Alcohol and cancer: quitting drinking can significantly reduce the risks
A study conducted by the Bordeaux University Hospital with the WHO and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) ...
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Alcoholism: psilocybin to fight addiction?
Administration of psilocybin, the active ingredient in hallucinogenic mushrooms, may help reduce alcohol consumption in rats. THE ESSENTIAL Psilocybin is ...
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Ozempic: diabetes drug could also treat alcoholism
Ozempic, a diabetes treatment used by some to lose weight, and Wegovy, an anti-obesity drug, could both help people with ...
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Long an alcoholic, Ewan McGregor talks about his years of addiction
Actor Ewan McGregor has opened up about alcoholism, which he fought for years until he quit in the 2000s. THE ...
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This is how long it takes for the brain to recover from alcoholism
This is how long it takes for the brain to recover from alcohol addiction. THE ESSENTIAL 23.7% of the French ...
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Gene therapy could help cure alcoholism
Researchers have developed a gene therapy to treat alcoholism, based on modifying reward circuits in the brain. THE ESSENTIAL Alcohol ...
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Alcoholism: gene therapy could cure it
© Shutterstock / Africa StudioDespite therapy and remissions, it happens that alcoholics relapse. Scientists are looking for an effective way ...
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Getting drunk affects mental faculties, even for heavy drinkers
Excessive alcohol consumption even impairs the faculties of people who drink heavily, which calls into question the notion of tolerance. ...
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Alcoholism: the use of genetic tests could improve prevention
According to a recent study, the use of genetic tests could improve the prevention and treatment of alcoholism by allowing ...
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Alcoholism: what if a drug for psoriasis helped to reduce its consumption?
Apremilast, a pill taken to relieve the symptoms of psoriasis, is said to be effective against alcohol addiction. THE ESSENTIAL ...
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Alcoholism: “I didn’t have long to live,” says Anthony Hopkins
In a message posted on Instagram, the actor confides in the addiction to alcohol from which he suffered. It offers ...
Read moreAlcoholism: the therapeutic arsenal is enriched
It is the worst addiction and the most socially devastating disease, as doctors say. Alcoholism affects 2 million French people ...
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Alcohol: one drink is enough to permanently alter neurons
Drinking alcohol just once alters neurons in the brain, according to a German study. THE ESSENTIAL According to specialists, a ...
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How Psychedelics Can Treat Alcohol Addiction
According to one study, two doses of psilocybin, a compound found in psychedelic mushrooms, reduced alcohol consumption by an average ...
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Anxiety, alcoholism: what if we reset the brain?
The use of gene editing would reverse the process born of excessive alcohol consumption by adolescents. THE ESSENTIAL Teenage alcohol ...
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It’s proven: alcohol and work don’t mix
Heavy drinkers take more sick leave, according to a new study. THE ESSENTIAL 2.6% of French people consume alcohol daily ...
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Europeans are the biggest alcohol consumers in the world
Europeans remain the heaviest consumers of alcohol in the world, despite a significant decline in recent years and even if ...
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Drug for alcoholism could be an effective anxiolytic
A new treatment could soon be offered to people suffering from anxiety. This is disulfiram, a drug already used against ...
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War: alcoholism, a threat to soldiers returning from the front
Upon returning from a military operation, soldiers face a high risk of addictive behavior with alcohol. In particular those who ...
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What if microdoses of LSD helped us fight against alcoholism?
Canadian researchers conducted an experiment on zebrafish to study the effects of microdosing LSD on symptoms of alcohol withdrawal. THE ...
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The track of a hormone to treat alcoholism?
Quitting or cutting down on alcohol consumption is a complex process. Recently, a team of scientists discovered, after tests carried ...
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Alcoholism: ketamine facilitates withdrawal
Used in small doses and in addition to psychological monitoring, ketamine is associated with a longer period of abstinence. THE ...
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One in twenty-five cases of cancer is linked to alcohol
Alcohol is linked to 4% of cancers detected in 2020. Some of them are associated with "light and moderate" consumption. ...
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Euro football: advertisements for beer scandalize addictologists
While the European men's football championship is in full swing, many doctors are indignant about the advertising campaign deployed by ...
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Alcohol: even a small drink on the terrace is harmful to your health
While the French are massively benefiting from the reopening of the terraces, Inserm recalls that "any alcohol consumption, even low, ...
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More than one drink of alcohol a day is a year less life expectancy
An OECD report published on Wednesday May 19 estimates that excessive alcohol consumption causes an average loss of almost a ...
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Against alcoholism, nothing better than falling in love!
Love makes it possible to fight against the addictive consumption of alcohol, especially among students. THE ESSENTIAL Dependence results in ...
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End of Dry January: what is its real impact on alcohol addiction?
It's the end of Dry January ("the sober month"). Dr. Marion Zami, addiction doctor at the Saint-Barnabé clinic in Marseille, ...
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Violence in prisons: the three mental disorders that explain it
A study of prisoners shows that those suffering from post-traumatic stress, panic disorders and alcohol use disorders are at greater ...
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Claire Touzard: “Example of happy sobriety, my spouse was the trigger to stop drinking”
After two decades of excessive consumption, journalist Claire Touzard has decided to put an end to alcohol. A one-year weaning ...
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