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Sociodemographic Characteristics and Health Status of Lifetime Abstainers, Ex-Drinkers, Bingers, and Nonbingers Among Baby Boomers and Older Adults.
Conclusions/Importance: Diabetes screening/monitoring and stroke prevention/care are recommended for both age groups of abstainers and exdrinkers. PMID: 27007029 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Substance Use and Misuse - March 25, 2016 Category: Addiction Tags: Subst Use Misuse Source Type: research

Statement on new CMO guidelines on low risk drinking
Alcohol Research UK welcomes the new guidelines by the UK Chief Medical Officers and calls for a public debate to increase understanding on the levels of risk associated with alcohol consumption. Alcohol Research UK welcomes the new CMO guidelines on low-risk drinking, which are strongly informed by recent research on the health effects of alcohol consumption at all levels. The evidence of the association between alcohol and cancer has become stronger in recent years and shows that some cancer risks start to increase with any amount of alcohol consumption – though those risks are usually low to start with.  Acknowle...
Source: Alcohol Research UK - January 8, 2016 Category: Addiction Authors: Julie Symes Tags: News guidelines risk risk factors Source Type: news

Immediate and Complex Cardiovascular Adaptation to an Acute Alcohol Dose
ConclusionsA dose of alcohol quickly invoked multiple cardiovascular responses, possibly as an adaptive reaction to the acute pharmacological challenge. Future studies should assess how exposure to alcohol acutely disrupts or dissociates typically integrated neurocardiac functions. Graphical depiction of the relationships between pre‐ to postbeverage changes in heart rate and stroke volume (top panel), heart rate and pulse transit time (middle panel) and stroke volume and pulse transit time (bottom panel) in each participant.
Source: Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research - November 28, 2015 Category: Addiction Authors: Jennifer F. Buckman, David Eddie, Evgeny G. Vaschillo, Bronya Vaschillo, Aaron Garcia, Marsha E. Bates Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Immediate and Complex Cardiovascular Adaptation to an Acute Alcohol Dose.
CONCLUSIONS: A dose of alcohol quickly invoked multiple cardiovascular responses, possibly as an adaptive reaction to the acute pharmacological challenge. Future studies should assess how exposure to alcohol acutely disrupts or dissociates typically integrated neurocardiac functions. PMID: 26614647 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research - November 28, 2015 Category: Addiction Authors: Buckman JF, Eddie D, Vaschillo EG, Vaschillo B, Garcia A, Bates ME Tags: Alcohol Clin Exp Res Source Type: research

Damage to the insula leads to decreased nicotine withdrawal during abstinence
ConclusionsCurrent smokers with damage to their insular cortex brain region appear to experience fewer and less severe tobacco withdrawal symptoms, and appear to be less likely to require nicotine replacement therapy during hospitalization, compared with smokers with non‐insular damage. These findings support the potential role of the insular cortex in regulating withdrawal during abstinence, a motivator responsible for the maintenance of addictive behaviors.
Source: Addiction - September 8, 2015 Category: Addiction Authors: Amir Abdolahi, Geoffrey C. Williams, Curtis G. Benesch, Henry Z. Wang, Eric M. Spitzer, Bryan E. Scott, Robert C. Block, Edwin Wijngaarden Tags: Research Report Source Type: research

Effects of Chronic Alcohol Exposure on the Modulation of Ischemia-Induced Glutamate Release via Cannabinoid Receptors in the Dorsal Hippocampus.
CONCLUSIONS: Together, these findings suggest that loss of expression/function of CB1 receptors, but not CB2 receptors in the DH, is correlated with the enhancement of ischemia-induced glutamate release after prolonged alcohol withdrawal. PMID: 26343919 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research - September 7, 2015 Category: Addiction Authors: Zheng L, Wu X, Dong X, Ding X, Song C Tags: Alcohol Clin Exp Res Source Type: research

Excessive alcohol consumption increases mortality in later life: a genetic analysis of the health in men cohort study
Abstract We designed this cohort study of men aged 70–89 years to determine if excessive alcohol use increases mortality. They reported history of alcohol use (never, past, ≤ two daily drinks, two to four daily drinks, four to six daily drinks, > six daily drinks) and donated a blood sample in 2001–2004. We determined the ADH1B rs1229984 G>A polymorphism and retrieved mortality data from the Western Australian Data Linkage System. Other study measures included age, education, body mass index, smoking, and history of hypertension, diabetes, chronic respiratory diseases, coronary heart disease and stroke. Of th...
Source: Addiction Biology - September 1, 2015 Category: Addiction Authors: Osvaldo P. Almeida, Kieran McCaul, Graeme J. Hankey, Bu B. Yeap, Jonathan Golledge, Leon Flicker Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Effects of Chronic Alcohol Exposure on the Modulation of Ischemia‐Induced Glutamate Release via Cannabinoid Receptors in the Dorsal Hippocampus
ConclusionsTogether, these findings suggest that loss of expression/function of CB1 receptors, but not CB2 receptors in the DH, is correlated with the enhancement of ischemia‐induced glutamate release after prolonged alcohol withdrawal.
Source: Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research - September 1, 2015 Category: Addiction Authors: Lei Zheng, Xiaoda Wu, Xiao Dong, Xinli Ding, Cunfeng Song Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Prevalence and Associated Factors of Depression Among Post-Stroke Patients in Bangladesh
Abstract To assess the prevalence of depression and its associated factors among patients with stroke in Bangladesh. We conducted a cross-sectional study among 164 post-stroke patients attending two hospitals in Dhaka city between January and June 2011. Depression was measured using the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale. Factors associated with depression were analyzed using multivariate logistic regression. Results: The prevalence of depression was 70 and 32 % had severe depression. The mean ± sd age of the participants was 58.91 ± 7.03 years. Multivariate regression analysis revealed that factors signific...
Source: International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction - August 21, 2015 Category: Addiction Source Type: research

