TODAY: Join our Twitter Chat with ASAM: #TreatmentGap
Less than 10 percent of people with alcohol use disorder receive treatment. Come chat with NIAAA and the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) about the addiction #TreatmentGap in honor of Alcohol Awareness Month.
When: 1:00p.m. ET, April 28, 2017
Where:https://twitter.com/niaaanews
Scientific Experts:NIAAA:Dr. Lori Ducharme, Division of Treatment and Recovery Research (Source: NIAAA News)
Source: NIAAA News - April 13, 2017 Category: Addiction Authors: groa Source Type: news
Join our Twitter Chat with ASAM: April 28, #TreatmentGap
Less than 10 percent of people with alcohol use disorder receive treatment. Come chat with NIAAA and the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) about the addiction #TreatmentGap in honor of Alcohol Awareness Month.
When: 1:00p.m. ET, April 28, 2017
Where:https://twitter.com/niaaanews (Source: NIAAA News)
Source: NIAAA News - April 13, 2017 Category: Addiction Authors: groa Source Type: news
ICCFASD to meet April 12 and 13
The Interagency Coordinating Committee on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (ICCFASD) will host 2 events:
On Wednesday, April 12, view a webinar: Understanding Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD): Promising Practices for System Involved Youth with FASD. View additional details here: https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/iccfasd-webinar-april-12-2017 (Source: NIAAA News)
Source: NIAAA News - April 10, 2017 Category: Addiction Authors: groa Source Type: news
A Second Challenge Competition for the Wearable Alcohol Biosensor
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Source: NIAAA News - April 3, 2017 Category: Addiction Authors: groa Source Type: news
Second Challenge Prize Competition for a Wearable Alcohol Biosensor
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Source: NIAAA News - April 3, 2017 Category: Addiction Authors: groa Source Type: news
NIAAA Spectrum: A Second Challenge Competition for the Wearable Alcohol Biosensor
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Source: NIAAA News - April 3, 2017 Category: Addiction Authors: groa Source Type: news
Study finds effective interventions to prevent alcohol use among American Indian and rural youth
Community-based and individual-level prevention strategies are effective ways to reduce alcohol use among American Indian and other youth living in rural communities, according to a new study supported by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health. The National Institute on Drug Abuse also provided support for the study. (Source: NIAAA News)
Source: NIAAA News - March 1, 2017 Category: Addiction Authors: groa Source Type: news
NIAAA Spectrum: Animal Study Suggests Alcohol Use Before Pregnancy May Increase Vulnerability of Offspring to Stress in Adulthood
The effects of alcohol use during pregnancy on an unborn child are well known. However, a recent NIAAA-funded study in rats has shown that a mother ’s alcohol use before conception also could have negative effects on her child’s health and response to stress during adulthood. (Source: NIAAA News)
Source: NIAAA News - February 24, 2017 Category: Addiction Authors: groa Source Type: news
NIAAA Spectrum: Dual-Targeting Strategy Shows Promise Against Liver Fibrosis
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Source: NIAAA News - February 13, 2017 Category: Addiction Authors: groa Source Type: news
Advisory Council to meet February 9
The Open Session of the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism will take place on February 9.The location is 5635 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20852, in the Terrace Level Conference Room.View the agenda atwww.niaaa.nih.gov/agenda-144th-meeting-national-advisory-council-alcohol-abuse-and-alcoholism. (Source: NIAAA News)
Source: NIAAA News - January 30, 2017 Category: Addiction Authors: groa Source Type: news
Web Chat with a Scientist - January 26
National Drugs& Alcohol Chat Day will be held Jan. 26, 2017 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. EST. NIH scientists will hold theannual web chat with teens from around the country. (Source: NIAAA News)
Source: NIAAA News - January 23, 2017 Category: Addiction Authors: groa Source Type: news
Sex hormone-sensitive gene complex linked to premenstrual mood disorder
Dysregulated cellular response to estrogen and progesterone suspected. (Source: NIAAA News)
Source: NIAAA News - January 3, 2017 Category: Addiction Authors: groa Source Type: news
