Download or read book Alcohol Immunomodulation and AIDS written by Daniela Seminara and published by Wiley-Liss. This book was released on 1990-01-02 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume, epidemiologists, behavioral scientists, and biomedical researchers explore relationships between alcohol consumption, HIV infection, and AIDS. They present the results of epidemiological and behavioral studies of homosexual and heterosexual populations, including adolescents and specific racial and ethnic subgroups. Included are reports from ongoing biomedical studies of the direct effect of alcohol on cellular and humoral immune response and the interaction between medical complications of alcoholism and HIV infection.
Download or read book Alcohol Immunomodulation and Aids written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and Chemical Dependency written by Peter L. Petrakis and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Alcohol Drugs of Abuse and Immunomodulation written by Ronald Ross Watson and published by Pergamon. This book was released on 1993 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The studies presented in this symposium volume investigate the mechanisms of the immune dysfunction due to alcohol, heroin, and cocaine use, and attempt to elucidate what their ultimate effects are on AIDS, cancer growth and infectious disease.
Download or read book Drugs of Abuse Immunomodulation and Aids written by Herman Friedman and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction and Perspectives This volume represents the Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Symposium on Drugs of Abuse, Immunomodulation, and AIDS. The meeting was held in Nashville, Tennessee, June 12-14, 1997. In this symposium, as in the past, newer knowledge was reviewed concerning the relationship between the immune and the nervous systems with regard to the effects of drugs of abuse. This symposium focused on the relationship between the immune system and the nervous system with regard to the effects of drugs of abuse and infections such as the immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS. As in the past symposia, presentations fo cused on the brain-immune axis from the viewpoint of drugs of abuse rather than from the subject of the brain or immunity alone. The aim of this series of conferences has been to clarify the consequences ofimmunomodulation induced by drugs of abuse on susceptibility and pathogenesis of infectious diseases, both in man and in various animal model systems. Recreational use of drugs of abuse, such as morphine, cocaine, and marijuana, as well as alcohol, by large numbers of individuals in this country and around the world has aroused serious concerns about the consequences of use of such drugs, especially on the normal physiological responses of an individual, including immune mechanisms. It is now widely known that many drugs of abuse, including marijuana, are used by millions ofindi viduals in this country and by even more abroad.
Download or read book Alcohol Drugs of Abuse and Immunomodulation written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 701 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Alcohol Immunity and Cancer written by Raz Yirmiya and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1992-11-18 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronic alcoholism afflicts approximately 7% of the adult population of the United States and an even larger proportion in some other countries. Among the most devastating health problems associated with alcoholism are increased morbidity and mortality from infections and cancer. Alcohol, Immunity, and Cancer is the first book devoted entirely to presenting up-to-date comprehensive reviews on how the deleterious effects of alcohol consumption impact the immune system and increase the risk of developing many types of cancer. Topics covered include the effects of alcohol on cytokine activity, the modulation of natural killer cell activity by alcohol, fetal alcohol exposure and immunity, alcohol and hepatic carcinogenesis, and alcohol and cancer of the pancreas. Alcohol, Immunity, and Cancer will be invaluable for immunologists, pathologists, toxicologists, microbiologists, biochemists, endocrinologists, and neuroscientists interested in alcohol research. It will also benefit medical experts and general practitioners who need to know the role alcohol may play in the health and disease of their patients.
Download or read book Risk and Recovery written by Marcia Quackenbush and published by Celestial Arts. This book was released on 1992 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intended for alcohol recovery treatment counselors and AIDs service providers, this handbook discusses how alcohol use is associated with unsafe sex, how alcohol can damage the immune system and make people more susceptible to HIV infection, and how AIDs-related emotional and medical pressures can threaten the sobriety of recovering alcoholics.
