11 ways to curb your drinking
Alcohol may also drinking out of boredom speed HIV progression in people living with the disease, influence their engagement and retention in HIV treatment, and increase their susceptibility to organ damage and coinfections. Alcohol misuse can also lead to high blood pressure, an irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia), or increased heart rate. There is also evidence that […]
Here’s what happens when your body tissues turn to bone
Estrogen has neuroprotective effects and supports synaptic communication in the hippocampus. A genetic mutation can put you at risk for epilepsy, but you may not ultimately be diagnosed with it. It’s thought now that a combination of genetic and environmental conditions can lead to epilepsy, and about 30-40% of people with epilepsy are genetically predisposed. […]
Attention Required! Understanding Cloudflares Security Measures
When we’ve had outages in the past it’s always led to us building new, more resilient systems. We’ve architected our systems to be highly resilient to failure to ensure traffic will always continue to flow. Turnstile was impacted by this outage, resulting in customers who did not have an active dashboard session being unable to […]
Alcohol Use Among Depressed Patients: The Need for Assessment and Intervention
The co-occurrence of AUD and another mental health disorder can complicate the diagnoses and negatively impact the clinical course of both conditions. Many clinical features of AUD have significant overlap with other psychiatric disorders, including sleep disturbances and negative emotional states such as worry, dysphoria, sadness, or irritability that often occur during cycles of alcohol […]
Alcohol Induced Epilepsy Seizures: Risks and Recommendations
While seizures can manifest in many ways, tonic-clonic seizures are the most common and can last up to two minutes. Drinking has a complex link to seizures. Reviewing the medication leaflet and discussing interactions with a healthcare provider is important to understand specific risks. This combined effect can lead to increased impairment, making activities like […]
