Alcohol is identified as an environmental teratogen competent of inducing a wide range of developmental abnormalities. Embryonic alcohol exposure produces clinically recognizable wide range of congenital malformations and permanent defects categorized by set of characteristics mainly including growth retardation, ...
Alcohol elevates the inhibitory neurotransmitter GABA (gamma amino butyric acid) and reduces nerves signals along that neuronal pathway. Because of this action, alcohol is known as a central nervous system (CNS) depressant, and lowers both cognitive and physical capacities. Combination with other CNS...
Baijiu is categorized into several types based on their unique flavor profiles. ‘Light aroma’ baijiu is known for its sweet, floral taste. ‘Rice aroma’ baijiu offers a light, floral flavor profile, distinct from other types. ‘Sauce aroma’ baijiu, like Kweichow Moutai, has a sharp taste...
† Implied alcohol use: the presence of any implied but not actual use, categorized as a visible appearance of an alco- holic drink but without consumption, or a verbal reference to alcohol use, such as ordering a drink. † Other reference to alcohol: reference to alcohol...
The LR+ was calculated as the ratio of the chance of alcohol misuse in individuals who were at a particular smoking risk level relative to those who did not meet criteria for alcohol misuse. Positive likelihood ratio is a method of converting the pretest probability (ie, population prevalence ...
2 These findings call for a greater understanding of excess mortality linked with psoriasis.3 Excessive alcohol consumption is recognized in as many as one-third of patients with moderate to severe psoriasis.4-6 Furthermore, there is a correlation between increased alcohol intake and extent of ...
Also, FAEE in blood, which is detectable up to 72 h after alcohol consumption, is categorized as an intermediate-term marker. Examples of long-term biomarkers with a window of detection of weeks are the blood biomarkers GGT, MCV, AST, ALT, CDT and PEth in blood, and EtG and EtS in ...
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic neurological disease that develops as a result of the interplay between inducing and protective environmental and genetic factors. The impact of alcohol, which may directly suppress various immune responses,1 on the risk of developing MS has been investigated in...
This underscores the principle that “some PA is better than none” and that “additional benefits occur with more PA“ [31, 32]. Thus, accumulating PA, even if it falls short of recommended levels, can serve as an important correlate of reduced tobacco and alcohol use. A systematic review...
We categorized the cancers as alcohol-related cancers (breast, colon and rectum, and head and neck)2 and nonalcohol-related cancers (eTable 1 in Supplement 1). Esophageal cancer was categorized as nonalcohol related because the association with alcohol drinking is confined largely to squamous ...