Target for Treating Smoking, Alcoholism Identified – Med India
Alcoholism: Target for Treating Smoking, Alcoholism Identified – Med India
Researchers have identified a key enzyme that plays a role in controlling the brain’s response to nicotine and alcohol. This might be be a promising target for a drug that simultaneously would treat nicotine addiction and alcohol abuse in people, according …
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Alcoholism: Jane Lynch: ‘Sexual orientation doesn’t mean anything out here in Hollywood’ – The Guardian
You’re not going to change people’s minds about bullying and homophobia. But you can tend to the people who are at the brunt of people’s abuse or neglect. That’s what Glee does. Hang in there, it gets better. Look for your people. You gotta find …
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Alcoholism: Gait and balance may improve with alcohol abstinence – Orlando Sentinel
Alcoholism can cause gait and balance problems, but a study finds that abstinence may bring about some improvements. The study looked at the effects of short-term and long-term abstinence by giving gait and standing balance tests to three groups …
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Alcoholism: Chronic drinking leads to reduced cortical thickness in frontal and temporal …
While previous studies examined cortical atrophy in individuals with alcoholism, none examined alcohol-associated atrophy using cortical thickness measurements to obtain a regional mapping of tissue loss across the full cortical surface. …
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Alcoholism: Alcoholics struggle to keep their balance for years after giving up the bottle
The findings have been published in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. Previously, it was thought that balance problems disappeared soon after heavy drinkers gave up the bottle. Dr Kevin Hill, a psychiatrist who works at an …
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