
5 Questions to Ask Yourself About Alcohol
Here’s how you can evaluate your drinking habits to see if you might want to make a change.
Here’s how you can evaluate your drinking habits to see if you might want to make a change.
Taking a timeout from alcohol is good for both sexes but may be especially helpful for women.
Administering the drug naloxone can prevent death from opioids.
A unique residential treatment program gave Katelin Hunter a chance to overcome loss, incarceration and substance abuse.
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Mothers struggling with drug addiction and their children find help through the UNC Horizons Program.
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Quitting drinking cold turkey for 30 days can result in some immediate health benefits, but it’s not a safe step for heavy drinkers.
The NIH renewed funding for UNC's Bowles Alcohol Research Center for another five years.
In findings published in the journal Cancer, Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers confirmed the link between alcohol consumption and breast cancer risk in a study in black women. The association has been seen in other studies drawn from majority white populations.
UNC Marsico Lung Institute researchers Rob Tarran, PhD, and Mehmet Kesimer, PhD, will lead a $2.3-million, five-year project, which will include the study of electronic cigarettes.
A study led by UNC Lineberger researcher Adam Goldstein, MD, MPH, and Sarah Kowitt, MPH, found broad support, even among smokers, for increasing the size of health warnings on cigarette packs.
With a more accurate understanding of the characteristics and function of the receptor MRGRPX2, University of North Carolina School of Medicine researchers were also able to create chemical probe that will allow them study the receptor more precisely.
For the first time, UNC School of Medicine researchers crystalized the structure of LSD attached to a human serotonin receptor of a brain cell, and they may have discovered why an “acid trip” lasts so long.