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Certain Foods May Cut Risk for Rheumatoid Arthritis
TUESDAY, Dec. 17, 2024 – Moderate alcohol consumption and eating oily fish, fruits, and cereals may reduce the risk for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), according to a review published online Nov. 26...
U.S. Teen Drug, Alcohol Use Remains at Low Levels
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 18, 2024 – Rates of vaping, drug and alcohol use among American teens plummeted during the pandemic and have remained at relatively low levels ever since, new government statistics...
Blood Test Might Alert Doctors to Problem Drinking
FRIDAY, Dec. 13, 2024 – Have you been boozing more often than usual? A new blood test might be able to tell if you’re damaging your liver from too many beers, margaritas or belts of scotch, r...
Teens, Booze and E-Scooters: A Rising Threat as Injuries Crowd ERs
TUESDAY, Dec. 10, 2024 – Inebriated e-scooter and e-bike users, many of them teens, are increasingly showing up in the nation's emergency rooms, new research shows. Overall, rates of injuries from...
U-Shaped Association Seen for Alcohol Consumption, Cardiometabolic Disease
FRIDAY, Dec. 6, 2024 – There is a U-shaped association between alcohol consumption and coronary heart disease (CHD) and type 2 diabetes (T2D) but no evidence for a causal association, according to a...
Antiobesity Medications Tied to Decreased Alcohol Use
TUESDAY, Dec. 3, 2024 – Nearly half of participants in a weight loss program who initiated an antiobesity medication and who consumed alcohol at baseline reported decreases in their alcohol use,...
Alcohol Use Disorder, Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease Up in Older U.S. Adults
MONDAY, Dec. 2, 2024 – The prevalence of and mortality from alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) and alcohol use disorder (AUD) increased among older U.S. adults, according to a study presented at...
Semaglutide, Liraglutide May Reduce Hospitalization Risk for Alcohol Use Disorder
FRIDAY, Nov. 22, 2024 – Semaglutide and liraglutide are associated with a reduced risk for hospitalization due to alcohol use disorder (AUD), according to a study published online Nov. 13 in JAMA...
Nearly 160 Million Americans Harmed by Another's Drinking, Drug Use
THURSDAY, Nov. 21, 2024 – Think of it as collateral damage: Millions of Americans say they have been harmed by a loved one's drug or alcohol use. One in 3 adults who responded to a new nationwide...
U.S. Alcohol-Linked Deaths Doubled in 20 Years
TUESDAY, Nov. 19, 2024 – Alcohol-related deaths have surged in the United States, nearly doubling over 20 years, and a growing number of victims are women, a new study warns. "Our study found...
More Evidence That GLP-1 Meds Curb Alcohol Abuse
FRIDAY, Nov. 15, 2024 – There have been a slew of studies recently supporting the notion that the same mechanisms that help folks lose weight with Ozempic and its kin also work to curb problem...
Liquor, Wine, Beer: Which Comes With the Worst Lifestyle?
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 13, 2024 – Bottoms up: The type of alcohol you prefer may say something about your lifestyle, new research reveals. Beer drinkers are more likely to have an unhealthy lifestyle than...
Ozempic Could Help Curb Alcoholism
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 13, 2024 – The blockbuster GLP-1 drug semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) could curb drinking for people battling alcohol use disorder, helping them to avoid crises that require...
U.S. Alcohol Intake Rose During Pandemic, and for Years After
TUESDAY, Nov. 12, 2024 – Even as the pressures of the pandemic began to ebb, Americans' growing dependence on alcohol did not, a troubling new study shows. Two years into the globe-altering health...
COVID-19 Pandemic-Linked Increase in Alcohol Use Persisting
TUESDAY, Nov. 12, 2024 – The prevalence of any alcohol use and heavy alcohol use was higher in 2020 and 2022 compared with 2018, according to a research letter published online Nov. 12 in the Annals...
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