Prevention, screening, and treatment for heavy drinking and alcohol use disorder

J Knox, DS Hasin, FRR Larson, HR Kranzler - The Lancet Psychiatry, 2019 - thelancet.com
Heavy drinking and alcohol use disorder are major public health problems. Practitioners not
specialising in alcohol treatment are often unaware of the guidelines for preventing …

Pharmacogenetic approaches to the treatment of alcohol addiction

M Heilig, D Goldman, W Berrettini… - Nature Reviews …, 2011 - nature.com
Addictive disorders are partly heritable, chronic, relapsing conditions that account for a
tremendous disease burden. Currently available addiction pharmacotherapies are only …

Recommended dietary pattern to achieve adherence to the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology (AHA/ACC) guidelines: a scientific statement …

L Van Horn, JAS Carson, LJ Appel, LE Burke… - Circulation, 2016 - Am Heart Assoc
In 2013, the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology published the
“Guideline on Lifestyle Management to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk,” which was based on a …

Strong association of waist circumference (WC), body mass index (BMI), waist‐to‐height ratio (WHtR), and waist‐to‐hip ratio (WHR) with diabetes: a population‐based …

FL Zhang, JX Ren, P Zhang, H Jin, Y Qu… - Journal of diabetes …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Backgrounds. The prevalence of diabetes has increased with the increase of obesity, and
finding indicators to predict diabetes risk has become an urgent need. The purpose of this …

Heterogeneity of alcohol use disorder: understanding mechanisms to advance personalized treatment.

RZ Litten, ML Ryan, DE Falk, M Reilly… - Alcoholism, clinical …, 2015 - europepmc.org
Heterogeneity of alcohol use disorder: understanding mechanisms to advance personalized
treatment. - Abstract - Europe PMC Sign in | Create an account https://orcid.org Europe PMC …

Extending the treatment options in alcohol dependence: a randomized controlled study of as-needed nalmefene

K Mann, A Bladström, L Torup, A Gual… - Biological …, 2013 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: There is a large treatment gap in alcohol dependence, and current
treatments are only moderately effective in preventing relapse. New treatment modalities …

A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, efficacy study of nalmefene, as-needed use, in patients with alcohol dependence

A Gual, Y He, L Torup, W van den Brink, K Mann… - European …, 2013 - Elsevier
This study evaluated the efficacy of as-needed use of the opioid system modulator
nalmefene in reducing alcohol consumption in patients with alcohol dependence. Seven …

A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial assessing the efficacy of varenicline tartrate for alcohol dependence

RZ Litten, ML Ryan, JB Fertig, DE Falk… - Journal of addiction …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: To assess the efficacy and safety of varenicline (Chantix) for the treatment of
alcohol dependence. Varenicline is a partial α4β2 nicotinic acetylcholine agonist approved …

[HTML][HTML] Alcoholic liver disease

R Bruha, K Dvorak, J Petrtyl - World journal of hepatology, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Alcohol use disorders affect millions of individuals worldwide. Alcohol consumption is
directly associated with liver disease mortality and accounts for elevated social and …

Genetic contributors to variation in alcohol consumption vary by race/ethnicity in a large multi-ethnic genome-wide association study

E Jorgenson, KK Thai, TJ Hoffmann, LC Sakoda… - Molecular …, 2017 - nature.com
Alcohol consumption is a complex trait determined by both genetic and environmental
factors, and is correlated with the risk of alcohol use disorders. Although a small number of …