|
| |
AlcoholismAlcoholism is a term with multiple and sometimes conflicting definitions. In common and historic usage, alcoholism refers to any condition that results in the continued consumption of alcoholic beverages despite the health problems and negative social consequences it causes. Medical definitions describe alcoholism as a disease which results in a persistent use of alcohol despite negative consequences. Alcoholism may also refer to a preoccupation with or compulsion toward the consumption of alcohol and/or an impaired ability to recognize the negative effects of excessive alcohol consumption. Although not all of these definitions specify current and on-going use of alcohol as a qualifier, some do, as well as remarking on the long-term effects of consistent, heavy alcohol use, including dependence and symptoms of withdrawal.While the ingestion of alcohol is, by definition, necessary to develop alcoholism, the use of alcohol does not predict the development of alcoholism. The quantity, frequency and regularity of alcohol consumption required to develop alcoholism varies greatly from person to person. In addition, although the biological mechanisms underpinning alcoholism are uncertain, some risk factors, including social environment, emotional health and genetic predisposition, have been identified. (From the Wikpedia article Alcoholism.) Download PDF containing detailed information.
Recent Publications on Alcoholism: |  |
Successful Treatment of Chronic Resistant Alcoholism by Deep Brain Stimulation of Nucleus Accumbens: First Experience with Three Cases.
BACKGROUND: Self-harm among prisoners is a common phenomenon. This study... | 20th November, 2009
| Department of Psychiatry, Otto-von-Guericke-University of Magdeburg,
| Pharmacopsychiatry. 2009 Nov;42(6):288-291. Epub 2009 Nov 18.
DOI Direct Link |
Synaptic proteome changes in the superior frontal gyrus and occipital cortex of the alcoholic brain.
Cognitive deficits and behavioral changes that result from chronic alcohol... | 20th November, 2009
| School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences, University of Queensland, St
| Proteomics Clin Appl. 2009 Jun 24;3(6):730-742.
DOI Direct Link |
Inhibition of hepatic mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase by carbon tetrachloride through JNK-mediated phosphorylation.
The aim of this study was to investigate the inhibitory mechanism of... | 20th November, 2009
| Laboratory of Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics, National Institute on
| Free Radic Biol Med. 2009 Nov 13.
DOI Direct Link |
Variance-components methods for linkage and association analysis of ordinal traits in general pedigrees.
Many complex human diseases such as alcoholism and cancer are rated on... | 18th November, 2009
| Department of Statistics, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia.
| Genet Epidemiol. 2009 Nov 13.
DOI Direct Link |
[Characteristics of pulmonary tuberculosis in a hyperendemic area: the city of Santos, Brasil.]
OBJECTIVE: To characterize the profile of patients with pulmonary... | 18th November, 2009
| Instituto Adolfo Lutz de Santos, Santos, SP, Brasil.
| J Bras Pneumol. 2009 Oct;35(10):998-1007.
|
→View more research publications. |
Press Releases About Alcoholism:
|
 |
| Phoenix House Appoints Dr. Deni Carise as Chief Clinical Officer - Internationally Recognized Leader in Substance Abuse Treatment and Research |
9th November, 2009 |
Phoenix House |
NEW YORK, Nov. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Phoenix House, the nation's leading non-profit alcohol and drug abuse treatment and prevention program, announced today its appointment of Deni Carise, Ph.D., a
|
| Jennerex, Inc. Receives EMEA Orphan Drug Designation for JX-594 for the Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma |
19th October, 2009 |
Jennerex, Inc. |
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Jennerex, Inc. (San Francisco, CA and Ottawa, Ontario), a clinical stage biotherapeutics company developing a proprietary breakthrough product class of targeted
|
| American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) President's Press Conference |
16th October, 2009 |
American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases |
BOSTON, Oct. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- AASLD President Scott L. Friedman, MD, will host a press conference on the first full day of presentations at the Liver Meeting®, the annual meeting of the American
|
| Alcohol Education Program for College Campuses Gets a Face-Lift |
5th October, 2009 |
Health Communications, Inc. |
ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Health Communications, Inc., provider of the TIPS (Training for Intervention Procedures) Program, today announced the release of its new version of the TIPS for
|
| New Book Provides Alcoholics with Hope for Stable, Long-Term, Craving-Free Sobriety |
1st October, 2009 |
Cynthia Perkins, M.Ed. |
JOSHUA TREE, Calif., Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Cynthia Perkins, M.Ed., publishes new book, Get Sober Stay Sober: The Truth About Alcoholism, to provide alcoholics with the little known facts they need
|
Companies working in the area of Alcoholism from Bioportfolio's Biocorporate database : | |
| Company Name | |
Biotie Therapies is a drug development biotechnology company with a focus on dependence disorders, inflammatory diseases and thrombosis.
The most advanced drugs in development are nalmefene for...
www.biotie.com/ View full profile
| |
BioPortfolio Ltd. offers e-mail and postal lists for Alcoholism scientists - we have details of around 6287 individuals working on Alcoholism .
This page has been viewed 382 times
Recent Search Terms used to find this page: .
Browse BioPortfolio's InDepth service - alphabetically:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
or by Most Publications, recently searched for, or
most viewed.
Search for Alcoholism across BioPortfolio, or for Alcoholism Research Reports
Wikipedia excerpt, where present, licenced under the GNU Free Documentation License. Resources from the NCBI applied. Selected MeSH subject headings created and maintained by the US NLM are used in conjunction with additional keywords. 2006-2008 MeSH.
Thumbshots from Thumbshots.org
|
