[HTML][HTML] Alcohol use disorder and liver injury related to the COVID-19 pandemic

G Marano, G Traversi, E Gaetani, R Pola… - World Journal of …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Alcohol use disorder is a complex and heterogeneous phenomenon that can be studied
from several points of view by focusing on its different components. Alcohol is a hepatotoxin …

Joint association of drinking alcohol and obesity in relation to cancer risk: A systematic review and data synthesis

GA Macdonald, JA Thomas, C Dalais, BJ Kendall… - Cancer …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Rates of alcohol consumption and obesity are increasing in many Western
populations. For some cancer types, both heavy alcohol consumption and obesity are …

[HTML][HTML] Problematic alcohol use and its impact on liver disease quality of life in a multicenter study of patients with cirrhosis

JW Luk, DD Satre, R Cheung, RJ Wong… - Hepatology …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Background: Management of cirrhosis is challenging and has been complicated by the
COVID-19 pandemic due to decreased access to care, increased psychological distress …

[HTML][HTML] Social media addiction as a mediator of the associations between fear of COVID-19, mental health symptoms, and problematic alcohol use

JW Luk, DW Geda, BL Stangl, C Cheng… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background Fear of COVID-19 is a risk factor for anxiety and depressive symptoms. During
the COVID-19 pandemic, drinking to cope with psychological distress has been proposed as …

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on alcohol-related hepatitis admissions: Analysis of nationwide data 2016-2020

A Sohal, H Chaudhry, J Patel, N Dhillon, I Kohli… - The American Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic was a public health crisis
affecting medical, social, and psychological wellness. In a previous study, we reported a rise …

Beverage-and context-specific alcohol consumption during COVID-19 in the United States: the role of alcohol to-go and delivery purchases

PJ Trangenstein, TK Greenfield… - Journal of Studies on …, 2023 - jsad.com
Objective: Alcohol delivery and to-go sales may contribute to changes in drinking patterns,
including where and what people drink. This study tested whether home delivery and to-go …

[HTML][HTML] Distress symptoms and alcohol consumption: anxiety differentially mediates drinking across gender

OV Torres, JC Estep, M Gwin, NP Aramovich… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction The consumption of alcohol remains a significant health concern and
represents a prevalent form of substance use worldwide. Previous research has identified …

Modeling the impact of a long‐term horizon and multiple treatment episodes on estimates of the cost‐effectiveness of alcohol treatment in the United States

C Barbosa, WN Dowd… - Alcohol: Clinical and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Most clinical studies of alcohol use disorder (AUD) treatment have short follow‐
up periods, underestimating the full benefits of alcohol treatment. Furthermore, clinical …

[HTML][HTML] Subregion and sex differences in ethanol activation of cholinergic and glutamatergic cells in the mesopontine tegmentum

SM Mulloy, EM Aback, R Gao, S Engel, K Pawaskar… - Scientific reports, 2024 - nature.com
Ethanol engages cholinergic signaling and elicits endogenous acetylcholine release.
Acetylcholine input to the midbrain originates from the mesopontine tegmentum (MPT) …

A nationwide study of liver disease hospitalizations during the coronavirus pandemic in the United States

M Sedarous, M Youssef, AD Adekunle… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Aim The impact of the Coronavirus disease‐2019 (COVID‐19)
pandemic on patients with liver disease is not well described at the population level in the …