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Key Neural Circuit Regulating Alcohol Consumption Discovered
Region of the brain called the central nucleus of the amygdala plays a role in behaviors related to alcohol use and consumption in general.
2 hours ago - Medindia Health
Perinatal exposure of rats to flame retardants changes the liver epigenome
Studies have shown that perinatal exposure of rats and mice to common flame retardants found in household items permanently reprograms liver metabolism, often leading later in...
9 hours ago - News Medical
I Stopped Drinking For a Month, and These Were My Pleasantly Surprising Results
I had never heard of Dry January until this year. Good Morning America 's contributor Dr. Jennifer Ashton was one of the first big names I heard attached to the event. Dry...
11 hours ago - PopSugar
Plasma Inflammatory Biomarkers and Modifiable Lifestyle Factors Associated with Colorectal Cancer Risk
Chronic inflammation is a leading cause of colorectal cancer. Inflammatory biomarkers are considered indicators of occult malignancy. To contribute to the investigation of CRC...
1 day ago - Clinical Nutrition
Research suggests contributory role of 'Asian glow' mutation and alcohol to Alzheimer's
A new study from Stanford, published on December 12 in the journal Acta Neuropathologica Communications, suggests that an important enzyme that helps break down alcohol in the...
1 day ago - News Medical
Patients with HCV responsive to alcohol intervention
Patients with current or prior hepatitis C infection were willing to engage in alcohol intervention including counseling and referral to treatment when encouraged by liver...
1 day ago - Healio
Scientists discover specific neurons that promote reward-like behaviors, alcohol consumption
Scientists have known that a region of the brain called the central nucleus of the amygdala plays a role in behaviors related to alcohol use and consumption in general. It's...
1 day ago - News Medical - 2 articles
Experts warn banning all vaping could drive people back to smoking
Public health experts from three top US universities warn that, just like attempts to outlaw alcohol, broad-sweeping bans on e-cigarettes would only push former smokers back...
1 day ago - Daily Mail
The 5 Deadliest Drugs of 2019
Did you know that in the past 20 years, over 700,000 people in the US have died from a drug overdose? In 2017 alone, over 70,000 people died from an overdose. Drug overdoses...
1 day ago - HealthWorks Collective
Scientists discover key neural circuit regulating alcohol consumption
New research pinpoints a specific neural circuit that when altered caused animal models to drink less alcohol.
1 day ago - ScienceDaily - 2 articles
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