Stories Collection

  1. Insurance Coverage Some health practitioners also are reluctant to screen their pat...
  2. Another approach, being studied at Boston Medical Center and Yale--New Haven Hospital...
  3. * Explore how screening and intervention can best be incorporated into clinical pract...
  4. (6) The term "convenience sample" means that the investigators picked poten...
  5. HUNGERFORD, D.; WILLIAMS, J.; FURBEE, P.; ET AL. Feasibility of screening and interve...
  6. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The NHSDA Report:...
  7. Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women, although new research reveals that less t...
  8. Over the past 60 years, however, scientific research has vastly altered and enhanced ...
  9. * Even in the States with UPPL statutes, a number of insurance companies do not deny ...
  10. Interest in screening and brief intervention for alcohol problems by ED physicians an...
  11. RIVARA, F.P.; TOLLEFSON, S.; TESH, E.; AND GENTILELLO, L.M. Screening trauma patients...
  12. The treatment of alcohol-related conditions and actions by the law has been influence...
  13. Feature: Women and US Foreign Policy "It is important for women to be a part of the f...
  14. COPYRIGHT 2004 U.S. Government Printing Office COPYRIGHT 2005 Gale Group...
  15. Another innovative approach in the prenatal setting, the Protecting the Next Pregnanc...
  16. CHANG, G.; WILKINS-HAUG, L.; BERMAN, S.; ET AL. Alcohol use in pregnancy: Improving i...
  17. SOOD, B.; DELANEY-BLACK, V.; COVINGTON, C.; ET AL. Prenatal alcohol exposure and chil...
  18. Background In the United States, FAS is the leading preventable birth defect with a...
  19. * 12.9 percent of pregnant women reported some level of alcohol use in 1999. * 2.7 ...
  20. According to new studies, even low levels of prenatal alcohol exposure can negatively...
  21. Disposable Domestics: Immigrant Women Workers in the Global Economy by Grace Chang Fo...
  22. INTRODUCTION Bone marrow transplantation is used to treat an increasing number of ...
  23. School nurse hired --- Tammy Beaver, R.N., has accepted a position with Shawnee Count...
  24. No accurate statistics on the total number of criminal justice referrals to community...
  25. * Interviewing/assessment -- face-to-face interactions between specially trained pers...
  26. As a result of the limitations of current screening procedures and the coercive natur...
  27. With the tight budgets in most communities and States, criminal justice systems faced...
  28. Comorbidity Research indicates that many offenders in the criminal justice system n...
  29. The process of screening DWI offenders for alcohol use disorders shares several of th...
  30. Offenders identified during screening as having a high probability of being alcohol d...
  31. Alcohol abuse and dependence are highly prevalent among offenders in the criminal jus...
  32. * Less emphasis should be placed on self-reports and more emphasis on externally vali...
  33. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Alcohol and Crime. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of J...
  34. LAPHAM, S.C.; SMITH, E.; C'DE BACA, J.; ET AL. Prevalence of psychiatric disorders am...
  35. WELLS-PARKER, E., AND WILLIAMS, M. Enhancing the effectiveness of traditional interve...
  36. Court-ordered screening misses many people with alcohol use disorders. In a study of ...
  37. News Editors/Business Editors/High-Tech Writers LOS ALAMITOS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIR...
