National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

A new study supported by the National Institutes of Health shows that individuals with alcohol use disorder (AUD) are less likely to receive antivirals for hepatitis C, despite current guidelines recommending antiviral treatment regardless of alcohol use. Direct-acting antiviral treatment is highly effective at reducing serious illness and death among individuals with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, a condition that...

In light of the current coronavirus pandemic, it is especially important this fall for college students to take the necessary measures to protect their health and well-being, particularly if schools have resumed in-person or hybrid classes. Especially now, students and college administrators need to understand the risks associated with alcohol use.

This article was first published in NIAAA Spectrum Volume 15, Issue 1. Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a heterogeneous disorder, meaning individuals with AUD differ in their clinical symptoms and in the biological and psychological factors that contribute to their disorder. A better understanding of individual differences in AUD could inform the development of tailored treatment approaches to increase treatment...

Gregory Bloss, Division of Epidemiology and Prevention Research Participating IC: NIDA, NCI Purpose The purpose of this announcement is to replace a series of recently expired NIAAA-issued Program Announcements ( PA-17-132, PA-17-134, PA-17-135) to communicate support for research topics of interest to the Division of Epidemiology and Prevention Research at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and other...

Kendall Bryant, Ph.D. Purpose The future Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO, a reissue of RFA AA 16-001) will solicit applications for human studies that will advance operations or implementation research in the context of alcohol and HIV/AIDS by facilitating the development of: (1) broader systems approaches for monitoring complex HIV and alcohol-related morbidity and mortality, and (2) interventions to reduce...

De acuerdo con la encuesta del Sistema de Vigilancia de los Factores de Riesgo Conductuales (BRFSS, por su sigla en inglés), realizada por los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC, por su sigla en inglés) a aproximadamente 350,000 personas, entre 2018 y 2020, casi el 14% de las personas embarazadas de 18 a 49 años informaron...

El consumo perjudicial de alcohol por parte de menores de edad en la universidad implica serios problemas de salud pública y supone una gran carga en las vidas de los estudiantes en los campus de Estados Unidos.

El consumo de alcohol entre menores de edad es un problema de salud pública grave en Estados Unidos. El alcohol es la sustancia más utilizada entre los jóvenes en Estados Unidos, y puede ponerlos en enormes riesgos de salud y seguridad. Las consecuencias del consumo de alcohol entre menores pueden afectar a todas las personas, independientemente de su edad o...

Los problemas relacionados con el alcohol entre adultos y adolescentes (que son consecuencia de beber demasiado, demasiado rápido o con demasiada frecuencia) están entre los problemas de salud pública más significativos en Estados Unidos y a nivel internacional

Prevalencia de tratamiento por consumo de alcohol en el último año Personas de 12 años y más Según la Encuesta Nacional sobre la Salud y el Consumo de Drogas (NSDUH, por su sigla en inglés) de 2022, un total de 2.2 millones de personas de 12 años y más que presentaron trastorno por consumo de alcohol (AUD, por su sigla...

NIAAA encourages research to refine diagnosis, enhance treatment, sustain recovery, and ultimately, to reduce the treatment gap for alcohol use disorder and other alcohol-related health conditions.

NIH Clinical Center Grand Rounds Genetics and Epigenetics of Alcohol Use Disorder Presenter: David Goldman, MD, Senior Investigator, Laboratory of Neurogenetics, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Wednesday, May 15, 2024, 12 noon-1 p.m., live in Lipsett Auditorium and on NIH Videocast https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=54794 The lecture will be videocast at https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=54794 and archived for future viewing.  For more details or...

Prevalence of Past-Year Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) People Ages 12 and Older According to the 2022 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), 29.5 million people ages 12 and older (10.5% in this age group) had AUD in the past year. 1,2 This includes: 17.4 million males ages 12 and older (12.6% in this age group) 1,2 12.2 million...

The NIAAA Jack Mendelson Honorary Lecture will take place as a virtual event on Septermber 22, 2020. This year's presenter is Dr. Sandra A. Brown, Vice Chancellor for Research and distinguished Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of California San Diego ( UCSD). The title of her presentation is " Discerning Risks and Effects of Alcohol in the...

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2022 National Conference on Alcohol and Other Substance Use in Women and Girls: Advances in Prevention, Treatment and Recovery October 20-21, 2022 CONFERENCE AGENDA DAY 1: Thursday, October 20, 2022 8:00 a.m.–8:10 a.m. ET Welcome & Introductions Deidra Roach, M.D., Program Director, Treatment, Health Services, and Recovery Branch, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), National Institutes of Health...

Hemin Chin, Division of Neuroscience and Behavior Participating IC: None Purpose The purpose of this announcement is to issue a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to solicit research resource applications that (i) develop a “bank” of brain tissues (fresh-frozen and formalin-fixed) from human subjects with alcohol use disorder (AUD) and control cases with confirmed clinical and pathological diagnoses, (ii) develop...

The NIA-NIAAA workshop on “Role of Alcohol Misuse in the Onset and Progression of Alzheimer’s Disease and Its Related Dementias” will be a hybrid event held in the Natcher Conference Center on the NIH Campus, in Bethesda, Maryland on July 26 - 27, 2023. The goal of this workshop is to discuss the role of alcohol misuse in the onset...