Pellagroid Dermatitis in an Alcoholic and Hypothyroid Patient. A Case Report by Graciela Cabrera Acea, Cynthia Gómez Cabrera, Claudia Soler Morfa

“…He also suffered from hypothyroidism, alcohol dependence and had poor eating habits due to his frequent drinking. …”
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Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome following Small Bowel Obstruction by Shoumitro Deb, Richard Law-Min, David Fearnley

“…A suspected history of average 40 units of weekly alcohol consumption prior to the operation could not be confirmed and the patient did not show any sign of alcohol dependence. Within a few months of treatment with a daily oral dose of thiamine 200 mgs supplemented by multivitamins the patient showed subjective evidence of improvement in confusion, confabulation, and anterograde amnesia, although objective tests showed residual deficits in many areas of cognitive functioning, including immediate and delayed recall of verbal and non-verbal materials, planning and switching of attention.…”
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Genotype-Based Bayesian Analysis of Gene-Environment Interactions with Multiple Genetic Markers and Misclassification in Environmental Factors by Iryna Lobach, Ruzong Fan

“…A key component to understanding etiology of complex diseases, such as cancer, diabetes, alcohol dependence, is to investigate gene-environment interactions. …”
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Subjective cognitive deficits and its correlates among patients with bipolar disorder: Findings from the bipolar disorder course and outcome study from India (BiD-CoIN study) by Sandeep Grover, Ajit Avasthi, Rahul Chakravarty, Amitava Dan, Kaustav Chakraborty, Rajarshi Neogi, Avinash Desouza, Omkar Nayak, Samir Praharaj, Vikas Menon, Raman Deep, Manish Bathla, Alka A. Subramanyam, Naresh Nebhinani, Prosenjit Ghosh, Bhavesh Lakdawala, Ranjan Bhattacharya

“…Compared to those without cognitive complaints, those with cognitive complaints more often had depression as the first episode in their lifetime, had a higher prevalence of alcohol dependence, a higher number of depressive episodes (first five years of illness, lifetime, and per year of illness), a higher number of manic episodes in the first five years of illness, more often had depressive or indeterminate predominant polarity, lower prevalence of at least one-lifetime episode with psychotic symptoms, higher severity of residual symptoms, spent more time in the episodes in the lifetime, had poorer insight and higher disability. …”
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Pituitary adenoma: literature review and association with TAS2R16 (rs978739, rs1357949) gene polymorphisms by E. Pileckaitė, G. Gedvilaitė, L. Kriaučiūnienė

“…A recent study has investigated the association of TAS2R16 gene single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) with colon cancer, as SNPs in this gene have been found to increase alcohol dependence. Based on the association of TAS2R16 SNPs with cancer, we decided to investigate the association of TAS2R16 gene (rs978739, rs1357949) polymorphisms with PA. …”
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Alcohol, alcoholism and related consequences by M. V. Mayevskaya

“…Medical community, viz. internist doctors, should be ready to take active part in the decision of alcohol dependence problem, and not just to pay attention to somatic issues related to their specialty. …”
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Evidence from Indian studies on safety and efficacy of therapeutic transcranial magnetic stimulation across neuropsychiatric disorders- A systematic review and meta-analysis by Sai Krishna Tikka, Sangha Mitra Godi, M Aleem Siddiqui, Shobit Garg

“…However, except for migraine (headache severity and frequency) with large effect sizes at end of treatment only and craving in alcohol dependence where moderate effect size at follow-up only, rTMS was not found to be effective for any outcome in the series of “active vs sham” meta-analyses. …”
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Indigenous and non-Indigenous people experiencing homelessness and mental illness in two Canadian cities: A retrospective analysis and implications for culturally informed action by Brittany Bingham, Akm Moniruzzaman, Michelle Patterson, Jino Distasio, Jitender Sareen, John O’Neil, Julian M Somers

“…In adjusted models, Indigenous ethnicity was independently associated with being homeless at a younger age, having a lifetime duration of homelessness longer than 3 years, post-traumatic stress disorder, less severe mental disorder, alcohol dependence, more severe substance use in the past month and infectious disease. …”
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Short-term abstinence from alcohol and changes in cardiovascular risk factors, liver function tests and cancer-related growth factors: a prospective observational study by Gautam Mehta, Rajiv Jalan, Matteo Rosselli, James Maurice, Stewart Macdonald, Alexandra Cronberg, Tanya Khera-Butler, Colin Sumpter, Safa Al-Khatib, Anjly Jain, Christos Charalambous, Amir Gander, Cynthia Ju, Talay Hakan, Roy Sherwood, Devaki Nair, Kevin P Moore

