Alcohol and health

Teratology is the study of abnormalities of physiological development in organisms during their life span. It is a sub-discipline in medical genetics which focuses on the classification of congenital abnormalities in dysmorphology caused by teratogens and also in pharmacology and toxicology.

Disulfiram is a medication used to support the treatment of chronic alcoholism by producing an acute sensitivity to ethanol (drinking alcohol). Disulfiram works by inhibiting the enzyme aldehyde dehydrogenase (specifically ALDH2), causing many of the effects of a hangover to be felt immediately following alcohol consumption. Disulfiram plus alcohol, even small amounts, produces flushing, throbbing in the head and neck, a throbbing headache, respiratory difficulty, nausea, copious vomiting, sweating, thirst, chest pain, palpitation, shortness of breath, hyperventilation, fast heart rate, low bl

class of enzymes

Self-medication, sometimes called do-it-yourself (DIY) medicine, is a human behavior in which an individual uses a substance or any exogenous influence to self-administer treatment for physical or psychological conditions, for example headaches or fatigue.

range of public health policies designed to lessen the negative social and/or physical consequences associated with various human behaviors

presence of neurological symptoms caused by biochemical lesions of the central nervous system after exhaustion of B-vitamin reserves,

modern epithet for drinking alcoholic beverages with an intention of becoming intoxicated by heavy consumption of alcohol over a short period of time

Dipsomania is a historical term describing a medical condition involving an uncontrollable craving for alcohol or other drugs. In the 19th century, the term dipsomania was used to refer to a variety of alcohol-related problems, most of which are known today as alcohol use disorder. Dipsomania is occasionally still used to describe a particular condition of periodic, compulsive bouts of alcohol intake. The idea of dipsomania is important for its historical role in promoting a disease theory of chronic drunkenness. The word comes from Greek dipso- (from 'thirst') and mania ( 'madness, frenzy, co

health effects of drinking alcohol

processes of treatment for drug dependency

substance-related disorder

historical event in Great Britain

condition of suffering from a mental illness and a comorbid substance abuse problem

cytoplasmic hyaline inclusions in a hepatocyte

acute porphyria characterized by painful, blistering skin lesions that develop on sun-exposed skin

public health campaign

active ingredient in alcoholic beverages

economic branch producing alcoholic beverages

moral or legal rights of the human fetus

Iomazenil (also known as Ro16-0154, INN, USAN; benzodine) is an antagonist and partial inverse agonist of benzodiazepine and a potential treatment for alcohol use disorder. The compound was introduced in 1989 by pharmaceutical company Hoffmann-La Roche as an Iodine-123-labelled SPECT tracer for imaging benzodiazepine receptors (GABAA receptors) in the brain. Iomazenil is an analogue of flumazenil (Ro15-1788).

alcoholic beverage consumed with the aim of lessening the effects of a hangover

chemical compound

group of medical symptoms

substance containing ethanol not meant for human consumption but nevertheless drunk

type of education focused on human consumption of alcoholic beverages

impact of alcoholic inebriation on interpersonal attraction

advice

injection of ethyl alcohol into the rectum for absorption

Scottish physician and temperance advocate