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$200,000 first prize awarded to BACtrack Skyn
Today the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism announced the winners of its Wearable Alcohol Biosensor Challenge, a competition to design a discreet device capable of...
Findings also endorse use of NIAAA youth screening guide
A single screening question about drinking frequency in the past year could help doctors identify adolescents at risk for alcohol problems, according to a new study...
Middle school students from the Washington, D.C., area will become brain scientists for a day when they visit the National Museum of Health and Medicine in Silver Spring, Maryland, on March 16 and 17, 2016. Scientists from the National Institutes...
To streamline elements of its clinical trials program, the NIAAA Clinical Investigations Group (NCIG) recently turned to a technological innovation called Take Control. A sophisticated computer-based alcohol intervention, Take Control proved...
Marijuana use disorder is common in the United States, is often associated with other substance use disorders, behavioral problems, and...
NIAAA and NIDA to have Institutional NRSA Applications Reviewed by a Common Panel of Experts beginning in 2016
In order to increase efficiency, broaden expertise, and enable functional integration of relevant ...