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He Hadn’t Had a Drop of Alcohol in Nearly a Year –
Perspectives > Second Opinions — Faulty testing protocols threaten the freedom of those entangled in the U.S. legal system by Aaron L. Schwartz, MD, PhD, and Tamar Lerer, JD August 10, 2024 Schwartz is an internal medicine physician and health economist. Lerer is an appellate public defender specializing in forensic science. When Anthony Bing called
If Alcohol and Drugs Rewire Your Brain, How Can We Counteract Addiction?
Many people are wired to seek and respond to rewards. Your brain interprets food as rewarding when you are hungry and water as rewarding when you are thirsty. But addictive substances like alcohol and drugs of abuse can overwhelm the natural reward pathways in your brain, resulting in intolerable cravings and reduced impulse control.A popular misconception is that
Adolescent Alcohol Dependency Linked With Later Depression Risk
Recent research indicates that adolescents exhibiting signs of alcohol dependency are at a higher risk of developing depression by their mid-20s. The study, however, did not find the same risk linked to heavy drinking without signs of dependency, suggesting that problematic drinking patterns, rather than consumption levels, may be a warning sign of future mental
What Is Alcohol Use Disorder?
The Pandemic Changed The Way People DrinkAlcohol consumption was already seeing changes before the pandemic, but lockdowns drove up drinking in the first two years. People drank for various reasons, including uncertainty, loss of connection, fear of death, and political and racial tensions. Many also drank to cope with accumulated pressures that reached an apex
How does alcohol affect sleep?
Home References (Image credit: Getty Images) Many people enjoy a glass of wine with dinner or a nightcap before bedtime, but how does alcohol affect sleep?Alcohol can help people feel more relaxed and sleepy, but it's also linked to poor sleep quality and duration, according to the Sleep Foundation (opens in new tab), a U.S.
Qatar to ban alcohol sales at World Cup stadiums
By Graham DunbarUpdated November 19, 2022 — 2.33amDoha: Qatar has banned the sale of beer at World Cup stadiums, a sudden U-turn on the deal the conservative Muslim emirate made to secure the soccer tournament with only two days to go before the opening game.The move on Friday (Qatar time) was the latest sign of
The consumption of alcohol is a direct cause of several kinds of cancer, according to researchers. In a recent large-scale genetic study led by Oxford Population Health and published in the International Journal of Cancer, a team from Oxford, Peking University and the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, worked to investigate gene variants linked to lower…