by Ashwin Dhanda, The Conversation Credit: Rawpixel/Shutterstock A new anti-hangover supplement has just gone on sale in the UK. It is marketed by Swedish firm Myrkl as “the pre-drinking pill that works.” The pill is said to break down up to 70% of alcohol after 60 minutes. This means that if someone drinks 50ml of 40% spirits, which...
by Nicole Lee, The Conversation Credit: Shutterstock With everything going on over the past couple of years, many people have changed their drinking habits. We’ve seen an increased demand for support, suggesting more people are trying to cut back or quit. There are so many options for cutting back or quitting alcohol it’s hard to know what...
Pam Harrison February 17, 2022 The majority of Americans are not aware that alcohol consumption causes a variety of cancers, and especially do not consider wine and beer to have a link with cancer, suggest the results from a national survey. “Alcohol is a leading modifiable risk factor for cancer yet most Americans are unaware that alcohol...
Pam Harrison February 17, 2022 The majority of Americans are not aware that alcohol consumption causes a variety of cancers, and especially do not consider wine and beer to have a link with cancer, suggest the results from a national survey. “Alcohol is a leading modifiable risk factor for cancer yet most Americans are unaware...
by Central Institute of Mental Health (CIMH) Alcohol dependence: Psilocybin reduces relapsesFig. 1. Alcohol-induced infralimbic mGluR2 deficit leads to impaired ASST performance.(A) Scheme of chronic alcohol-vapor exposure leading to stable blood alcohol concentrations and significantly increased somatic withdrawal scores. After 3 weeks of abstinence, batches of animals were used either for spine density analysis, attentional...
by University of California, San Francisco Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A single glass of wine can quickly—significantly—raise the drinker’s risk for atrial fibrillation, according to new research by UC San Francisco. The study provides the first evidence that alcohol consumption substantially increases the chance of the heart rhythm condition occurring within a few hours. The findings...
Sophia Antipolis, France – 23 Aug 2021: Drinking alcohol during adolescence to young adulthood is associated with accelerated arterial stiffening, a precursor to cardiovascular disease. That’s the finding of a study presented at ESC Congress 2021.1 “There was some evidence of a graded increase with heavier usage, meaning that the more you drink, the greater the...
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY’S MAILMAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH Over one-quarter of U.S. adults age 65 and older who used alcohol and had a healthcare visit in the past year were not asked about their alcohol use with their healthcare providers, according to a new study by Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Older women in...
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY Alcohol appears to have an immediate–or near-immediate–effect on heart rhythm, significantly increasing the chance that an episode of atrial fibrillation (AFib) will occur, according to new data presented at the American College of Cardiology’s 70th Annual Scientific Session. The data revealed that just one glass of wine, beer or other alcoholic...
by University of Granada A study participant using the driving simulator. Credit: University of Granada A study carried out by researchers from the Department of Optics of the University of Granada (UGR) has revealed that alcohol consumption impairs visual function and adversely affects driving performance. It was found to decrease contrast sensitivity (that is, the ability...
