Binge Drinking in US Adults Linked With Isolation During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The researchers aimed to identify COVID-19-related stressors associated with changes in alcohol consumption and binge drinking since the pandemic began.
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COVID-19 Stress Caused Some to Start Using Drugs, Alcohol
With COVID-19 having truly disastrous effects, the study authors sought to uncover the toll of substance abuse during the pandemic.
Binge Drinkers May Lack Empathy
This study looked at a population of young adult social drinkers to compare individuals who show binge drinking behavior to those who do not on measures of empathic processing and associated neural responses.
Cirrhosis Cases Rising Among Women in North America
Cirrhosis disease burden in women has increased substantially since 2000.
Extreme Drinking Occurrence During Emerging Adulthood Impacts Brain Volume
This study is the first to prospectively examine the impact of an extreme drinking episode on the brain morphometry of emerging adults.
Factors Impacting Coping-Related Alcohol Use During COVID-19 Pandemic
This study provides an empirical examination of coping motive pathways to alcohol problems during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Reducing Drinking May Improve Pain Interference Symptoms
For US veterans with unhealthy alcohol use, reducing drinking may improve or resolve various conditions including pain interference symptoms and substance use, although most correlations are not significant.
Cardiometabolic Disease Risk Factors Among Drug Users
Researchers used data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2009-2018 to assess the impact of drug and alcohol use on cardiometabolic disease risk factors.
CDC: In 2018, 5.1 Percent of Adults Engaged in Heavy Drinking
In 2018, about 5 percent of U.S. adults engaged in heavy drinking during the previous year.
Alcohol Abuse Increases Mortality Risk Among Arrhythmia Patients
Alcohol abuse independently increases the risk for mortality in patients with arrhythmia by more than 70 percent.
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