When It Comes to Curbing Drinking, College Students Do Listen
One of the more effective ways to reduce excessive drinking in college is also the most obvious — talk to freshman before they set foot on campus. It turns out that discussing drinking in any way,...
View ArticleAlcohol Doesn’t Affect Ability to Survive Breast Cancer
Breast cancer patients who raised a glass or two a week may even enjoy slightly longer lives than those who didn’t drink. While alcohol can benefit the heart, bone and even brain, studies showed that...
View ArticleA New Way to Curb Drinking? Planting False (Bad) Memories of a Bender
Researchers are exploring the possibility that convincing drinkers they had a bad experience with liquor — even if they didn’t — could lead them to drink less. As surprising as it sounds, dozens of...
View ArticleBeer’s Taste Alone Can Trigger Desire for Drink
The latest research shows that even the taste of beer is sufficient to activate the brain‘s pleasure circuits. “It’s the first drink that gets you drunk,” Alcoholics Anonymous warns its members,...
View ArticleHow Exercise Can Moderate Brain Damage Caused By Drinking
Aging and drinking result in similar changes in the brain, and if aerobic exercise can alleviate the age-based damage, could it do the same for alcohol-related harm? That’s the question researchers led...
View ArticleBrain Scans Can Predict Which Alcoholics Are Most Likely to Relapse
For any addiction, external cues and stress can trigger cravings that are hard to resist, and the latest research points to an area of the brain that might be responsible for sabotaging recovery. The...
View ArticleTask Force Recommends Screening All Adults for Alcohol Misuse
Questions about alcohol use should be a part of regular physical checkups, according to a panel of experts. About 21% of American adults admit that they engage in risky drinking behaviors, from...
View ArticleSafety Board Recommends Defining Legally Drunk With Lower Blood Alcohol Level
The government wants to drop the blood alcohol limit for being legally drunk in order to avoid drunk driving fatalities. Currently, any driver found with a blood alcohol content (BAC) of .08 or more is...
View ArticleIf Drinking Starts at Puberty, It’s More Likely to Lead to Alcohol Problems
Taking your first drink in your early teens may put you at greater risk of developing alcohol problems later on, according to new research. The study adds to work suggesting that early start to...
View ArticleWhat the Kids Are Watching: Fewer Tobacco Ads, But More Alcohol Ads in Movies
Teens may be seeing more drinking on screen, but will that lead them to have more problems with alcohol? In a new study published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics, scientists studied the placement and...
View ArticleSmoking Alcohol: The Dangerous Way People Are Getting Drunk
To get drunk, people are getting creative. But a new form of drinking, known as “smoking” alcohol, has doctors concerned. Whatever happened to taking shots? Any sort of excessive drinking is dangerous,...
View ArticleWhat to Drink While Expecting: Study Says Moderate Booze OK
Alcohol isn’t generally the first drink that moms-to-be reach for, but if they do, they may not be doing as much harm to their children as previously thought. According to a British study, children...
View ArticleQ&A With Author Gabrielle Glaser: Wine, Women and the Dangers of AA
As journalist Gabrielle Glaser observed the growing infusion of wine into all manner of events — from book groups loaded with pinot grigio to Facebook groups like “Moms Who Need Wine” — she decided to...
View ArticleExcerpt: Her Best-Kept Secret
My name is Gabrielle, and I’m not an alcoholic. I’m a journalist who has written about the overlapping universes of women, health, and culture for two decades. A few years ago, I started noticing signs...
View ArticleSmarter Kids Are Smart Enough to Avoid Alcohol and Drugs, Right?
Maybe not. The latest study of twins shows that early bloomers may become heavier drinkers who start chugging earlier in life. The research is part of an emerging but counterintuitive body of work that...
View ArticleThe Best Cure for Hangovers: Getting Older
You might call it the miserables, the boozer’s gloom or just deserts. The only good thing about the dreaded hangover, it seems, is that those head-pounding, post-drinking symptoms may lessen with age....
View ArticleGive Parents a Break: Making the Case for Supervised Teen Drinking
You couldn’t blame Maryland Attorney General Douglas Gansler if he poured himself a stiff drink this week. A Democratic candidate for governor, Gansler has come under heavy fire in recent days for not...
View ArticleFighting Holiday Overdrinking: Why Many Women May Be Better Off with Apps...
The holidays are one of the most challenging times for Melissa, a 49-year-old real estate agent and heavy drinker, whose ex-husband’s family had a troubling relationship with alcohol. “His family were...
View ArticleMashed Up Memory: How Alcohol Speeds Memory Loss in Men
Middle aged men who drink 2.5 drinks per day may accelerate memory loss by six years, according to a new study. Researchers from University College London in the UK assessed the drinking habits of...
View ArticleWhen Not to Arrest an Abuser in a Domestic Violence Case
Almost half the the states in America have mandatory arrest provisions in domestic violence cases, and it’s widely accepted as an important step in protecting the mostly female victims of spousal or...
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