Download or read book The Association Between Alcohol Consumption HIV infection and Inflammation in the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study written by Josh J Quint and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This research examines the impact of alcohol consumption on immune function in the presence and absence of HIV infection. It is composed of three studies using data collected prospectively by the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS) between 1984 and 2009. With a sample of over a thousand men providing multiple visits spanning several decades, with each visit including in-depth behavioral, clinical, and laboratory follow up, this dataset is sufficiently and uniquely powered to gain new insight into immunologic function. Participants of this study provided information on a biannual basis with the primary exposure (alcohol consumption) assessed by interview and the outcome of interest (biomarkers of inflammation) obtained from multiplex assay measurement of peripheral blood serum samples stored in a repository. Following a repeated measures design, we incorporate a range of parametric and non-parametric statistical methods including ANOVA, mixed (multi-level) models, multivariable linear regression, generalized estimating equations, factor analysis, and structural equation models. Our results indicate that a subset of inflammatory biomarkers is linked to alcohol consumption. Alcohol consumption is most strongly associated with deceased concentrations of several soluble cytokine receptors (especially sIL-2R , sTNFR2, and sgp130) as well as the acute phase effector C-reactive protein (CRP) after adjustment for important confounders including age, race, income, BMI, smoking, CD4+ count, and hepatitis infection. This research may be used in the further development of a conceptual model in which latent chronic inflammation, expressed as an inflammatory risk score, can be used to monitor modifiable risk factors for disease outcomes and to delay premature decline in immune function. We conclude that moderate alcohol consumption appears to reduce chronic low-grade inflammation in the presence of HIV-infection with no detectable viral load.
Download or read book Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and Chemical Dependency written by Peter L. Petrakis and published by . This book was released on 1988-06-01 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Summarizes the papers given at an American Medical Society symposium in 1986 on the role of alcohol and other drugs in AIDS. Topics include: Epidemiology; Chemical Dependency and AIDS; Barriers to the Recognition of Links Between Drug and Alcohol Abuse and AIDS; Alcohol and the Immune System; AIDS and Alcoholism -- The Parallels; Counseling Gay Men About Substance Abuse and AIDS; Co-Dependency in AIDS -- A Clinical Perspective; and Alcohol Abuse, Suicide Behavior, and AIDS. The subsequent discussion and question and answer sessions are also summarized.
Download or read book Alcohol Drugs of Abuse and Immunomodulation written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Alcohol and AIDS written by National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 3 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Alcohol Drugs of Abuse and Immune Functions written by Ronald R. Watson and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1995-05-04 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Substance abusers are an immunocompromised population, vulnerable to a wide array of new and resurgent infectious diseases - in spite of modern treatment. For example, opportunistic infections like tuberculosis are the principal cause of morbidity and mortality in HIV positive patients. Alcohol- and drug-induced disorders are wide-ranging, gaining prominence as the spectrum of emerging diseases broadens. Alcohol, Drugs of Abuse, and Immune Functions reviews the role of these immunosuppressants as cofactors in disease. It covers the basic biology and immunology of impairments to defense against infectious disease. Alcohol and drug use is consistently associated with immunosuppression, although it isn't known if it is the substance itself, a metabolite, or an indirect effect that alters disease resistance. This text explores the advances toward answering this question, examines alcohol in different settings, its relationship to important cells, and the effects it can have on vital organs such as the liver and the lungs.
Download or read book AIDS the Drug and Alcohol Connection written by Larry Siegel and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Alcohol Health and Research World written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and Chemical Dependency written by Peter L. Petrakis and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Drugs of Abuse Immunity and AIDS written by Pawel Migula and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is based on the program of the Second International Conference on Drugs of Abuse, Immunity and AIDS, held in Clearwater Beach, FL in June 1992. The Conference was supported in part by the University of South Florida College of MediCine with financial assistance from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. The focus of this conference was the effects of drugs of abuse on immunity. It is now widely recognized that psychoactive drugs of abuse, including marijuana, cocaine, and opiates, as well as alcohol, have marked effects in an individual, including effects on their nervous system and behavior. In the past two decades, the scope of studies concerning the effects of some drugs of abuse have also involved investigations of alterations of various physiologic parameters including effects on the immune system. and the influence of such immune alterations on normal physiological responses. In this regard, participants in this Second International Conference provided newer information concerning both basic and clinical aspects of drugs of abuse and immunity, especially immunodeficiencies. In this regard, advances have been made in recent years concerning the nature and mechanisms whereby the immune system is regulated and the possible mechanisms by which drugs of abuse influence such immune systems. In particular, the emergence of psychoneuroimmunology as a new discipline the last decade has heightened interest in the immune responses influenced by psychoactive drugs. This has resulted in interdisciplinary investigations involving both clinical and basic scientists, including microbiologists, immunologists, physiologists, psychiatrists, oncologists, psychologists, etc.
