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Excessive Alcohol Use Has Lasting Effects On The Brain

January 31, 2013 By Jon Leave a Comment

The evidence is piling up, suggesting alcohol has a lasting and negative impact on the brain, according to new research published in the journal Cortex. Excessive alcohol use makes up four percent of the international burden of disease and specifically, binge drinking is becoming a more prominent health issue. Generally, disorders linked to "alcohol-related brain [...]

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Drug used to treat alcohol addiction could destroy deadly brain tumours

November 4, 2012 By Jon Leave a Comment

For more than 60 years, disulfiram has been to make addicts feel sick if they drink alcohol. Now scientists from the University of Wolverhampton say it could target brain cancer. alcohol and addiction news

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Alcohol drug could treat deadly brain tumours

November 3, 2012 By Jon Leave a Comment

A drug used to treat alcohol addiction could help destroy deadly brain tumours, research has shown. alcohol and addiction news

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Drug used in alcohol treatment offers hope for tackling brain tumours

October 24, 2012 By Jon Leave a Comment

A drug used to treat alcohol addiction could help destroy deadly brain tumours, research has shown. alcohol and addiction news

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Hijacking the Brain

August 14, 2012 By Jon Leave a Comment

When Bill W. and Dr. Bob created Alcoholics Anonymous 77 years ago, they borrowed principles learned from a Christian fellowship called the Oxford Group to create their 12-step recovery program. alcohol and addiction news

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Hijacking the Brain

August 12, 2012 By Jon Leave a Comment

When Bill W. and Dr. Bob created Alcoholics Anonymous 77 years ago, they borrowed principles learned from a Christian fellowship called the Oxford Group to create their 12-step recovery program. alcohol and addiction news

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Hijacking the Brain

August 11, 2012 By Jon Leave a Comment

When Bill W. and Dr. Bob created Alcoholics Anonymous 77 years ago, they borrowed principles learned from a Christian fellowship called the Oxford Group to create their 12-step recovery program. alcohol and addiction news

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How Exercise Can Prime the Brain for Addiction

April 12, 2012 By Jon Leave a Comment

An eye-opening new study of cocaine-addicted mice found that dedicated exercise may in some cases make it even harder to break an addiction. alcohol and addiction news

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Vulnerable Brain And Future: Underage Alcohol Use

February 23, 2012 By Jon Leave a Comment

Alcohol affects an adolescent's brain more severely. Here's why, and where to find help for alcohol abuse.   alcohol and addiction news

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Internet addiction ‘disrupts brain’

January 28, 2012 By Jon Leave a Comment

Internet addiction disrupts nerve wiring in the brains of teenagers, a 'groundbreaking' study has found. alcohol and addiction news

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