American Indian drinking behavior is often attributed to stress. The causal relationship of stress to Indian drinking and alcohol's role as a stressor is explored. It is likely that some drinking behavior is a response to psychosocial stressors, and that rapid ingestion or large quantity alcohol consumption may also precipitate the psychogenic stress response, thereby exacerbating stress in the...

We present a case of multifocal osteonecrosis secondary to alcohol ingestion in a middle aged lady, after the exclusion of other causal factors. It presented initially with knee pain and subsequently necessitated arthroplasty; other areas became more problematic. This condition is rare and we present a literature review that reveals that after steroids the suspected link to alcohol is not so ob...

with left ventricular failure in a patient with no evidence of organic heart disease. Ann Intern Med 26: 769, 1947 35. Singer K, Lundberg WB: Ventricular arrhythmias associated with the ingestion of alcohol. Ann Intern Med 77: 247, 1972 36. Kentala E, Luvzula 0, Salaspuco MP: Effects of alcohol ingestion on cardiac rhythm in patients with ischaemic heart disease. Ann Clin Res 8: 408, 1976 37. B...

with left ventricular failure in a patient with no evidence of organic heart disease. Ann Intern Med 26: 769, 1947 35. Singer K, Lundberg WB: Ventricular arrhythmias associated with the ingestion of alcohol. Ann Intern Med 77: 247, 1972 36. Kentala E, Luvzula 0, Salaspuco MP: Effects of alcohol ingestion on cardiac rhythm in patients with ischaemic heart disease. Ann Clin Res 8: 408, 1976 37. B...

1. The concentrations of ethanol in blood, mixed saliva obtained before and after rinsing and drying the mouth and parotid saliva have been monitored in 12 healthy subjects after the ingestion of alcohol. 2. A highly significant linear correlation was found between blood and the three types of saliva examined from 20 min after completion of drinking. 3. Blood and mixed saliva samples were obtai...

The effect of prolonged administration of alcohol on calcium binding and uptake by sarcoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria and on respiratory function of mitochondria was investigated in heart muscle of dogs. Dogs were paired and maintained with and without alcohol for 6 months; alcohol was administered by adding it to drinking water and food with vitamin supplements. Measurements were made aft...

Changes in the levels of phosphate metabolites as affected by acute ethanol administration and chronic ethanol ingestion were investigated in perfused mouse liver by 31P NMR spectroscopy. Acute ethanol administration decreases intracellular Pi and the Pi/ATP ratio, and increases phosphomonoester levels in normal-fed animals. No such change was observed in the liver from ethanol-fed mice. Chroni...