Cigarette Smoking and Alcohol use as Predictors of Disability Retirement: A Population-Based Cohort Study
Tobacco use and excess alcohol consumption are both risk factors for several chronic diseases. Tobacco use is a leading preventable risk factor for premature mortality (World Health Organization (WHO), 2009), accounting for 18% of deaths in high-income countries (WHO, 2009a,b), and being second only to high blood pressure globally (9% vs. 13% of deaths, respectively). Smoking raises the risk of chronic diseases such as heart disease, diabetes and cancers (WHO, 2009a,b). Compared to never smokers, smokers have a 25-fold risk of death due to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), a 2.5-fold risk due to ischemic heart ...
Source: Drug and Alcohol Dependence - August 10, 2015 Category: Addiction Authors: Tellervo Korhonen, Eero Smeds, Karri Silventoinen, Kauko Heikkilä, Jaakko Kaprio Tags: Full length article Source Type: research

Ibudilast reverses the decrease in the synaptic signaling protein phosphatidylethanolamine-binding protein 1 (PEBP1) produced by chronic methamphetamine intake in rats*
Methamphetamine is a potent psychostimulant drug which has been gaining popularity worldwide (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 2009). From a pathological standpoint, chronic methamphetamine abuse has devastating effects on the neural system and predisposes people to movement disorders, stroke, seizures, aggressiveness, memory deficits, and psychosis (Hsieh et al., 2014; Panenka et al., 2013; Yamamoto et al., 2010). These changes can remain for years after discontinued use and may reflect risk factors for relapse (Grant et al., 2012; Scott et al., 2007).
Source: Drug and Alcohol Dependence - April 29, 2015 Category: Addiction Authors: Sergios Charntikov, Steven T. Pittenger, Ishwor Thapa, Dhundy R. Bastola, Rick A. Bevins, Gurudutt Pendyala Tags: Full length article Source Type: research

Does comparing alcohol use along a single dimension obscure within-group differences? Investigating men's hazardous drinking by sexual orientation and race/ethnicity
Frequent or high-volume alcohol consumption (i.e., heavy drinking) has long been an important public health concern as it has been associated with increased risk of gastrointestinal disease, some cancers, stroke, and cognitive impairment (Boffetta and Hashibe, 2006; Meyerhoff et al., 2005; Thakker, 1998). Heavy drinking may also exert indirectly harmful effects through associations with inter-personal violence (Caetano et al., 2001; Lipsky et al., 2005; Testa et al., 2003), motor-vehicle crashes (Blomberg et al., 2009; Hingson and Winter, 2003; Peck et al., 2008; Zador et al., 2000), and risky sexual behaviors (Bimbi et al...
Source: Drug and Alcohol Dependence - March 22, 2015 Category: Addiction Authors: Paul A. Gilbert, Jason Daniel-Ulloa, Kerith J. Conron Tags: Full length article Source Type: research

Associations of Lifetime Abstention and Past and Current Alcohol Use with Late-Life Mental Health: A Propensity Score Analysis
A recent review of studies that examined health effects of alcohol consumption concludes that habitual light-to-moderate alcohol intake (up to 1 drink per day for women and 1 or 2 drinks per day for men) is associated with lower rates of death, coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, diabetes mellitus, and stroke (O’Keefe et al., 2014). The review also reports that excessive alcohol intake, in a dose-dependent fashion, commonly causes irreversible hypertension and atrial fibrillation, accounts for one third of all cases of nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy, and markedly increases risks of both ischemic...
Source: Drug and Alcohol Dependence - February 16, 2015 Category: Addiction Authors: C. Nathan Marti, Namkee G. Choi, Diana M. DiNitto, Bryan Y. Choi Tags: Full length article Source Type: research

Prescription opioid use is associated with increased mortality in the reasons for geographic and racial differences in stroke study
Aims: Prescription opioid use (POU) for chronic non-malignant pain has increased in the US over the last decade. Previous research has demonstrated increased mortality related to POU overdose or abuse but population-based studies have not examined the relationship between POU and all cause mortality (ACM), adjusting for a variety of underlying chronic conditions as well as levels of chronic pain, which was the purpose of this study.
Source: Drug and Alcohol Dependence - December 18, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: Yulia Khodneva, Paul Muntner, Stefan Kertesz, George Howard, Monika Safford Source Type: research

Chronic diseases and conditions related to alcohol use.
Authors: Shield KD, Parry C, Rehm J Abstract Alcohol consumption is a risk factor for many chronic diseases and conditions. The average volume of alcohol consumed, consumption patterns, and quality of the alcoholic beverages consumed likely have a causal impact on the mortality and morbidity related to chronic diseases and conditions. Twenty-five chronic disease and condition codes in the International Classification of Disease (ICD)-10 are entirely attributable to alcohol, and alcohol plays a component-risk role in certain cancers, other tumors, neuropsychiatric conditions, and numerous cardiovascular and digestiv...
Source: Alcohol Research - November 25, 2014 Category: Addiction Tags: Alcohol Res Source Type: research