Researchers studying the effects of alcohol use on the brain are aided by advanced technology such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), positron emission tomography (PET), and electrophysiological brain mapping. These tools are providing valuable insight into how alcohol affects the brain’s structure and function.
Entries Tagged as 'Alcohol Addiction'
Using High–Tech Tools to Assess Alcoholic Brain Damage
April 11th, 2007 · No Comments
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The DTs or Delirium Tremens
April 9th, 2007 · No Comments
Delirium Tremens (also called the “DTs” or “the shakes”) is a dramatic and dangerous complication of alcoholism which can occur during a period of alcohol withdrawal especially when the person does not eat enough food.
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Alcoholism – Physical or Mental Disease?
April 6th, 2007 · No Comments
According to Joan Mathews Larson, Ph.D., author of Seven Weeks To Sobriety, alcoholism is not just a psychological disorder or a sign of emotional weakness or flawed character that can be resolved with talk therapy but a physical disease.
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Alcohol Addiction and Sugar
April 1st, 2007 · No Comments
Alcohol addiction is essentially a sugar dependency. Low blood sugar is a major factor for most alcoholics.
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