Michael Fleming, M.D., M.P.H., and colleagues at the University of Wisconsin Medical School in Madison report in the April 2 Journal of the American Medical Association results from Project TrEAT (Trial for Early Alcohol Treatment), the first large U.S. clinical trial to test the effectiveness of brief physician advice for intervening with nondependent problem drinkers. Supported by a grant from...

Alcohol Damage Bethesda, Maryland. Researchers at Harvard Medical School and the Brockton/West Roxbury Veterans Administration Medical Center report in today's issue of The Journal of Cell Biology a molecular action of alcohol that may produce some of the damage seen in fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) and fetal alcohol effects (FAE). The same mechanism may play a role in such adult...

Binge drinking is common during adolescence, a period of rapid brain development. In this study, researchers used adolescent nonhuman primates to examine the effects of long-term binge alcohol consumption on brain development. They found that an 11-month period of heavy binge alcohol consumption by nonhuman primates led to a significant and persistent reduction in neurogenesis – the birth and maturation...

Deaths dropped by 4.2 percent community-wide over six years A criminal justice program that requires offenders convicted of alcohol-related offenses to stop drinking and submit to frequent alcohol testing with swift, certain, and modest sanctions for a violation was linked to a significant reduction in county-level mortality rates in South Dakota. These results came from a study funded by the...

Open Session of the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. AGENDA Note: subject to change.

Open Session of the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. View the Agenda Hours subject to change.

Open Session of the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. AGENDA Hours subject to change; a final agenda will be posted closer to the date of the event.

Open Session of the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. View the Agenda. Agenda subject to change; a final agenda will be posted closer to the date of the event.

A new study led by scientists at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health, demonstrates that aldosterone, a hormone produced in the adrenal glands, may contribute to alcohol use disorder (AUD). The novel research, conducted in collaboration with a team of investigators in the United States and Europe, appears in the...

In honor of Alcohol Awareness Month, NIAAA hosted a chat with the American Society of Addiction Medicine on April 7. The focus was to address the science of addiction, current evidence-based approaches for treating alcohol use disorder, and resources for health professionals. View the archived chat at https://twitter.com/NIAAAnews/status/719878054349246464 NIAAA Expert: Aaron White, PhD, Senior Advisor to the NIAAA Director Hashtag...

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 & Alcohol Facts Week (NDAFW) will be held Jan. 23-29, 2017, with event registration beginning immediately. NDAFW is an annual, week-long observance that brings together teens and scientific...

NIAAA is proud to have collaborated with HBO on Risky Drinking, a documentary that premiered December 19 [website: www.hbo.com/documentaries/risky-drinking]. Risky Drinking spotlights an important public health topic, Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD), through the stories of four people whose drinking has profoundly impacted their lives. About 70 percent of American adults drink alcohol and, of those, nearly 1/3 will engage in...

Open Session of the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. View the Agenda.

Open Session of the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. To view the Agenda, visit www.niaaa.nih.gov/agenda-advisory-council-meeting-may-14-2019 Webcast: Webcast Open Session May 14, 2019 Advisory Council Page

Open Session of the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Agenda is now posted! The link to the webcast option will be provided closer to the event.

Many alcohol studies rely on participants to self-report how much and how often they drink, which can, at times, result in unreliable data. Biomarkers (biological markers) based on indicators in blood or other bodily fluids can be objective measures of alcohol use. Some biomarkers directly measure whether an individual has recently been drinking by measuring components of alcohol in blood...

Alcohol and the Nervous System Gordon Research Conference New Perspectives in Alcohol Neuroscience Research Gordon Research Conferences Alochol and the Nervous System Website

People with schizophrenia spectrum disorders have high rates of co-occurring substance use disorder, including alcohol use disorder (AUD). For individuals who have schizophrenia, AUD is associated with depression, suicidality, medication nonadherence, chronic physical problems, homelessness, aggression, violence, incarceration, and high rates of hospitalization. The latest article from Alcohol Research Current Reviews provides an updated review of the epidemiology, underlying neurobiology...

Open Session of the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Agenda is now posted, and the webcast link is now available.