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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...

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Sharing infographics from the Time to Ask education and quality improvement program: Education That Transforms Conversations About Alcohol. These two along with many others, can be downloaded from the website: www.lunderdineen.org/time-to-ask-alcohol-use

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Source: Waite, D., & Burd, L. (2023). Common developmental trajectories and clinical identification of children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: A synthesis of the literature. Advances in Drug and Alcohol Research, 5. At an estimated prevalence of up to five percent in the general population...

Source: Chuong, V., Farokhnia, M., Khom, S., Pince, C. L., Elvig, S. K., Vlkolinsky, R., Marchette, R. C., Koob, G. F., Roberto, M., Vendruscolo, L. F., & Leggio, L. (2023). The glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) analogue semaglutide reduces alcohol drinking and modulates central GABA neurotransmission...

Source: German-Ponciano, L., Zapata-de la Rosa, M., Molina-Cadena, B., Velasco-Gómez, Y., & Puig-Lagunes, Á. (2023). Effectiveness evaluation of online Mindfulness in mental health and alcohol consumption in medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Salud Mental, 46(2), 45-54. doi:https://doi...

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Source: Day, S. M., Gironda, S. C., Clarke, C. W., Snipes, J. A., Nicol, N. I., Kamran, H., ... & Macauley, S. L. (2023). Ethanol exposure alters Alzheimer's-related pathology, behavior, and metabolism in APP/PS1 mice. Neurobiology of Disease, 177, 105967. Highlights •-Chronic ethanol exposure...

Source: Laslett, A. M., Kuntsche, S., Wilson, I. M., Taft, A., Fulu, E., Jewkes, R., & Graham, K. (2022). The relationship between fathers' heavy episodic drinking and fathering involvement in five Asia‐Pacific countries: An individual participant data meta‐analysis. Alcoholism: clinical and...

Source: Carbia, C., Bastiaanssen, T. F., Iannone, L. F., García-Cabrerizo, R., Boscaini, S., Berding, K., ... & Cryan, J. F. (2023). The Microbiome-Gut-Brain axis regulates social cognition & craving in young binge drinkers. eBioMedicine. Summary Background Binge drinking is the consumption of an...

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