Highlights The prevalence of all drinking behaviours is considerably higher in men. Drinking behaviours are more prevalent in younger, single or divorced individuals. Lifestyle factors (e.g. health consciousness) are important predictors of drinking behaviours. Self-reported diabetes is strongly and...

The World Health Organisation recommends alcohol pricing as one of the most effective ways to reduce the harms associated with alcohol. Since 2012, the UK has abandoned the "duty escalator" and cut or frozen alcohol taxes year on year. Colin Angus, Research Fellow in the Sheffield Alcohol Research...

TOTALMENTE DE ACUERDO CON USTED JAIME, ES MUY IMPORTANTE QUE EN EL ECUADOR TAMBIÉN SE FORME UN EQUIPO MULTIDISCIPLINARIO QUE PUEDA INSTAURAR ESTA INICIATIVA DE TRATAMIENTO EN NUESTRA POBLACIÓN, MÁS AÚN POR LO BENEFICIOS QUE REPRESENTAN PARA ESTE GRUPO DE PACIENTES

Source: Yeung, S. L. A., & Lam, T. H. (2019). Unite for a Framework Convention for Alcohol Control. The Lancet. In the 2012 UN Political Declaration, when describing the main contributors to the four most prominent non-communicable diseases, the term harmful use is only used to describe alcohol use...

Source: https://forum.issup.net/t/southern-african-alcohol-policy-alliance-saapa-applauds-who-position-on-no-industry-collaboration/4138 Published 25. 04 2019by Dag Endal SAAPA warmly welcomes the recent news about the World Health Organization and its position on alcohol industry involvement in the...

Highlights Moderated nonlinear factor analysis is a tool for pooled analysis. MNLFA scores had more desirable properties than pooled cut-scores and sum scores. MNLFA scores showed strongly predictive validity than other scores. MNLFA is a promising tool for harmonization in pooled data analysis...

Fuente: Miranda-Nava, G., & García-Toribio, M. G. (2017). Marchiafava-Bignami: case report. Revista Mexicana de Neurociencia, 18(6), 98-103. REPORTE DE CASO: Se trata de paciente masculino de 41 años de edad que tiene el antecedente de 15 años de ingesta crónica de alcohol en su modalidad de whisky...

Source: Mellinger, J. L., Fernandez, A., Shedden, K., Winder, G. S., Fontana, R. J., Volk, M. L., ... & Lok, A. S. (2019). Gender Disparities in Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment Among Privately Insured Patients with Alcohol‐Associated Cirrhosis. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research...

Strandberg, Anna K., Tobias H. Elgán, Magnus Jägerskog, and Johanna Gripenberg. "Alcohol policies and attitudes toward alcohol prevention at Swedish student unions." Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs 36, no. 1 (2019): 51-60.

"Valuing the what are known as the “affective consequences” – that is, the consequences which relate to our feelings and attitudes – of consumption decisions like this allows both individuals and policy makers to work out how best to spend limited resources to maximise quality of life."

Source: Noel, J. K., Babor, T. F., Robaina, K., Feulner, M., Vendrame, A., & Monteiro, M. (2017). Alcohol marketing in the Americas and Spain during the 2014 FIFA World Cup Tournament. Addiction, 112, 64-73. Abstract Background and aims To identify the nature of visual alcohol references in alcohol...

Short Title: STOP Act Grants Initial Announcement Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) Information FOA Number: SP-19-003 Posted on Grants.gov: Tuesday, January 22, 2019 Application Due Date: Friday, March 22, 2019 Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 93.243 Intergovernmental...

Craig Gunn discusses his paper- A systematic review of the next‐day effects of heavy alcohol consumption on cognitive performance

General purpose: The purpose of this self-learning course is to provide up-to-date training and information to health care providers to address alcohol use by women of reproductive age and pregnant women, by introducing strategies for health promotion, early detection and motivation for change in...

Además de que el consumo tanto de alcohol como de tabaco produce daños a la salud, hay evidencia sólida de que iniciarlo a edades tempranas incrementa el riesgo de experimentar con otras drogas.

This site (recovery research institute) is a great one for getting up to date research. Here is one article from last year:

Source: Monteiro, M. G., Babor, T. F., Jernigan, D., & Brookes, C. (2017). Alcohol marketing regulation: from research to public policy. Addiction, 112, 3-6. Alcohol is a psychoactive substance with numerous negative consequences to the health and wellbeing of consumers as well as others affected by...

In a recent publication, Bryan Borg and other researchers analyzed if people with problems due to drinking alcohol received adequate outpatient follow-up after hospital discharge and if this services differed in patients with a critical illness. Their results show that less than half of patients at...

Fuente: Babor, T., Caetano, R., & Casswell, S. (2010). El Alcohol: Un producto de consumo no ordinario: Investigación y Políticas Públicas. [Publications]. Organización Panamericana de la Salud. https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/2836 Desde una perspectiva de salud pública, el consumo de alcohol...