What causes someone to become an alcoholic? Alcoholism has no single cause. Rather, it is a detailed combination of genetic markers andenvironmental precursors. There is a hereditary role in developing alcohol dependence, but an alcohol addiction gene has never been isolated. Having a parent who ...
Prescription painkillers, in reality, are the most abused drugs after marijuana in the United States, with more individuals dying each day from overdoses of potent opioid pills than from gun deaths and road traffic accidents combined. Opioid painkiller addiction is so severe that it has become a...
People vary in the extent to which they feel better after taking an inert, placebo, treatment, but the basis for individual placebo response is unclear. Here, the authors show how brain structural and functional variables, as well as personality traits, predict placebo response in those with chr...
1. Jessica is in a relationship with Paul who is an alcoholic. Her friends have constantly advised her to leave the relationship for her health, but Jessica keeps insisting that she will “change” Paul and help him to be a better person – despite his reluctance to improve himself. 2. A...
“An accurate count of the number of deaths due to COVID-19 infection, which depends in part on proper death certification, is critical to ongoing public health surveillance and response,” the new guidelines note. Here, too, are signs of hope. An Australian study that’s been following a...
Drink extra fluids.To preventdehydration, drink plenty of water or other nonalcoholic, caffeine-free drinks. Because salt depletion can play a role in heat-related illness, consider an electrolyte-rich sports drink when it's very hot and humid. ...
“An accurate count of the number of deaths due to COVID-19 infection, which depends in part on proper death certification, is critical to ongoing public health surveillance and response,” the new guidelines note. Here, too, are signs of hope. An Australian study that’s been following a...
Screening can help doctors find and treat liver cancer early, when the cancer is localised and more easily removed by surgery. This may in turn improve the chance of survival13. For the general population, screening for liver cancer has not been shown to reduce the chances of dying from...
I don’t really know what alcoholism is like as I have never been an alcoholic before, but I have heard that it doesn’t always start immediately (neither does love). As you continue to pursue it (the conversation, the relationship) though, there is a chance you might become an alcohol...
subsequent inflammation and repair that is associated with the dying liver cells causescartissue to form. The liver cells that do not die multiply in an attempt to replace the cells that have died. This results in clusters of newly formed liver cells (regenerative nodules) within the scar ...