It depends on what you mean by "current." There is a great deal of ongoing research, but the nature of scientific research is that the data is usually published with some time lag. Many need to go through peer review and publication before they are released to the public. Others require time to gather and process statistics and other data.
So, if you are asking about the number of people who died in traffic accidents in Germany last week, it is unlikely that the information is available. Most of those sorts of things run several months, occasionally even years, behind. Other stats -- for your town, for example -- might be available much sooner, since they go through fewer hands.
The NIAAA is a good place to start looking for recent research. They have a huge array of information available. http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/
alcoholism.
Research has not supported the theory that alcoholism has "stages."
There is no medical consensus that there are any stages of alcoholism.
It's a myth that there is any "final phase" of alcoholism.
Yes. Any type of drinking is alcoholism.
There is no known cure for alcoholism, only abstinence.
Pathology is any deviation from a healthy or normal condition. Alcoholism qualifies.
Some research has found that alcoholics tend to have a "sweet tooth" more than do others. However, any causal direction has not been determined.
Some people and groups consider alcoholismto be a disease. However, many physicians reject the disease theory of alcoholism as unsupported by the medical research evidence.
Alcoholism can be conceptualized as a sin, a bad habit, a disease, an addiction, or as any of a number of other things.
Technology is advancing all the time. Any new research is applied to the current technology. Therefore, applied research is basically research into technology that is then applied!
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