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Vancouver’s Alcohol Knowledge Exchange: lessons learned from creating a peer-involved alcohol harm reduction strategy in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside
Despite high rates of harm attributable to alcohol use itself and the associated marginalization of illicit drinkers in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside...
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Reduction of APOE accounts for neurobehavioral deficits in fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
A hallmark of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) is neurobehavioral deficits that still do not have effective treatment. Here, we present that...
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Motives for alcohol use, risky drinking patterns and harm reduction practices among people who experience homelessness and alcohol dependence in Montreal
BackgroundPeople experiencing homelessness are disproportionately affected by harms related to alcohol use. Indeed, their alcohol dependence is...
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Characterizing Unhealthy Alcohol Use Patterns and Their Association with Alcohol Use Reduction and Alcohol Use Disorder During Follow-Up in HIV Care
Outcomes of PWH with unhealthy alcohol use, such as alcohol use reduction or progression to AUD, are not well-known and may differ by baseline...
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Effects of Alcohol Reduction Interventions on Blood Pressure
Purpose of ReviewMuch of alcohol’s purported negative impact on a population’s health can be attributed to its association with increased blood...
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Food as harm reduction during a drinking session: reducing the harm or normalising harmful use of alcohol? A qualitative comparative analysis of alcohol industry and non-alcohol industry-funded guidance
BackgroundThe aim of this study was to critically analyse information concerning the relationship between alcohol and food consumption provided via...
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Association between continuous cessation or reduction of drinking alcohol and improvement of multiple dysplastic lesions in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma after endoscopic resection
BackgroundMultiple development of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) in the upper aerodigestive tract has been explained by the ‘field cancerization...
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Not Everyone Benefits Equally from Sunday Alcohol Sales Bans: Socioeconomic Differences in Alcohol Consumption and Alcohol-Attributable Mortality
We examined socioeconomic variations in the association of off-premises Sunday alcohol sales bans and alcohol consumption and alcohol-attributable...
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Alcohol-attributable mortality and alcohol control policy in the Baltic Countries and Poland in 2001–2020: an interrupted time-series analysis
BackgroundThe Baltic countries–Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia–are characterized by a high rate of fully alcohol-attributable mortality, compared with...
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One-month alcohol abstinence national campaigns: a sco** review of the harm reduction benefits
Over the last decade, one-month alcohol abstinence campaigns (OMACs) have been implemented within the general population in an increasing number of...
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Effectiveness of genetic feedback on alcohol metabolism to reduce alcohol consumption in young adults: an open-label randomized controlled trial
BackgroundIt is unclear whether brief interventions using the combined classification of alcohol-metabolizing enzymes aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 ( ALDH2 ...
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Chronic MAP4343 reverses escalated alcohol drinking in a mouse model of alcohol use disorder
Alcohol use disorders can be driven by negative reinforcement. Alterations of the microtubule cytoskeleton have been associated with mood regulation...
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Improving alcohol health literacy and reducing alcohol consumption: recommendations for Germany
BackgroundAlthough the detrimental health effects of alcohol are well established, consumption levels are high in many high-income countries such as...
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Designing clinical trials to address alcohol use and alcohol-associated liver disease: an expert panel Consensus Statement
Most patients with alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) engage in heavy drinking defined as 4 or more drinks per day (56 g) or 8 (112 g) or more...
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Effects of Two Alcohol Reduction Interventions on Depression and Anxiety Symptoms of ART Clients in Vietnam
Little is known about the potential mental health impacts of cognitive behavioral therapy and motivational interviewing interventions that focus on...
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Efficacy of Two Evidence-Based Alcohol Consumption Interventions on Positive, Negative, and Neutral Days Among Hazardous Alcohol Users Living with HIV in Vietnam
AbstractSocial events and stressful settings can be catalysts for alcohol consumption. Motivational enhancement therapy (MET) and cognitive...
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Concordance of Ethyl Glucuronide, Blood Alcohol Content, and Self-Reported Alcohol Use in Russian Women with HIV and Hepatitis C Virus Co-Infection
Problematic alcohol use is prevalent in Russia and is deleterious for individuals with HIV and Hepatitis C Virus (HCV). Ethyl glucuronide (EtG) and...
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Continuities and change in alcohol policy at the global level: a documentary analysis of the 2010 Global Strategy for Reducing the Harmful Use of Alcohol and the Global Alcohol Action Plan 2022–2030
BackgroundThere are only two major statements which define alcohol policy development at the global level. There has not been any comparative...
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Treatment of alcohol use disorder in patients with alcohol-associated liver disease: Innovative approaches and a call to action
Alcohol-associated liver disease is currently the leading cause of liver transplantation and liver deaths both in Europe and the United States....
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Structured tracking of alcohol reinforcement (STAR) for basic and translational alcohol research
There is inherent tension between methodologies developed to address basic research questions in model species and those intended for preclinical to...