  38. Alcohol use during pregnancy is a significant public health problem. Although most wo...
  39. Brief interventions are gaining favor as a means of addressing the problems associate...
  40. Screening tests are useful in a variety of settings and contexts, but not all disorde...
  41. The article "Screening for Alcohol Problems" by Stewart and Connors and oth...
  42. National Alcohol Screening Day (NASD) is the nation's largest and most visible commun...
  43. Clinicians can use several biochemical measurements to objectively assess patients' c...
  44. It is well established that college students have high rates of alcohol use and misus...
  45. Various methodological issues influence the measurement of alcohol consumption in sur...
  46. Researchers are tracking long-term changes in alcohol consumption and related behavio...
  47. Alcohol use is related to a wide variety of negative health outcomes including morbid...
  48. Alcohol misuse can harm people other than the drinker, and can have negative conseque...
  49. Alcohol is a major factor in traffic crashes, and crashes involving alcohol are more ...
  50. National surveys of adolescents, college students, and other young adults in the Unit...
  51. Alcohol use patterns and the prevalence of alcohol-related problems vary among ethnic...
  52. International comparisons of alcohol consumption and its consequences can serve multi...
  53. Medical conditions and disorders must be carefully defined both for research and for ...
  54. Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is a serious and potentially fatal consequence of alcoh...
  55. In many patients, long-term heavy drinking leads to chronic liver disease, liver fail...
  56. Acetaldehyde: A toxic product that results from the breakdown of alcohol by the enzym...
  57. This article describes the various forms of alcoholic liver disease (ALD), with parti...
  58. Many alcoholics are malnourished, either because they ingest too little of essential ...
  59. Patients infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) who drink heavily are likely to su...
  60. Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a brain disorder caused by chronic liver failure, part...
  61. Alcohol consumption alters the metabolism of the most common type of cell found in th...
  62. One central component in the complex network of processes leading to the development ...
  63. Many processes related to the consumption or breakdown of alcohol that contribute to ...
  64. The body constantly produces proteins and degrades proteins that are no longer needed...
  65. The use of animal models has contributed to greater understanding of how alcoholic li...
  66. Acetaldehyde: A toxic product that results from the break-down of alcohol by the enzy...
  67. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are small, highly reactive, oxygen-containing molecules...
