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Patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis appear more likely to have small intestinal bacterial overgrowth compared with ...
Methods This study is a three-arm, single-blinded, pragmatic, individually randomised controlled trial with follow-ups at 1,2 and 3 months after randomisation. A total of 440 daily drinkers living in ...
Ethyl glucuronide stays in the body after alcohol breaks down. Using chemical analysis, the authors tested feathers and liver ...
A Detroit bus driver is on unpaid leave after he failed a breath alcohol test following a bus crash Friday morning, the Detroit Department of Transportation announced. The incident occurred on bus ...
The EtG urine test detects ethyl glucuronide, a by-product of alcohol created during metabolism. Because it tests a substance made after your body processes alcohol, this test can check for ...
An at-home DNA test could detect whether you have the mutation causing this alcohol adversity. The test looks for mutations in the ADH and ALDH genes, which affect metabolism, according to several ...
If you have an inherited intolerance to alcohol, a mutated gene could be the culprit. An at-home DNA test could detect whether you have the mutation, but doctors say there could be some drawbacks.
Measuring Alcohol Consumption: Blood Alcohol Concentration BAC is the amount of alcohol in your blood, measured in milligrams of alcohol per deciliter of blood. For example, a BAC of 0.10 (100 mg/dL) ...