Volume 9, Issue 3 Is Now Available!

NIAAA Spectrumis an onlineWebzine published by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. It includes feature-length stories, new research findings from the field, image and data analyses, and interviews with NIAAA staff members and prominent alcohol researchers. The latest issue is now available. The full table of contents is presented below.

In This Issue

Alcohol and Womens Health: Studies Reveal Problems

Increases in the prevalence of alcohol misuse and alcohol use disorder (AUD) among women point to a growing adverse effect of alcohol on the health of women in the United States, according to findings by NIAAA scientists. More...

NIH Findings Link Aldosterone with AUD

A new study led by NIAAA scientists demonstrates that aldosterone, a hormone produced in the adrenal glands, may contribute to alcohol use disorder (AUD). More...

Spotlight

Researchers Get Practical Lesson in Treating AUD at RSA Video Now Available

How is alcohol use disorder (AUD) treated in the real world? An ambitious symposium set out to answer this question for alcohol researchers at the 2017 annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism (RSA).

NIAAA@Work

Laboratory of Cardiovascular Physiology and Tissue Injury

NIAAAs Laboratory of Cardiovascular Physiology and Tissue Injury (LCPTI) investigates how alcohol affects the heart.

By the Numbers

Extreme Binge Drinking

Nearly 32 million adults in the United States consumed more than twice the number of drinks considered binge drinking.

News From the Field

Study Finds Older Americans Are Drinking More

As people age, they tend to grow more sensitive to alcohols effects on balance, attention, reaction time, driving skills.

Oxytocin Shows Promise as Treatment for AUD

Administration of oxytocin, a naturally occurring hormone and neurotransmitter in the brain, reduced alcohol consumption in a variety of mouse models, reports a new NIAAA-funded study.

Intestinal Fungi May Worsen Alcoholic Liver Disease

Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) includes a broad range of diseases, from the less severesteatosis (fatty liver)to end-stage liver disease, or cirrhosis (liver cell death).

5 Questions With...

Rosalind Breslow, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.D.

Health ScientistAdministrator/Epidemiologist, Division of Epidemiology and Prevention Research, NIAAA