alcohol

Fact Sheet: Alcohol and the Brain

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Alcohol Change UK have released a fact sheet highlighting the various ways alcohol can affect the health of your brain as well as changes you can make in order to take care of this vital organ.

Substance Use and Adolescent Cognitive Development

Scientific article
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Both alcohol and cannabis misuse is linked with impaired mental functioning. Understanding the impact of substance use is particularly important when studying the developing brain. A recent piece of research, published in the American...

Communication Toolkit to Promote Low Risk Alcohol Drinking

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The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction has released the revised Low Risk Alcohol Drinking Guidelines Communication Toolkit to promote healthy attitude towards alcohol consumption. The guidelines, which are particularly geared...

Global Report on Alcohol Consumption and Health

Book
The harmful use of alcohol is one of the leading risk factors for population health worldwide and causes more than 5% of the global disease burden. Over 200 health conditions are connected to excessive alcohol use and it has been linked...

Risk Thresholds for Alcohol Consumption

Scientific article
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A new study examines mortality risks related to alcohol use from approximately 600,000 drinkers of differing levels, in 83 prospective studies and across 19 countries. One important finding from the study is that the initial threshold of...

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