Aging is an inevitable process and represents the accumulation of bodily alterations over
time. Depression and chronic pain are highly prevalent in elderly populations. It is estimated …

Pain and alcohol use are both highly prevalent in the general population, and pain–alcohol
interrelations are of increasing empirical interest. Previous research has identified …

Currently, neuropathic pain is an underestimated socioeconomic health problem affecting
millions of people worldwide, which incidence may increase in the next years due to …

Objectives To conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis investigating effects of
exercise for people with alcohol use disorders (AUDs) across multiple health outcomes. We …

Interactions between the enteric nervous system (ENS) and intestinal epithelium are thought
to play a vital role in intestinal homeostasis. How the ENS monitors the frontier with …

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 …

Peripheral neuropathy is associated with substantial morbidity, but risk factors other than
diabetes are largely uncharacterized. The aim of this study was to describe the prevalence …

Background Polyneuropathies (peripheral neuropathies) are the most common type of
disorder of the peripheral nervous system in adults, and specifically in the elderly, with an …

Excessive ethanol consumption affects virtually any organ, both by indirect and direct
mechanisms. Considerable research in the last two decades has widened the knowledge …

A complex relationship exists between the psychosocial environment and the perception
and experience of pain, and the mechanisms of the social communication of pain have yet to …