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September 13, 2016
Recruitment begins for landmark study of adolescent brain development
More than 10,000 children will participate in study of brain, social, emotional, and cognitive development. Recruitment for the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study, the largest long-term study of brain development and child...

 

New & Noteworthy
September 01, 2016
Presidential Proclamation - National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month, 2016
Every day, millions of Americans prove that recovery from alcohol and substance use disorders is possible -- yet at the same time, millions more are struggling with the disease of addiction. These individuals are our family members, friends, and...

 

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August 25, 2016
National Drug & Alcohol Facts Week begins January 23

Event registration opens today; new teacher resources available.

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

 

News Release
August 10, 2016
Experts release improved clinical guidelines for diagnosing fetal alcohol spectrum disorders

A group of experts on fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) has proposed updated clinical guidelines for diagnosing FASD, which can result when a child is exposed to alcohol during prenatal development. The new guidelines clarify and expand...

 

New & Noteworthy
July 29, 2016
NIH MedlinePlus Feature: Alcohol-Medicines Interactions

The Summer 2016 issue of NIH MedlinePlus magazine spotlights the following:

Alcohol, Medicines, and Aging...

 

News Release
July 27, 2016
New medication shows promise against liver fibrosis in animal studies
A new drug developed by scientists at the National Institutes of Health limits the progression of liver fibrosis in mice, a hopeful advance against a condition for which there is no current treatment and that often leads to serious liver disease in...

 

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July 19, 2016
Researchers identify brain circuits that help people cope with stress

Research supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has identified brain patterns in humans that appear to underlie “resilient coping,” the healthy emotional and behavioral responses to stress that help some people handle stressful...

 

Research News
July 18, 2016
NIAAA Spectrum: Researchers harness power of magnets to study brain receptors
You may be familiar with how doctors use pictures from magnetic resonance imaging machines, better known as MRIs, to diagnose injuries and other health problems. But did you know that NIAAA scientists have another technology that harnesses the power...

 

New & Noteworthy
July 13, 2016
NIAAA Spectrum: New NESARC data providing key information on prevalence of alcohol and substance abuse

The NIAAA-sponsored National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions–III (NESARC–III), conducted from 2012 to 2013, is the newest wave of the largest study ever conducted on alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drug use and disorders;...

 

New & Noteworthy
July 01, 2016
NIAAA Spectrum: SALIS "Digs" Project Makes NIAAA Monographs and Other References Widely Available

The Substance Abuse Librarians and Information Specialists (SALIS), in partnership with NIAAA and a nonprofit digital library called the Internet Archive (IA), are working to digitize the literature of the alcohol-and-other-drugs field that is...

 

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