Health News

How Heavy Drinking Might Boost Your Appetite for Alcohol

MONDAY, Feb. 11, 2019 — Binge and heavy drinking may trigger DNA changes that make your booze cravings worse, a new study says. “We found that people who drink heavily may be changing their DNA in a way that makes them crave alcohol even more,” said senior study author Dipak Sarkar. He directs the endocrine […]

Personal Health

Should put the policy on Prvention?

The German health system is one of the most expensive. Nevertheless, people are not gesüas in other Lächange. Für Prävention is, by contrast, spent very little money. Why the ächange should A heart für Prävention? The hits für, the German health care system currently is not – even if to save a lot of money […]

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Scientists uncover five types of problem drinkers

Do you struggle to cut back on alcohol, or does it make you take risks? Scientists uncover five types of problem drinkers Researchers defined types with a set of symptoms by looking at 5,400 drinkers    What category you fall into will largely depend on your age, scientists claim Pennsylvania State University experts say it could […]

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Modest Alcohol Consumption May Reduce Mortality in NAFLD

FRIDAY, Oct. 12, 2018 — For patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), modest alcohol consumption is associated with a reduction in all-cause mortality, while drinking 1.5 or more drinks per day may increase mortality, according to a study recently published in Hepatology. Kaveh Hajifathalian, M.D., M.P.H., from New York-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City, […]

Health Problems

Alcohol use in patients with chronic liver disease

A review article published in the New England Journal of Medicine discusses the effects of alcohol use on various forms of liver disease, as well as the assessment and treatment of alcohol use in patients with chronic liver disease. Liver-related mortality is increasing worldwide, due in large part to the increase in alcohol consumption. This […]

Kids Health

AAP report addresses managing fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

(HealthDay)—In a clinical report published online Sept. 10 in Pediatrics, recommendations are presented to support pediatric providers in managing patients with a diagnosis of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD). Noting that FASDs are as common as other well-known conditions such as autism spectrum disorder, and that the effects of having an FASD can last a […]