Back to School? Check out these NIAAA Web Resources
With students headed back to school, consider these online resources for evidence-based information: NIAAA Fact Sheet: Underage Drinking
Find facts and statistics about this serious public health concern. (Source: NIAAA News)
Source: NIAAA News - September 1, 2017 Category: Addiction Authors: groa Source Type: news
Everything you ever wanted to know about treatment for alcohol use disorder but were afraid to ask: a primer for non-clinicians - Video from the RSA symposium
At the 2017 meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, the symposium “Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Alcohol Treatment But Were Afraid To Ask: A Primer for Non-Clinicians” covered screening and diagnosis of alcohol use disorder, brief interventions, and referral to treatment, as well as the many treatment options and potential pathways through treatment .The symposium included discussions of approved and experimental medications and various behavioral therapies.Video (Source: NIAAA News)
Source: NIAAA News - August 18, 2017 Category: Addiction Authors: groa Source Type: news
NIH-funded mouse study sheds light on neural risks associated with prenatal alcohol exposure
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Source: NIAAA News - July 19, 2017 Category: Addiction Authors: groa Source Type: news
NIH findings link aldosterone with alcohol use disorder
A new study led by scientists at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health, demonstrates that aldosterone, a hormone produced in the adrenal glands, may contribute to alcohol use disorder (AUD). The novel research, conducted in collaboration with a team of investigators in the United States and Europe, appears in the journal Molecular Psychiatry. (Source: NIAAA News)
Source: NIAAA News - July 17, 2017 Category: Addiction Authors: groa Source Type: news
NIAAA Spectrum Highlights
The most recent issue of theNIAAA Spectrum is now available online athttps://www.spectrum.niaaa.nih.gov/.
Among other topics, the current installment includes:
A feature about the Addictions Neuroclinical Assessment;
A feature about the ABT-436 study;
Announcements about the release of theNational Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Strategic Plan 2017 –2021 and a new addiction medicine certification for physicians; (Source: NIAAA News)
Source: NIAAA News - July 14, 2017 Category: Addiction Authors: groa Source Type: news
NIH SBIR/STTR Program: FY17 Omnibus Grant Webinar
On Thursday, June 29, 2017 the NIH SBIR/STTR Program office hosted an annual webinar to explain and discuss various aspects of the NIH SBIR/STTR Program. (Source: NIAAA News)
Source: NIAAA News - July 11, 2017 Category: Addiction Authors: groa Source Type: news
Dr. Gyongyi Szabo Delivers 9th Annual Jack Mendelson Honorary Lecture at the National Institutes of Health
What:The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health, announces that Gyongyi Szabo, M.D., Ph.D. will deliver the 9th Annual Jack Mendelson Honorary Lecture. The title of her presentation is “Mechanisms of Alcohol-Induced Organ Inflammation and Therapeutic Targets in Alcoholic Hepatitis. ” (Source: NIAAA News)
Source: NIAAA News - June 6, 2017 Category: Addiction Authors: groa Source Type: news
Dr. Gyongyi Szabo to deliver 9th Annual Jack Mendelson Honorary Lecture at the National Institutes of Health
What:The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health, announces that Gyongyi Szabo, M.D., Ph.D. will deliver the 9th Annual Jack Mendelson Honorary Lecture. The title of her presentation is “Mechanisms of Alcohol-Induced Organ Inflammation and Therapeutic Targets in Alcoholic Hepatitis. ” (Source: NIAAA News)
Source: NIAAA News - June 6, 2017 Category: Addiction Authors: groa Source Type: news
Dr. Gyongyi Szabo to deliver the 2017 Mendelson Lecture on June 8
Gyongyi Szabo, M.D., Ph.D., will deliver the 2017 Jack Mendelson Honorary Lecture.The event is scheduled for Thursday, June 8, 2017, 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm, in Masur Auditorium in the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.The title of her lecture is:Mechanisms of Alcohol-Induced Organ Inflammation and Therapeutic Targets in Alcoholic Hepatitis.About the Presenter: (Source: NIAAA News)
Source: NIAAA News - May 30, 2017 Category: Addiction Authors: groa Source Type: news
Media Advisory: Intestinal fungi linked to worsening of alcoholic liver disease
What
A new study funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism is among the first to suggest that intestinal fungi may contribute to the development of alcoholic liver disease (ALD). ALD encompasses a broad range of liver diseases, from simple steatosis (fatty liver) to end-stage liver disease, or cirrhosis (liver cell death). Liver cirrhosis is the 12th leading cause of mortality worldwide, with approximately half of those deaths due to alcohol misuse. (Source: NIAAA News)
Source: NIAAA News - May 22, 2017 Category: Addiction Authors: groa Source Type: news
Study finds tens of millions of Americans drink alcohol at dangerously high levels
Nearly 32 million adults in the United States (13 percent of the U.S. population aged 18 and older) consumed more than twice the number of drinks considered binge drinking on at least one occasion, according to a 2013 survey that asked about past-year drinking. This higher level of drinking is associated with increased health and safety risks. A report of the findings is online in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. The study was conducted by researchers at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health. (Source: NIAAA News)
Source: NIAAA News - May 17, 2017 Category: Addiction Authors: groa Source Type: news
New NIAAA strategic plan aims to advance alcohol research across a broad spectrum of areas
(Source: NIAAA News)
Source: NIAAA News - May 12, 2017 Category: Addiction Authors: groa Source Type: news
Twitter Chat with ASAM: April 28, #TreatmentGap
Missed the chat? The archived version is here with resources for screening& treatment: thehttps://storify.com/ASAMorg/alcohol-chat-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 (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
April 28 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
