From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: A team of scientists at the Scripps Research Institute has identified two compounds that act on novel binding sites for an enzyme used by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the virus that causes AIDS. The...
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: Exposure to severe stress early in life increases the risk of alcohol and drug addiction. Yet surprisingly, some adults sexually abused as children -- and therefore at high risk for alcohol problems -- carry gene...
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: One of many reasons that attendance at Alcoholics Anonymous meetings helps people with alcohol use disorders stay sober appears to be alleviation of depression. A team of researchers has found that study participants who attended...
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: Social factors are known to contribute to vulnerability to alcohol use and abuse. New research has looked at linkages between high-risk drinking among older adults and their social and financial resources.Older drinkers who have more...
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: There are few studies of alcohol use among the elderly. A study of drinking among the elderly in Brazil has found that heavy alcohol use is associated with more memory and cognitive problems than mild-to-moderate...
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: Researchers from the Karolinska Institute determined that patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease have a higher overall mortality rate compared with the general population. Details of this study are available in the February issue of...
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