Browsing Harvard Medical School by Keyword "alcohol"
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Alcohol and Difficulty Conceiving in the SUN Cohort: A Nested Case-Control Study
(MDPI, 2015)The role of alcohol on fertility remains unclear. We aimed to investigate the association between alcohol and specific alcoholic beverages consumption and the risk of difficulty getting pregnant. We used a case-control ... -
Alcohol Intake and Mortality among Women with Invasive Breast Cancer
(Nature Publishing Group, 2012)Background: Alcohol intake has consistently been associated with increased breast cancer incidence in epidemiological studies. However, the relation between alcohol and survival after breast cancer diagnosis is less clear. ... -
Coffee and Caffeine Consumption in Relation to Sex Hormone–Binding Globulin and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in Postmenopausal Women
(American Diabetes Association, 2011)OBJECTIVE: Coffee consumption has been inversely associated with type 2 diabetes risk, but its mechanisms are largely unknown. We aimed to examine whether plasma levels of sex hormones and sex hormone–binding globulin ... -
Effects of OEF/OIF-Related Physical and Emotional Co-Morbidities on Associative Learning: Concurrent Delay and Trace Eyeblink Classical Conditioning
(MDPI, 2014)This study examined the performance of veterans and active duty personnel who served in Operation Enduring Freedom and/or Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) on a basic associative learning task. Eighty-eight individuals ... -
Exploring the potential of a family-based prevention intervention to reduce alcohol use and violence within HIV-affected families in Rwanda
(2016)HIV-affected families report higher rates of harmful alcohol use, intimate partner violence (IPV) and family conflict, which can have detrimental effects on children. Few evidence-based interventions exist to address these ... -
Folate, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, methionine and alcohol intake in relation to ovarian cancer risk
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2011)Folate, methionine, vitamin B6, and vitamin B12 may influence carcinogenesis due to their roles in the one-carbon metabolism pathway which is critical for DNA synthesis, methylation, and repair. Low intake of these nutrients ... -
PREVALENCE AND SCREENING OF HIGH LIVER STIFFNESS AND ALCOHOL ASSOCIATED FATTY LIVER DISEASE: A NATIONALLY REPRESENTATIVE ANALYSIS AND STRATEGY
(2022-05-10)Chronic liver disease (CLD) is a major healthcare burden for the United States, responsible for 60,000 deaths annually and recently surpassing heart failure hospitalization rates. We analyzed 4,510 adults sampled by the ... -
Silent Trace Eliminates Differential Eyeblink Learning in Abstinent Alcoholics
(Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI), 2009)Chronic alcoholism has profound effects on the brain, including volume reductions in regions critical for eyeblink classical conditioning (EBCC). The current study challenged abstinent alcoholics using delay (n = 20) and ...