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 …

Inflammatory processes are primary contributors to the development and progression of
alcoholic steatohepatitis (ASH), with severe alcoholic hepatitis characterised by non …

Alcohol affects many organs, including the immune system, with even moderate amounts of
alcohol influencing immune responses. Although alcohol can alter the actions of all cell …

As humans evolved, perhaps the two strongest selection determinants of survival were a
robust immune response able to clear bacterial, viral, and parasitic infection and an ability to …

Background An understanding of the trends in tuberculosis incidence, prevalence, and
mortality is crucial to tracking of the success of tuberculosis control programmes and …

Background Nutrition is a prerequisite for health; yet, there is no special nutritional
assessment or guidance for drug and alcohol dependent individuals, despite the fact that …

Alcohol abuse suppresses multiple arms of the immune response, leading to an increased
risk of infections. The course and resolution of both bacterial and viral infections is severely …

The body of knowledge on alcohol use and communicable diseases has been growing in
recent years. Using a narrative review approach, this paper discusses alcohol's role in the …

Studies have focused on the effects of chronic alcohol consumption and the mechanisms of
tissue injury underlying alcoholic hepatitis and cirrhosis, with less focus on the …

The aim of this study was to quantify the association between alcohol consumption and
incidence of pneumonia and to examine possible pathways. This was done by a systematic …