Honeymoon or hangover? How election outcomes produce emotional shifts to winning candidate smiles
This study examines changes in self-reported happiness, anger, and distress to different smile types expressed by Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, measured immediately prior to and again following the 2012 presidential election. A panel of online respondents (N = 214) were shown four video clips featuring different smile types from each candidate before and after the election. Obama's clips featured an amusement and controlled-amusement smile, while Romney's featured a posed and contempt smiles. Findings revealed significant differences in self-reported emotional response to Obama. Followers of Obama reported an increase ...
Source: Personality and Individual Differences - September 26, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Event-level correlates of drinking events characterized by alcohol-induced blackouts.
CONCLUSIONS: Event-level findings of this study document that events leading to alcohol-induced memory loss are associated with other adverse experiences relative to drinking events that do not result in blackout, and offer potentially motivational levers for preventive interventions.
PMID: 31557348 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research)
Source: Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research - September 25, 2019 Category: Addiction Authors: Merrill JE, Boyle HK, Jackson KM, Carey KB Tags: Alcohol Clin Exp Res Source Type: research
Exploring the emotional experiences of alcohol hangover syndrome in healthy UK-based adults
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Source: Drugs: Education, Prevention, and Policy - August 26, 2019 Category: Addiction Authors: Ian James Milton Elizabeth Sillence Melanie Mitchell Source Type: research
The world's first GMO probiotic is for sale; it's designed to prevent hangovers
The product, made by ZBiotics, is regulated as a food, not a drug, and has not been formally vetted for effectiveness in humans (Source: Chemical and Engineering News)
Source: Chemical and Engineering News - August 21, 2019 Category: Chemistry Authors: Ryan Cross Source Type: research
The first GMO probiotic is for sale; it's designed to prevent hangovers
The product, made by ZBiotics, is regulated as a supplement, not a drug, and has not been vetted for effectiveness in humans (Source: Chemical and Engineering News)
Source: Chemical and Engineering News - August 19, 2019 Category: Chemistry Authors: Ryan Cross Source Type: research
The world's first GMO probiotic is for sale; it's designed to prevent hangovers
The product, made by ZBiotics, is regulated as a food, not a drug, and has not been vetted for effectiveness in humans (Source: Chemical and Engineering News)
Source: Chemical and Engineering News - August 19, 2019 Category: Chemistry Authors: Ryan Cross Source Type: research
Dihydromyricetin: A review on identification and quantification methods, biological activities, chemical stability, metabolism and approaches to enhance its bioavailability
Publication date: Available online 25 July 2019Source: Trends in Food Science & TechnologyAuthor(s): Dan Liu, Yiqin Mao, Lijun Ding, Xin-An ZengAbstractBackgroundDihydromyricetin (DMY) is an important plant flavonoid, which has received great attention due to its health-benefiting, including antioxidant, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, anticancer, antidiabetic and neuroprotective activities. DMY capsules have been sold in US as a nutraceutical supplement to prevent alcoholic hangovers. The major disadvantage associated with DMY is its chemical instability and poor bioavailability caused by the combined effects of its low...
Source: Trends in Food Science and Technology - July 27, 2019 Category: Food Science Source Type: research
Social and Situational Party Characteristics Associated With High-Intensity Alcohol Use Among Youth and Young Adults.
CONCLUSIONS: Results from this study indicate there are unique precursors and consequences of high-intensity alcohol consumption among youth and young adults. These environmental factors associated with high-risk drinking contexts can be used to develop prevention strategies to mitigate the harms associated with excessive alcohol consumption.
PMID: 31313331 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research)
Source: Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research - July 15, 2019 Category: Addiction Authors: Cox MJ, Egan KL, Suerken CK, Reboussin BA, Song EY, Wagoner KG, Wolfson M Tags: Alcohol Clin Exp Res Source Type: research
Alcohol Hangover Has Detrimental Impact Upon Both Executive Function and Prospective Memory
The alcohol-hangover (AH) is a state of general malaise following an evening of heavy episodic drinking when the blood alcohol concentration of the person reaches/approaches zero. The aim of the current study was to investigate what impact the AH has upon both executive function (EF) and prospective memory (PM). Previous research has shown that the AH has a detrimental effect upon cognitive abilities, including attention, working memory and prospective memory. The current study focused upon what impact AH might have upon both EF and related PM in the same cohort, both of which underpin everyday remembering. The current stu...
Source: Frontiers in Psychiatry - May 16, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
A Review of Oenanthe javanica (Blume) DC. as Traditional Medicinal Plant and Its Therapeutic Potential.
Authors: Lu CL, Li XF
Abstract
Oenanthe javanica, popularly known as water dropwort, has long been used in various ethnomedical systems in Asia, especially in China, Korean, and Japan, for treating various chronic and acute hepatitis, jaundice, alcohol hangovers, abdominal pain, and inflammatory conditions. The present review aims to provide a general report of the available literature on traditional uses, phytochemical, pharmacological, nutritional, and toxicological data related to the O. javanica as a potential source of new compounds with biological activities. Considering phytochemical studies, coumar...
Source: Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine - May 8, 2019 Category: Complementary Medicine Tags: Evid Based Complement Alternat Med Source Type: research
Zeolites as Carriers of Antitumor Ribonuclease Binase
In this study we tested the clinoptilolite, chabazite, and natrolite ability to be loaded by antitumor ribonuclease binase and the cytotoxicity of the obtained complexes. We found the optimal conditions for binase loading into zeolites and established the dynamic of its release. Cytotoxic effects of zeolite-binase complexes toward colorectal cancer Caco2 cells were characterized after 24 and 48 h of incubation with cells using MTT-test. Zeolites were toxic by itselfs and reduced cells viability by 30% (clinoptilolite), 40% (chabazite), and 70% (natrolite) after 48 h of incubation. Binase complexes with clinoptilolite as we...
Source: Frontiers in Pharmacology - May 2, 2019 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Effects of Phyllanthus amarus PHYLLPROTM leaves on hangover symptoms: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover study.
CONCLUSION: Preliminary findings of PHYLLPRO™ in managing hangover, inflammation and liver functions following intoxication, is demonstrated. Future studies on PHYLLPRO™ in protecting against oxidative stress and hangover in larger populations is warranted.
PMID: 30922154 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Pharmaceutical Biology)
Source: Pharmaceutical Biology - March 31, 2019 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: Pharm Biol Source Type: research
