Alcohol Drinking - Research News and Information

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Alcohol consumption, type of alcoholic beverage and risk of colorectal cancer at specific subsites.

13 Nov 2008 Within the Netherlands Cohort Study on diet and cancer, we investigated associations between total alcohol consumption, specific alcoholic beverage consumption and risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) according to anatomical subsite. Hazard Ratios (HR) ... Read more...

Effect of obesity and other lifestyle factors on mortality in women with breast cancer.

30 Oct 2008 A few lifestyle characteristics before cancer diagnosis have been suggested to modify the prognosis of breast cancer. Follow-up information from 1,453 women with incident invasive breast cancer, diagnosed between 1991 and 1994 and interviewed ... Read more...

Risk factors for inflammatory complications following third molar surgery in adults.

30 Oct 2008 PURPOSE: To estimate the frequency of inflammatory complications (surgical site infection and alveolar osteitis) following third molar (M3) extraction and identify risk factors for such complications. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study was designed ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Alcohol Drinking'

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• Alcohol consumption, type of alcoholic beverage and risk of colorectal cancer at specific subsites. 13 Nov 2008
• Effect of obesity and other lifestyle factors on mortality in women with breast cancer. 30 Oct 2008
• Risk factors for inflammatory complications following third molar surgery in adults. 30 Oct 2008
• [Metabolical characteristics in patients with multiple symmetrical lipomatosis] 26 Oct 2008
• Up-regulation of inflammatory signalings by areca nut extract and role of cyclooxygenase-2 -1195G>a polymorphism reveal risk of oral cancer. 13 Oct 2008
• Prospective evaluation of risk factors for male breast cancer. 5 Oct 2008
• Prevalence and factors associated with hidradenitis suppurativa: results from two case-control studies. 29 Sep 2008
• Triglycerides and risk for coronary artery disease. 29 Sep 2008
• Prenatal imprinting of postnatal specific appetites and feeding behavior. 29 Sep 2008
• Cannabis and the course of schizophrenia. 29 Sep 2008
• Use of in situ hybridization to detect human papillomavirus in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma patients without a history of alcohol or tobacco use. 29 Sep 2008
• Effect of moderate alcohol consumption on liver enzymes increases with increasing body mass index. 29 Sep 2008
• Algorithm for head computed tomography imaging in patients with mandible fractures. 29 Sep 2008
• Nutrition protocols for the prevention of cardiovascular disease. 29 Sep 2008
• Alcohol consumption by aging adults in the United States: health benefits and detriments. 29 Sep 2008
• Interference of cross-reactive carbohydrates in the determination of specific IgE in alcohol drinkers and strategies to minimize it: the example of latex. 29 Sep 2008
• [Low carbohydrate diet, liquorice, spinning and alcohol--life-threatening combination] 29 Sep 2008
• Effects of reproductive and demographic changes on breast cancer incidence in China: a modeling analysis. 21 Sep 2008
• [Brief intervention in primary health care for patients with excessive alcohol drinking--is it effective?] 20 Sep 2008
• Germany's plans to reduce use of tobacco and alcohol provoke protests from industry and local politicians. 17 Sep 2008

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Technical information about 'Alcohol Drinking'

Definition: Behaviors associated with the ingesting of alcoholic beverages, including social drinking.

Descriptor UI: D000428

Alternative terms: Alcohol Drinking; Alcohol Consumption; Consumption, Alcohol; Drinking, Alcohol;

Related Mesh Headings: Alcoholism; Temperance;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; blood; cerebrospinal fluid; drug therapy; economics; epidemiology; ethnology; genetics; history; immunology; legislation & jurisprudence; metabolism; mortality; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; therapy; trends; urine;

Tree Number: F01.145.317.269;

History Note: 69

Technical Notes: drunkenness = ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION but binge drinking & acute alcohol intox = ETHANOL /pois; chronic alcohol consumption = ALCOHOLISM; TEMPERANCE is available for "abstinence from alcohol" but do not confuse with alcohol withdrawal (see note under ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL DELIRIUM & SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME)