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NIH project models culturally appropriate alcohol use and suicide preventions for youth in Alaska Native and Other Indigenous Communities

October 7, 2020

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Dr. Sandra Brown to Deliver Virtual 2020 Jack Mendelson Honorary Lecture

September 17, 2020

Healthy liver vs. a liver with cirrhosis

New gene associated with reduced risk for cirrhosis

August 31, 2020

National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week

National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week® celebrates 10 years

March 23, 2020

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Dr. Laura E. Nagy to Deliver 24th Annual Mark Keller Honorary Lecture at the National Institutes of Health

January 22, 2020

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Combined prenatal smoking and drinking greatly increases SIDS risk

January 20, 2020

Healthy liver vs. a liver with cirrhosis

Alcohol-related deaths increasing in the United States

January 8, 2020

In this false-color micrograph, a bacteriophage (orange) attaches to the membrane of a bacterial cell (blue)

Bacteriophage therapy may ease severity of alcoholic hepatitis

November 14, 2019

Stained sections of fetal mouse brains. (Left) Control. (Right) Mouse exposed to alcohol and a cannabinoid on the 8th day of pregnancy. Black arrow highlights enlarged cerebral ventricle caused by the loss of the midline septal region. (Dr. Scott Parnell, UNC Chapel Hill)

Using both marijuana and alcohol during early pregnancy may increase the likelihood of disrupting fetal development

November 8, 2019

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Media Advisory: New compound helps find early signs of liver damage

October 29, 2019