how the meetings actually work and what is expected of them as a newcomer. A long-time ... Read More

The program "Keepin' It R.E.A.L," developed jointly by Penn State and Arizona State University, has succeeded at teaching middle school students to say no to drugs by appealing to their ... Read More

Emergency department visits for alcohol-related illnesses or injuries are approximately three times higher than previous estimates, according to an article in the The Archives of Internal Medicine. Because patients ... Read More

Marijuana has been reported effective in the treatment of multiple sclerosis, glaucoma, nausea caused by chemotherapy and wasting caused by AIDS. However, like all drugs, it also causes numerous unwanted ... Read More

Researchers have developed a new and easy method of detecting cirrhosis of the liver which helps predict the evolution of chronic liver disease, allowing physicians to start proper treatment early ... Read More

A team of scientists at The Scripps Research Institute has described the cellular mechanism underlying the brain's response to alcohol, which suggests a possible method for treating alcoholism. The research ... Read More

Thousands of Americans with substance use disorders will have the opportunity to choose their treatment options for recovery under Access to Recovery, a new $100 million discretionary grant program for ... Read More

Violence -- whether personal violence, such as suicide; interpersonal violence, such as rape, homicide, or domestic abuse; or group violence, such as unruliness and riotous acts at sporting events -- ... Read More

Doctors prescribing methadone for pain relief may inadvertently be the cause of an alarming rise in deaths related to the drug in the United States. Forensic science experts fear that ... Read More

For the first time, the Bush Administration will carry out a coordinated drug strategy to confront the illegal diversion and abuse of prescription drugs. This week, President Bush's "Drug Czar," ... Read More

It depends on the type of bar. Environmental characteristics of bars, as well as women's behavior in bars, influence their risk for bar-related aggression, according to a study conducted by ... Read More

Disulfiram, also known as Antabuse -- a drug used to help selected patients with alcohol disorders remain sober -- along with cognitive behavioral therapy appear effective in reducing cocaine use, ... Read More

Debbie Moroz, a Licensed clinical social worker and also an experienced addictions counselor, is the new About.com Guide for Hepatitis. Debbie has been working with high risk populations for hepatitis ... Read More