Alcohol and COVID-19 National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism NIAAA

NIAAA Director, Dr. George Koob, liberty bells mushrooms discusses what we know about how alcohol affects our immune and stress systems, along with issues related to treatment access during the pandemic. NIH-funded study identifies managing maternal stress as a possible way to lessen impacts of prenatal infection on infant socioemotional Прочитај више…

Alcoholic Liver Disease: Reversibility, Signs, Stages

In a meta-analysis, metabolic abnormalities were risk factors for HIV-NAFLD, including type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and elevated body mass index (BMI) [2]. HIV-related factors, such as metabolic effects of viral proteins, alcoholic liver disease immune activation, gut microbial translocation, and antiretrovirals, may also play a role, although their contribution Прочитај више…