• Alcoholism is a major risk factor for suicidal behavior .
• Prior research has suggested that cholesterol may be a general biological marker for suicide risk.
• New research discounts cholesterol levels as a biological marker for suicide attempt risk among alcoholics, but…

• Researchers have examined a sample of children living in Russian “Baby Homes” for features that are indicative of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) .
• More than half of the Baby-Home residents were found to have intermediate (45%) or high (13%) phenotypic expression scores…

Alcoholics without PTSD had a blunted biological stress response, and greater chance of relapse

• Stress is believed to contribute to the initiation, development and/or maintenance of alcohol problems.
• New findings indicate that alcoholics with and without post-traumatic…

• Alcohol consumption during pregnancy can be harmful to the fetus.
• Recent analysis shows that alcohol consumption among women of child-bearing age (18 to 44 years) remains at levels of concern, particularly among women younger than 30 years of age.
• Two groups are…

Those who are male and have behavioral disinhibition have the highest risk of developing alcoholism

• Individuals with a family history of alcoholism (FH+) have a greater risk of developing alcoholism themselves than do persons with no family history.
• FH+ individuals who…

• Children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders exhibit altered sleeping and eating patterns, as well as other behavioral problems such as attention deficits and depression.
• Alterations in these behaviors may indicate that their biological rhythms, which are controlled by…

Alcoholics who live alone are also at high risk

• Compared to the general population, individuals with alcohol-use disorders ( AUDs) have a significantly greater risk of suicide attempts.  
• New research examines the impact of all personality disorders ( PDs) on the risk of…

• Alcoholism commonly co-occurs with chronic smoking.
• Both alcohol and nicotine act on the brain’s “drug-reward pathway” or mesocorticolimbic system.
• New findings indicate that alcoholism and chronic smoking have a higher number of common genetic targets than previously…

• Individuals with alcohol-induced Korsakoff Syndrome (KS) are often unable to recall recent events .
• A new study investigates if these memory deficits extend to visuoperceptual learning.
• Findings indicate that alcoholics with KS can learn how to perform new tasks…

Alcohol’s harmful effects on motor coordination, however, remain intact

• Study results show that drinking alcohol and Red Bull® together significantly reduces the perception of headache, weakness, dry mouth and impairment of motor coordination.
• Red Bull® does not…