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August 29, 2018
Event Registration Opens Today for National Drug & Alcohol Facts Week

Observance to be held January 22-27, 2019, with new resources for parents and educators.

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) announced today that event...

 

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August 22, 2018
Researchers identify key brain circuits for reward-seeking and avoidance behavior

Previously unrecognized pathways in mice have relevance for mental health and addiction research

Researchers have identified connections...

 

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April 13, 2018
Lack of sleep may be linked to risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease
Preliminary NIH study shows increased levels of beta-amyloid Losing just one night of sleep led to an immediate increase in beta-amyloid, a protein in the brain associated with Alzheimer’s disease, according to a small,...

 

Research News
March 19, 2018
NIAAA Spectrum: NIAAA Scientists Provide More Evidence that Binge Drinking May Indicate Vulnerability to Alcohol Use Disorder

An NIAAA study shows that people who drink socially and have certain risk factors for alcohol use disorder (AUD) self-administer more alcohol and at a faster rate during a single laboratory session of alcohol consumption than people at low risk...

 

Research News
March 19, 2018
NIH News: A third of young adults have ridden with an impaired driver, NIH analysis suggests
What: Roughly a third of recent high school graduates have ridden in a motor vehicle with a substance-impaired driver, according to a study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health and other institutions. The study found...

 

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February 21, 2018
Register for the FDA, NIAAA, AASLD Workshop: Clinical Trial Design and Endpoints for Alcoholic Hepatitis and other Alcohol-Associated Liver Diseases, March 26-27
The purpose of this workshop is to address challenges related to clinical trial designs and drug development in Alcoholic Associated Liver Disease (AALD) and Alcoholic Hepatitis (AH)...

 

Research News
February 13, 2018
NIH releases first dataset from unprecedented study of adolescent brain development

More than 7,500 children recruited for study to date; data available for first 4,500

The National Institutes of Health today released to the scientific community an unparalleled dataset from the...

 

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February 06, 2018
Study of first-graders shows fetal alcohol spectrum disorders prevalent in US communities
NIH-funded research examined over 6,000 children to determine prevalence of FASD ranged from 1.1 to 5 percent A study of more than 6,000 first-graders across four U.S. communities has found that a significant number of...

 

Research News
January 31, 2018
Volunteers wanted for Research Study on Alcohol Use Disorder looking at reducing craving for alcohol

NIAAA seeks volunteers for a research study on alcohol use disorder aimed at reducing craving for alcohol.

Background: Hormones are naturally occurring chemicals in the body. Ghrelin is a hormone that stimulates...

 

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January 12, 2018
NIH study shows steep increase in rate of alcohol-related ER visits

Increases were larger among females than males, providing more evidence of narrowing gender gaps in alcohol-related harms in the U.S.

The rate of alcohol-related visits to U.S. emergency departments (ED) increased by...

 

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