The relationship between different dimensions of alcohol use and the burden of disease—an update

J Rehm, GE Gmel Sr, G Gmel, OSM Hasan, S Imtiaz… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Background and aims Alcohol use is a major contributor to injuries, mortality and the burden
of disease. This review updates knowledge on risk relations between dimensions of alcohol …

The role of sleep hygiene in promoting public health: A review of empirical evidence

LA Irish, CE Kline, HE Gunn, DJ Buysse, MH Hall - Sleep medicine reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
The ineffectiveness of sleep hygiene as a treatment in clinical sleep medicine has raised
some interesting questions. If it is known that, individually, each specific component of sleep …

[PDF][PDF] Alcohol use and burden for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

A Sheikh, GBD 2016 Alcohol Collaborators - The Lancet, 2018 - research.ed.ac.uk
Background Alcohol use is a leading risk factor for death and disability, but its overall
association with health remains complex given the possible protective effects of moderate …

[HTML][HTML] Alcohol use and burden for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

MG Griswold, N Fullman, C Hawley, N Arian… - The Lancet, 2018 - thelancet.com
Background Alcohol use is a leading risk factor for death and disability, but its overall
association with health remains complex given the possible protective effects of moderate …

[HTML][HTML] Chronic diseases and conditions related to alcohol use

KD Shield, C Parry, J Rehm - Alcohol research: current reviews, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Alcohol consumption is a risk factor for many chronic diseases and conditions. The average
volume of alcohol consumed, consumption patterns, and quality of the alcoholic beverages …

Cardiovascular risks and benefits of moderate and heavy alcohol consumption

J Fernandez-Sola - Nature Reviews Cardiology, 2015 - nature.com
The heart and vascular system are susceptible to the harmful effects of alcohol. Alcohol is an
active toxin that undergoes widespread diffusion throughout the body, causing multiple …

Effects of drugs of abuse on hippocampal plasticity and hippocampus-dependent learning and memory: contributions to development and maintenance of addiction

MG Kutlu, TJ Gould - Learning & memory, 2016 - learnmem.cshlp.org
It has long been hypothesized that conditioning mechanisms play major roles in addiction.
Specifically, the associations between rewarding properties of drugs of abuse and the drug …

[HTML][HTML] The risks associated with alcohol use and alcoholism

J Rehm - Alcohol Research & Health, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Alcohol consumption, particularly heavier drinking, is an important risk factor for many health
problems and, thus, is a major contributor to the global burden of disease. In fact, alcohol is …

How economic crises affect alcohol consumption and alcohol-related health problems: a realist systematic review

MCM De Goeij, M Suhrcke, V Toffolutti… - Social science & …, 2015 - Elsevier
Economic crises are complex events that affect behavioral patterns (including alcohol
consumption) via opposing mechanisms. With this realist systematic review, we aimed to …

Global burden of disease and injury and economic cost attributable to alcohol use and alcohol-use disorders

J Rehm, C Mathers, S Popova, M Thavorncharoensap… - The lancet, 2009 - thelancet.com
Alcohol consumption has been identified as an important risk factor for chronic disease and
injury. In the first paper in this Series, we quantify the burden of mortality and disease …