Researchers have identified a promising new strategy for treating alcohol use disorder (AUD). A novel study found that the dopamine-boosting drug tolcapone increases activity in the prefrontal cortex ...

The study not only highlights the resilience of the brain, but may also point to solutions for addressing symptoms of ...

A quantitative alcohol history should be recorded for all patients, because alcohol use contributes to many physical and mental disorders. A person-centered, nonjudgmental approach should be adopted.

The drugs that keep rheumatoid arthritis in check may one day help people stop drinking. A new Scripps Research study shows ...

Problematic alcohol use patterns may be negatively associated with health outcomes in mid-life. Read more on AMJ.

Once weekly semaglutide injections reduced alcohol consumption in patients with alcohol use disorder (AUD) and comorbid obesity. Results of the randomized controlled trial (RCT), the first, to the ...

Getty Images The limited treatment options available for alcohol use disorder emphasize the urgent need for more research into pharmacological therapies. While more research is needed, preclinical and ...

Alcohol affects men and women very differently, especially women dependent on alcohol. For five years, the Yale Program on Sex Differences in Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD), headed by Dr. Sherry McKee, ...

When we drink alcohol, our liver breaks it down into acetate, which the body can then burn as fuel. A new ...