DNA markers
Scientists untangle links between our genes and intake of alcohol and of salt
Scientists have shed light on the complicated relationship between the makeup of our DNA and how much alcohol we drink.
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Podcast: Climate champion, alcohol marketing and stroke rehabilitation
In this edition: Climate champion Jo Haigh retires, and we find out how often kids see alcohol marketing and how a game is helping stroke recovery.
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New year, new you
From cycling to Eurovision – how Imperial can help your New Year's resolutions
We take a look back at Imperial research from the past year to give you some inspiration for your 2019 new year’s resolutions.
DOPAMINE FOCUS
Collaboration could help unlock secrets of key compound in memory and addiction
A team led by researchers at Imperial is leading an international effort to uncover the role of one of the brain’s key chemical messengers in detail.
Spirit level
There is no safe level of alcohol consumption, new global study confirms
Imperial researchers are among a team of international scientists to suggest there is no safe level of alcohol – the health risks outweigh benefits.
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PLEASURE SEEKERS
Brain’s sense of pleasure and reward “blunted” in alcohol addiction
New study shows that a crucial part of the brain’s reward system is “blunted” in alcohol addiction, even after long periods of abstinence.
GUTSY APPROACH
WHO World No Tobacco Day: why the key to quitting smoking could lie in our guts
A team of researchers at Imperial College London is investigating whether gut hormones could play a vital role in helping people to quit smoking.
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Beating the booze
Window to brain's reward system could lead to better treatments for alcoholism
Scanning the brains of alcoholics taking medication to beat their addiction has revealed new insights into how the treatments work.
In poor health
Early death and ill health linked to low socioeconomic status
Scientists found that poverty and poor education are linked to ill health and early death, and should be considered risk factors for these outcomes.
drugs fall short
Alcoholic hepatitis treatments fail to keep patients alive
The main drugs used to treat alcoholic hepatitis are not effective at increasing patients' survival, a major study has found.
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