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NIAAA Training Grant Renewed for Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Fellows

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An International Conference (October 2005)

Alcohol & Injury: New Knowledge from Emergency Room Studies

Cheryl J. Cherpitel, Dr.P.H., Organizer; Debra Jan Bibel, Ph.D., Conference Coordinator

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Featured New Research

The average alcohol content of liquor has varied significantly from year to year and state to state, due in part to changes in the popularity of specific types of liquor. New estimates suggest 1950s beer contained more alcohol, and wine and liquor in the 1980s and 1990s contained less alcohol, than has been suggested previously in government studies, say William Kerr, Ph.D. and colleagues  See below for link to more information on the article by William Kerr and ARG colleagues Thomas K. Greenfield and Jennifer Tujague published September 2006 in Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research.

Hispanics who immigrate to the United States undergo the pressures of acculturation.  While the drinking habits of Latino men do not significantly change, as Latinas become more acculturated, they tend to drink more.  See below for link to more information on the article by Sarah Zemore published December 2005 in Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research.

Perhaps moderate drinking does not have beneficial health effects after all.  Through meta-analysis, a systemic error in study design, specifically the composition of control, abstainer populations, has been found by an international team, including ARG scientist William Kerr.  For further information, see the link below. The article, now available as an online preview, will be published in Addiction Research and Theory, May 2006.