Forthcoming events The 72nd Alcohol Problems Research Symposium is calling for abstracts or other presentation suggestions for the Spring 2012 meeting to take place Stonecross Manor Hotel in Cumbria on the 14th and 15th March. The meeting is part of a long-running series of friendly events in which Alcohol Research UK is helping to organise with Professor Moira Plant, Emerita Professor of Alcohol Studies at the University of the West of England.
Filed in UK Alcohol Policy
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Also tagged alcohol, alcohol-group, alcohol-studies, charity, frequent-fliers, hotel, kechnie-prize, professor, professor-moira, spring, study, sunday, treatment, university
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
The role of online peer-support? A new Insight from Alcohol Research UK has explored the value of alcohol-related online support groups to their users
Filed in UK Alcohol Policy
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Also tagged alcohol-research, cited-as-ready, experiences, given-the-rise, health, potential, small-reduction, the-experiences, the-feasibility, treatment, work
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Background: Substitution with opioid-agonists (e.g., methadone) has shown to be an effective treatment for chronic long-term opioid dependency.
Filed in Harm Reduction, cocaine
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Also tagged among-injection, among-long-term, cocaine, injection-drugs, montreal, planning, sex-work, showing-poorer, vancouver, women-receiving, women-reported
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Further insight into the effect of alcohol on the brain's reward system has been reported in the journal of Science Translational Medicine. It found alcohol effects the orbitofrontal cortex and results in a release of endorphins, previously only proven in animal studies.
Drinking alcohol leads to the release of endorphins in areas of the brain that produce feelings of pleasure and reward, according to a study led by researchers at the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center at the University of California, San Francisco…
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Also tagged alcohol-leads, brain, california, clinic, ernest, ernest-gallo, release, research-center, the-brain, the-release, university
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Background: Methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) is a key element in treatment for opiate addiction; however concerns about the diversion of methadone remain. More current empirical data on methadone diversion are required.
Thursday, January 12, 2012
BBC Four's Timeshift , a documentary series into Britain's social and cultural history, featured episode 11 on 'The Rules of Drinking' this week and is available for a further 5 days on BBC iplayer . The Rules of Drinking synopsis: In the pubs and working men's clubs of the forties and fifties there were strict customs governing who stood where. To be invited to sup at the bar was a rite of passage for many young men, and it took years for women to be accepted into these bastions of masculinity.
Thursday, January 5, 2012
An Alcohol Insight funded by Alcohol Research UK has explored alcohol problems and treatment needs need amongst older adults. The project found that evidence suggests a significant and growing number of older people are at risk of alcohol-related harm:
Thursday, December 29, 2011
There is a different way to get that hit of nicotine without hurting yourself and those around you according to prominent harm reduction specialists like Bill Godshall of Smoke Free Pennsylvania. It’s called an e-cigarette and it is the future of smoking in America
Filed in Harm Reduction, tobacco
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Also tagged 2010-concluded, boston, cigarettes-were, different-way, flavor, future, harm-reduction, report, school, smoke-free, the-harmful
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Conclusions and Significance: Overall, our findings suggest that participants use their research payments in a responsible and safe manner. Limitations and recommendations for future research are discussed