  68. Alcohol breakdown in the liver results in the generation of the reactive molecule ace...
  69. Brain imaging using conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has revealed that s...
  70. Electroencephalography (EEG), the recording of electrical signals from the brain, pro...
  71. To study alcohol's effects on the structure and function of the brain in living human...
  72. One of the distinguishing features of prenatal alcohol exposure is impaired cognitive...
  73. Women are more vulnerable than men to many of the medical consequences of alcohol use...
  74. Alcohol primarily interferes with the ability to form new long-term memories, leaving...
  75. Recent research demonstrates that neural stem cells divide throughout life and give r...
  76. Alcoholism can affect the brain and behavior in a variety of ways, and multiple facto...
  77. A deficiency in the essential nutrient thiamine resulting from chronic alcohol consum...
  78. Alcohol's harmful effects on liver cells not only interfere not only with the normal ...
  79. This article traces the modern history of alcohol policy research on an international...
  80. Alcohol use by underage drinkers is a persistent public health problem in the United ...
  81. Counter-advertising commonly is used to balance the effects that alcohol advertising ...
  82. The most fundamental law of economics links the price of a product to the demand for ...
  83. One approach for reducing alcohol and other drug problems is community-based preventi...
  84. In recent years, a growing number of studies in the United States have addressed the...
  85. Workplace programs to prevent and reduce alcohol-related problems among employees hav...
  86. Alcohol consumption during pregnancy can have numerous adverse health consequences fo...
  87. Although researchers have deciphered the entire human genetic material (i.e., the gen...
  88. Each person's risk of alcohol dependence is determined by the interplay between genet...
  89. Animal models can be used to identify novel genes that may contribute to the developm...
  90. The Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism (COGA) is an innovative, large-...
  91. Researchers participating in the Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism (C...
  92. Researchers are interested not only in the genes that may contribute to the developme...
  93. It has long been known that alcoholism and depression tend to occur together and that...
  94. It is further remarkable that drunkenness resembles certain hereditary ... diseases. ...
  95. Developments in genetic technologies are allowing scientists to better study complex ...
  96. Women tend to have hardier immune systems than men, especially during their reproduct...
  97. Men and women differ in their risk for alcoholism, and these sex-based differences ma...
  98. Mild-to-moderate alcohol use affects female reproductive function throughout the life...
  99. Children prenatally exposed to alcohol may exhibit a number of developmental deficits...
  100. Research on alcohol's effects on the developing adolescent is still in its infancy, d...
  101. Women reach their peak bone mass by about age 35. After that age, a woman's bone mass...
  102. Light-to-moderate alcohol consumption has been shown to increase women's estrogen lev...
  103. Older women may be at particular risk for alcohol-related problems. They are more lik...
  104. Gender's influence on drinking patterns and alcohol-related problems has attracted re...
  105. Are women who drink more likely to suffer from Alzheimer's disease (AD) or a similar ...
  106. Does belonging to a particular ethnic or racial group influence a woman's tendency to...
  107. Antisocial behaviors (e.g., aggression toward people and animals, destruction of prop...
  108. Alcohol and other drug (AOD) use is common among adolescents, and its consequences po...
  109. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a childhood mental health disorder...
  110. Social anxiety disorder--an excessive fear of social situations, such as eating or sp...
  111. People who drink alcohol often also smoke and vice versa. Several mechanisms may cont...
  112. Problematic gambling is more common among people with alcohol use disorders (AUDs) (i...
  113. People with alcohol use disorders often have co-occurring psychiatric disorders, but ...
  114. Alcoholism and eating disorders frequently co-occur and often co-occur in the presenc...
  115. Clinicians working with alcohol-abusing or alcohol-dependent patients sometimes face ...
  116. Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is the most common co-occurring disorder in people with sc...
  117. Bipolar disorder and alcoholism commonly co-occur. Multiple explanations for the rela...
  118. Life within a gang includes two endemic features: violence and alcohol. Yet, to date,...
  119. Surveys of arrestees about their alcohol and other drug use provide valuable data tha...
  120. Data collected in the Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) program on alcohol and ot...
  121. Violence--whether personal violence, such as suicide; interpersonal violence, such as...
  122. Why are some people more likely than others to become aggressive after consuming alco...
  123. Epidemiologic studies and laboratory research consistently link alcohol use with aggr...
  124. Studying the mechanisms behind alcohol's link to aggressive behavior in humans is dif...
  125. A Nonhuman-Primate Model Some people are more likely than others to become aggressi...
  126. Violent crime experienced an overall decline during the 1990s. Likewise, the number o...
  127. Research suggests that a decreasing share of violent crime is attributable to offende...
  128. Driving while intoxicated (DWI) is one of the most common criminal offenses associate...
  129. The courts have implemented numerous approaches to reduce the probability of recidivi...
  130. Approximately one-half of all cases of sexual assault and rape involve alcohol consum...
  131. Conservative estimates of sexual assault prevalence suggest that 25 percent of Americ...
  132. Researchers have investigated the role of alcohol abuse as both a cause and a consequ...
  133. The relationship between child abuse and the use or abuse of alcohol has two aspects....
  134. As with other forms of violence, alcohol appears to play an important role in intimat...
  135. Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a major public health problem in the United States...
