Posts Tagged ‘alcohol’
Society & Culture - Oct 18, 2010 15:16 - 4 Comments
Students abroad: Drinking 101
U. WASHINGTON (US) — American students spending a semester abroad double how much they drink, upping their alcohol consumption from about four drinks per week to about eight. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 8, 2010 9:13 - 1 Comment
Is it OK to drink while pregnant?
UCL (UK) — Light drinking during pregnancy does not harm a young child’s behavioral or intellectual development, according to new research. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 31, 2010 15:28 - 2 Comments
Drink a day keeps Grim Reaper away
U. TEXAS-AUSTIN (US)—Moderate drinking—about one to two drinks per day—reduces mortality among older and middle-aged adults. (more…)
Society & Culture - Aug 16, 2010 12:25 - 2 Comments
Do advertising bans deter youth?
PENN STATE (US)—Bans on alcohol and tobacco marketing are among the least effective tactics for combating underage drinking and smoking, a recent research review shows. (more…)
Society & Culture - Aug 10, 2010 15:41 - 4 Comments
Smart job seekers skip Mad Men martinis
U. MICHIGAN/U. PENNSYLVANIA (US)—Drinking alcohol during a lunch or dinner job interview—even when the boss does—could lower the likelihood of getting hired, according to a new study. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jul 30, 2010 15:11 - 4 Comments
Diet linked to changes in breast cancer DNA
BROWN (US)—A new study suggests that epigenetic profiles of breast cancer tumors have a direct association with diet, alcohol, and tumor size. The finding could offer a new way to predict the severity of the disease. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 2, 2010 12:41 - 2 Comments
UK’s poor hit hard by alcohol-related deaths
U. SHEFFIELD (UK)—Death rates from alcohol-related diseases increase substantially in the socioeconomically deprived areas of England and Wales. Mortality rates of men and women in the most deprived areas were more than four times the rates in less deprived areas. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 11, 2010 7:55 - 1 Comment
Caffeine cocktail: Wide awake and drunk
U. FLORIDA (US) —Adding a jolt of caffeine to alcohol—Red Bull with vodka, for example—has become the cocktail of choice for some college-age adults. However, the combination may make it more difficult to gauge intoxication. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 12, 2009 17:38 - 4 Comments
Reading chemical memories of past drug use
VANDERBILT (US)—A research team is trying to determine if an individual’s white blood cells retain chemical memories of exposure to drugs—like cocaine and alcohol—that can be read reliably and unambiguously. (more…)
Society & Culture - Oct 26, 2009 16:59 - 1 Comment
Ringing up subjects to collect real-time data
U. BUFFALO (US)—An automated voice system is helping researchers collect data via cell phone from participants enrolled in studies on alcohol, marijuana, and the situational factors that surround their use. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 11, 2009 14:35 - 0 Comments
Heavy boozing linked to multiple cancers
“For the most part we showed that light drinkers were less affected or not affected at all,” says lead author Andrea Benedetti. “It is people who drink every day or multiple times a day who are at risk. This adds to the growing body of evidence that heavy drinking is extremely unhealthy in so many ways. Cancer very much included.”
Health & Medicine - Aug 31, 2009 12:30 - 0 Comments
Genetic aftermath of alcohol during pregnancy
Dipak Sarkar’s research has shown that a seemingly irreversible reduction in the number and function of beta-endorphin neurons results in a permanent impairment of stress and immune system functions throughout life. While the body often displays the ability to recover from damage or disease, this does not seem to come into play with the loss of beta-endorphin neurons. The diagram of the brain shows the hypothalamus, home to beta-endorphin neurons, in relation to other parts of the brain.
