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Vanderbilt Study Finds Alcoholics’ ‘Injured Brains’ Work Harder To Complete Simple Tasks

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Alcoholic brains can perform a simple finger-tapping exercise as well as their sober counterparts but their brain must work a lot harder to do it, according to a Vanderbilt study released today by the journal, Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research. Chronic drinking is associated with abnormalities in the structure, metabolism and function of the brain…

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Binge Drinking Damages Teenage Girls’ Brains More Than Boys’

Sunday, July 17, 2011

Teenage girls who binge-drink have a higher risk of long-term harm to the brain compared to boys of the same age who also binge drink, researchers from the University of California, San Diego and Stanford University reported in Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research…

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Energy Drink Plus Alcohol Cocktail Raises Risks Linked To Drinking More Than Alcohol By Itself

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Mixing energy drinks, such as Red Bull with alcohol is probably more hazardous than consuming alcohol alone, researchers from Northern Kentucky University revealed in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research…

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HPA axis Reactivity to Social Stress and Adolescent Cannabis Use: The TRAILS Study

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

ABSTRACT Aims To investigate the relationship of lifetime and repeated cannabis use with hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis reactivity to social stress in a general population sample of adolescents. Design Adolescents who reported lifetime or repeated cannabis use, lifetime or repeated tobacco use, and never use of either cannabis or tobacco were compared with respect to their HPA axis reactivity during the Groningen Social Stress Task (GSST), which was based on the Trier Social Stress Task. Setting A large prospective population study of Dutch adolescents (The TRacking Adolescents’ Individual Lives Survey (TRAILS) study )

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First Study To Measure Blood Alcohol Levels After Games Finds 8 Percent Of Fans Legally Drunk After Attending Professional Sports Games

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

It’s no secret that there is a lot of alcohol consumed by fans at sporting events, but is it possible to measure the blood alcohol content (BAC) of fans as they exit the stadiums? And if BAC levels can be measured, what do the results tell us? A new study published online in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research (ACER) finds that BAC levels can be measured…

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The STEP into Action study: a peer-based, personal risk network-focused HIV prevention intervention with injection drug users in Baltimore, Maryland

Thursday, November 4, 2010

ABSTRACT Aims  To assess the effectiveness of a peer-based, personal risk network-focused HIV prevention intervention to (i) train injection drug users (IDUs) to reduce injection and sex risk behaviors, (ii) conduct outreach to behaviorally risky individuals in their personal social networks [called risk network members (RNM)], and (iii) reduce RNM HIV risk behaviors. Design  Randomized controlled trial with prospective data collection at 6, 12 and 18 months. Intervention condition consisted of five group sessions, one individual session and one session with Index and the RNM

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Drink-Driving: Decision-Making Deficits Related To Driving Under The Influence Are Often Undetected

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Driving under the influence (DUI) of alcohol is a major public health problem.

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Long wait ahead for safer cigarettes

Sunday, September 5, 2010

TRIALS of so-called “safer cigarettes” have produced promising results but are still some way from becoming a reality for smokers, researchers will reveal this month. British American Tobacco (BAT) has been conducting tests on the experimental cigarettes, designed to produce less toxic chemicals than normal varieties

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Effects of potential agonist-replacement therapies for stimulant dependence on inhibitory control in cocaine abusers.

Saturday, July 5, 2008

Authors: Vansickel AR, Fillmorex MT, Hays LR, Rush CR Two experiments were conducted to determine whether methylphenidate or modafinil, two potential pharmacotherapies for stimulant dependence, would impair inhibitory behavior in cocaine users. Eleven cocaine abusers were administered methylphenidate (0, 15, 30, and 45 mg) or modafinil (0, 150, 300, and 450 mg) across four experimental sessions

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Effects of potential agonist-replacement therapies for stimulant dependence on inhibitory control in cocaine abusers.

Saturday, July 5, 2008

Authors: Vansickel AR, Fillmorex MT, Hays LR, Rush CR Two experiments were conducted to determine whether methylphenidate or modafinil, two potential pharmacotherapies for stimulant dependence, would impair inhibitory behavior in cocaine users. Eleven cocaine abusers were administered methylphenidate (0, 15, 30, and 45 mg) or modafinil (0, 150, 300, and 450 mg) across four experimental sessions.

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