“…Exclusion criteria were known liver disease or alcohol dependence.Primary and secondary outcome measures The primary outcome was change in insulin resistance (homeostatic model assessment (HOMA) score). …”
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Disability, comorbidities and risk determinants at end of TB treatment in Kenya, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe by The Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe TB Disability Study Group (members listed here in alphabetical order):, S.A. Adakun, F.M. Banda, A. Bloom, M. Bochnowicz, J. Chakaya, A. Chansa, H. Chiguvare, R. Chimzizi, C. Colvin, J.P. Dongo, A. Durena, C. Duri, R. Edmund, A.D. Harries, I. Kathure, F.N. Kavenga, Y. Lin, H. Luzze, I. Mbithi, M. Mputu, A. Mubanga, D. Nair, M. Ngwenya, B. Okotu, P. Owiti, A. Owuor, P. Thekkur, C. Timire, S. Turyahabwe, E. Tweyongyere, M. YaDiul, R. Zachariah, K. Zimba

“…The most common risk determinants were ‘probable alcohol dependence’ (15%) and malnutrition (14%). Disability, defined as walking <400 m in 6 min, was found in 151/882 (17%). …”
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CASE REPORT by Oana Hănuţ

“…Challenges in the differential diagnosis of dementia in young adults Neurocognitive disorders in patients with alcoholic dependence …”
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A Novel HPLC Method for the Concurrent Analysis and Quantitation of Seven Water-Soluble Vitamins in Biological Fluids (Plasma and Urine): A Validation Study and Application by Margherita Grotzkyj Giorgi, Kevin Howland, Colin Martin, Adrian B. Bonner

“…Spectral comparison was used for peak identification in real samples (24 plasma and urine samples from abstinent alcohol-dependent males). Interday and intraday precision were <4% and <7%, respectively, for all vitamins. …”
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Suicide in New Zealand by Said Shahtahmasebi

“…A straightforward contextual analysis of this information suggests that (i) only five cases had contact with mental health services, in two of the cases this was due to a previous suicide attempt and in the other three it was due to drug and alcohol dependency; (ii) mental illness as the cause of suicide is fixed in the public mindset, (iii) this in turn makes psychological autopsy type studies that seek information from families and friends questionable; (iv) proportionally more females attempt, but more men tend to complete suicide; and (v) not only is the mental health-suicide relationship tenuous, but suicide also appears to be a process outcome. …”
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Betaine Treatment Attenuates Chronic Ethanol-Induced Hepatic Steatosis and Alterations to the Mitochondrial Respiratory Chain Proteome by Kusum K. Kharbanda, Sandra L. Todero, Adrienne L. King, Natalia A. Osna, Benita L. McVicker, Dean J. Tuma, James L. Wisecarver, Shannon M. Bailey

“…Blue native gel electrophoresis (BN-PAGE) revealed significant decreases in the content of the intact oxidative phosphorylation complexes in mitochondria from ethanol-fed animals. The alcohol-dependent loss in many of the low molecular weight oxidative phosphorylation proteins was prevented by betaine supplementation. …”
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Promoting physical activity in vulnerable adults ‘at risk’ of homelessness: a randomised controlled trial protocol by Sarah E Jackson, Lee Smith, Charlotte Stringer, Mike Loosemore, Eloise Moller, Guillermo Felipe López-Sánchez, Joseph Firth, James Johnstone, Brendon Stubbs, Davy Vancampfort

“…Changes in drug use and alcohol dependency will also be explored.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval to process and analyse data and disseminate findings was obtained through the Anglia Ruskin University Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences Research Ethics Committee. …”
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Risk-Based Prenatal Hepatitis C Testing Practices and Results, Alaska 2013-2016 by Leisha D. Nolen, Courtney Gustin, Sara Seeman, Neil Murphy, Sarah Truitt, Sarah Schillie, Michael G. Bruce, Dana Bruden, James Tiesinga, Brian McMahon

“…Multiple risk behaviors were evaluated, including drug dependency or abuse (drug abuse), tobacco use, alcohol dependency or abuse, and late presentation to prenatal care. …”
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