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Kara Stainbrook depended on alcohol to get through the day for two years. The 45-year-old from Mercer, Pennsylvania, was going through a bottle of vodka a week, sometimes two, and hiding it from ...
Novo Nordisk’s blockbuster GLP-1 diabetes drug Ozempic led to improvements in some measures of alcohol use disorder in a small trial, researchers reported on Wednesday. The 48 participants in ...
The drug — the brand name for the GLP-1 agonist semaglutide — “significantly reduced weekly alcohol craving,” according to a study published Wednesday, Feb. 12, in the Journal of the ...
Alcohol has been produced and consumed by humans for its psychoactive effects since c. 7000–6600 BC. [21] Alcohol is the second most consumed psychoactive drug globally, behind caffeine. [22] [23] Drinking alcohol is generally socially acceptable and is legal in most countries, unlike with many other recreational substances.
Dr. Lorenzo Leggio, senior investigator at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, which funded the study, tells Yahoo Life that the study’s findings are “exciting news.”
The journal was initially known as The Drug and Alcohol Professional (2001–2003) and edited by David B. Cooper. [5] In 2004, with Gary Hayes as editor, the journal was renamed Drugs and Alcohol Today, [6] a name that was kept until 2021. [7] In 2022, the name was changed to Drugs, Habits and Social Policy.
"Substance use pertains to using select substances such as alcohol, tobacco, illicit drugs, etc. that can cause dependence or harmful side effects."On the other hand, substance abuse is the use of drugs such as prescriptions, over-the-counter medications, or alcohol for purposes other than what they are intended for or using them in excessive ...
Denzel Washington has opened up about the “damage” drinking and drugs did to his body and his decade of sobriety as he approaches his 70th birthday.. The Gladiator II star celebrates the ...