  136. Life within a gang includes two endemic features: violence and alcohol. Yet, accordin...
  137. Children prenatally exposed to alcohol can suffer from serious cognitive deficits and...
  138. Converging evidence from various research areas indicates that people who have been e...
  139. Clinical descriptions of children with feral alcohol syndrome (FAS) and other alcohol...
  140. Detecting alcohol use among pregnant women is an important step toward preventing alc...
  141. Although the risks associated with pregnancy are well-documented, prevention efforts,...
  142. In 1994 Alcohol Health & Research World (now titled Alcohol Research & Health) last d...
  143. Although pregnant women are discouraged from drinking alcohol because of alcohol's de...
  144. Since the late 1970s, many studies have reported on the prevalence of fetal alcohol s...
  145. The consequences of maternal alcohol use during pregnancy on the outcome of offspring...
  146. Numerous mechanisms likely contribute to the damaging effects of prenatal alcohol exp...
  147. Alcohol use affects the three key players in the body's reproductive system-the hypot...
  148. Many people at risk for or infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are h...
  149. Alcohol is known to have deleterious effects on the body's immune system. Heavy alcoh...
  150. Some of the detrimental effects of heavy alcohol use on brain function are similar to...
  151. Does alcohol use increase the risk for developing Alzheimer's disease (AD)? Some of t...
  152. A table featuring unpublished data was mistakenly published in the article "Alcohol a...
  153. Infection with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) has become a leading cause of scarring of ...
  154. Infection with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a common cause of liver disease--includ...
  155. Several studies have indicated that moderate drinkers have a lower risk of both nonfa...
  156. A variety of studies, involving thousands of people, have shown that moderate drinker...
  157. Alcohol consumption has been linked to an increased risk for various types of cancer....
  158. Heavy drinking has been associated with an increased risk for various disorders, incl...
  159. Alcohol consumption during early adolescence may suppress the secretion of specific f...
  160. Drinking during adolescence has far-reaching and detrimental health effects. In this ...
  161. In marked contrast with men who drink, women who drink alcohol are found, as a group,...
  162. Studies show that women who drink alcohol may have less bone loss than women who abst...
  163. Alcohol use affects all three parts of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis,...
  164. The daily light-dark cycle governs rhythmic changes in the behavior and/or physiology...
  165. A Focus on Body Temperature The complex interaction between alcohol and the body's ...
  166. The study of alcohol's effects on sleep dates back to the late 1930s. Since then, an ...
  167. Sleep problems, which can have significant clinical and economic consequences, are mo...
  168. Human and Animal Models Alcohol consumption (both acute and chronic) and alcohol wi...
  169. Studies in rats found that alcohol exposure during the early postnatal period, partic...
  170. Like other physiological functions, food intake and metabolism (including alcohol con...
  171. The Role of Genetic and Psychosocial Influences A sizable minority of the populatio...
  172. Studies have shown that long-term alcohol abuse produces serious, harmful effects on ...
  173. Studies have shown that long-term alcohol abuse produces serious, harmful effects on ...
  174. Maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy can cause serious birth defects, of whi...
  175. Maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy can cause serious birth defects, of whi...
  176. Scientists and policymakers have explored numerous strategies to prevent alcohol abus...
  177. Scientists and policymakers have explored numerous strategies to prevent alcohol abus...
  178. Every day, more than 700,000 people in the United States receive treatment for alcoho...
  179. Every day, more than 700,000 people in the United States receive treatment for alcoho...
  180. Economic research contributes to our understanding of alcohol use and the prevention ...
  181. Economic research contributes to our understanding of alcohol use and the prevention ...
  182. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) is committed to making...
  183. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) is committed to making...
  184. Alcohol consumption has consequences for the health and well-being of those who drink...
  185. Alcohol consumption has consequences for the health and well-being of those who drink...
  186. Mechanisms of Addiction The actions of alcohol that cause intoxication, initiate an...
  187. Mechanisms of Addiction The actions of alcohol that cause intoxication, initiate an...
  188. The Role of Genetic and Psychosocial Influences A sizable minority of the populatio...
  189. Tools in the Hunt for the Genes Involved in Alcoholism In their quest to elucidate ...
  190. Alcoholism has a significant genetic basis, and identifying genes that confer a susce...
  191. Alcoholism is a quantitative disorder that is caused by the combined influences of nu...
  192. Multiple genetic and environmental factors contribute to the development of alcoholis...
  193. Researchers frequently study the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster as a model system ...
  194. Genomics and Gene Transfer Alcohol affects the process by which genes direct the sy...
  195. The use of animals to model humans has long been an integral part of medical and scie...
  196. Animal models are important tools in the study of psychiatric disorders, including al...
  197. Genes influence a person's risk of becoming a smoker as well as the risk of alcohol d...