For the first time, researchers demonstrated in an animal how heavy alcohol use leads to long-term behavioral issues by damaging brain circuits critical for decision-making. Rats exposed to high ...

Alcohol addiction, also known as alcohol use disorder, is a serious problem that affects millions of people around the world.

Addiction is a chronic brain disorder, and not merely a behavioral problem or simply the result of taking the wrong choices, according to the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM), which has ...

GLEN ALLEN, Va., Oct. 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Adial Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADIL) (“Adial” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing therapies for ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... If you’re wondering whether you’re drinking too much, the answer might depend on whether you’re thinking about your long-term risk of disease, or about ...

The consumption of alcohol is something you can find throughout many parts of Black history and culture. Whether it be Snoop Dogg’s 1994 hit “Gin and Juice” or the infamous Billy Dee Williams ads, ...

Ashwin Dhanda receives funding from the National Institute of Health and Social Care Research for a study investigating methods to tackle stigma in alcohol-related liver disease. One of my patients, ...

My previous posts have focused on recognizing and preventing excessive substance use, with an emphasis on providing the latest information about my special interest – cannabis (see 20 Questions to ...