University of NottinghamNov 15 2024 New research, led by experts at the University of Nottingham, has found that certain types of medication used to treat diabetes may be effective in reducing alcohol use. The study, which is published in eClinicalMedicine, looked at whether a type of diabetes medication, called GLP-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs), could also...
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Harmful Effects of Long-Term Alcohol Use Documented in Blood Protein Snapshot
Biochemist Jon Jacobs has analyzed the blood of patients with diseases and conditions such as Ebola, cancer, tuberculosis, hepatitis, diabetes, Lyme disease, brain injury and influenza. But never has he seen blood chemistry gone so awry as when he and colleagues took an in-depth look at the protein activity in the blood of patients with alcohol-associated...
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Study suggests strategy for alleviating stress-related anxiety and alcohol use
by Darrell Ward, The Ohio State University Bar graph displaying mean startle magnitude during each task condition, across both lab sessions. PBO placebo, SUV 10 mg suvorexant. Bars reflect two standard errors. Credit: Translational Psychiatry (2022). DOI: 10.1038/s41398-022-02090-x Clinicians and researchers have known for some time that uncertainty fuels anticipatory anxiety—that heightened sense of caution and vigilance when...