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Booze and Family History of Colon Cancer a Bad Mix: Study
Posted 10 days ago by Drugs.com
FRIDAY, Feb. 3 – People who consume a few alcoholic drinks a day and have a family history of colorectal cancer are at increased risk for developing colon cancer, new research suggests. For the study, researchers in Boston examined data from more than 87,000 women in the Nurses' Health Study and 47,000 men in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study, and found that 1,801 cases of colon cancer were diagnosed among the participants from 1980 onward. People with a family history of colorectal cancer who drank an average of 30 or more grams of alcohol per day (about 2.5 typical drinks in the United States) were at increased risk for colon cancer, according to lead author Eunyoung Cho, of the Channing Laboratory, department of medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, and colleagues. Those at greatest risk also ate the most red meat, smoked more and consumed the ... Read more
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Alcohol OK in Housing for Formerly Homeless, Study Says
Posted 23 Jan 2012 by Drugs.com
THURSDAY, Jan. 19 – Allowing homeless people who are heavy drinkers to consume alcohol when they were provided with housing actually decreased their heavy drinking by more than one-third over two years, a new study has found. The study, published in the Jan. 19 issue of the American Journal of Public Health, included residents of a program called project-based Housing First, which was developed by the Downtown Emergency Service Center, a housing agency in Seattle. Project-based Housing First provides immediate and permanent housing within a single housing project to chronically homeless people. The program is considered "low-barrier" because it doesn't impose some of the traditional rules associated with housing for homeless people, such as no drinking. Among heavy drinkers who were provided with housing under the program, the average number of drinks consumed on the heaviest drinking ... Read more
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Drinking Late in First Trimester May Be Most Hazardous
Posted 17 Jan 2012 by Drugs.com
TUESDAY, Jan. 17 – It's known that drinking during pregnancy leaves babies vulnerable to a spectrum of abnormalities called fetal alcohol syndrome. Now, a new study pinpoints the latter half of the first trimester as a critical time in the development of some of the syndrome's most telling physical characteristics. Study authors also stressed that their research illustrates there is no safe amount of drinking during pregnancy, since the amount of drinking that produced these features in infants varied from woman to woman. "The fact that we didn't find a safe threshold is important," said study author Christina Chambers, an associate professor of pediatrics and family and preventive medicine at the University of California, San Diego. "Not every child of women who drink even very heavily has all the features, so there are certain susceptibility factors that we don't know." The study ... Read more
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Alcohol Targets Brain 'Reward Centers' in Heavy Drinkers
Posted 11 Jan 2012 by Drugs.com
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 11 – A small study that offers new insight into how alcohol affects the brain could help lead to more effective treatments for people with drinking problems. Researchers used positron emission tomography (PET) imaging to observe the effects of alcohol in the brains of 13 heavy drinkers and a control group of 12 people who were not heavy drinkers. In all of the participants, drinking alcohol triggered the release of endorphins in areas of the brain [the nucleus accumbens and orbitofrontal cortex] that produce feelings of pleasure and reward. Endorphins are proteins that are produced naturally in the brain and have opiate-like effects. The more endorphins released in the nucleus accumbens, the greater the feelings of pleasure reported by people in both groups. Among heavy drinkers, the more endorphins released in the orbitofrontal cortex, the greater the feelings of ... Read more
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One in Six Americans Binge Drink: CDC
Posted 10 Jan 2012 by Drugs.com
TUESDAY, Jan. 10 – An estimated 38 million American adults are binge drinkers – defined as men who down five or more drinks at a sitting and women who consume four or more drinks at one time, federal researchers reported Tuesday. Of the 17 percent of Americans who engage in binge drinking, most are 18 to 24 years old. But those 65 and older engage in the practice more often, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And those numbers may underestimate the scope of the problem, officials said. "Binge drinking remains a common and largely unrecognized public health problem," Ursula Bauer, director of CDC's National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, said during a midday news conference. What's more, binge drinking accounts for more than 40,000 of the 80,000 alcohol-related deaths each year in the country, and represents about 75 percent ... Read more
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Study Reveals Who's More Prone to Be a 'Mean Drunk'
Posted 4 Jan 2012 by Drugs.com
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 4 – People who lack the ability to consider the future consequences of their current actions are more likely to be aggressive when they're drunk, a new study indicates. "People who focus on the here and now, without thinking about the impact on the future, are more aggressive than others when they are sober, but the effect is magnified greatly when they're drunk," study author Brad Bushman, a professor of communication and psychology at Ohio State University, said in a university news release. "If you carefully consider the consequences of your actions, it is unlikely getting drunk is going to make you any more aggressive than you usually are," he added. The study included 495 adults with an average age of 23 who were social drinkers. They were given a test to determine their ability to think about the future impact of their current actions. The participants then ... Read more
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For Some Couples, Binge Drinking Is Routine
Posted 30 Dec 2011 by Drugs.com
FRIDAY, Dec. 30 – Binge drinking can be contagious between romantic partners, according to a new study. Researchers looked at 208 unmarried heterosexual dating couples in their early 20s who had face-to-face contact at least five days a week. At least one member of each couple was a university or college student and the couples had dated for a minimum of three months and an average of close to two years. Over 28 days, the Canadian researchers found they were able to predict one partner's binge drinking based on the other partner's binge drinking. The findings suggest that many young adults who binge drink do so because their romantic partner binge drinks, said the team at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. "In some respect this is a cautionary piece of research. Pick your friends and lovers carefully because they influence you more than you think," Simon Sherry, an assistant ... Read more
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Alcohol Use Down, Pot Use Up Among U.S. Teens
Posted 14 Dec 2011 by Drugs.com
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 14 – Alcohol use by American teens has dropped to historic lows, but more of them are using marijuana and don't believe it's a dangerous drug, according to an annual national survey conducted by the U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse and the University of Michigan. The nationally representative survey of 47,000 students in grades eight, 10 and 12 at 400 public and private schools found a continuing trend of lower alcohol consumption that stretches back to the 1980s. Forty percent of 12th graders reported drinking within the previous 30 days in the new survey, compared to 54 percent in 1991. And rates declined from 43 percent to 27 percent among 10th graders, and from 25 percent to 13 percent among eighth graders. The 2011 Monitoring the Future survey also found evidence of declines in teens' use of illicit drugs such as cocaine, crack cocaine and inhalants, as well ... Read more
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Too Much Alcohol Linked to Unsafe Sex, Study Confirms
Posted 12 Dec 2011 by Drugs.com
MONDAY, Dec. 12 – Drinking too much alcohol can lead to unsafe sex, a new study confirms. Unsafe sex is the most common cause of HIV infection and finding ways to prevent unsafe sex is a major goal of public health efforts to prevent HIV/AIDS. Alcohol use has long been associated with HIV incidence. However, it hasn't been clear whether unsafe sex associated with alcohol use actually led to HIV infection, or whether certain personality traits, such as sensation-seeking or risky behavior, led to both alcohol use and unsafe sex. In this study, researchers led by Jurgen Rehm, director of social and epidemiological research at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Ontario, Canada, conducted 12 experiments that tested this cause-and-effect relationship. They concluded that alcohol affects decision-making and that this effect increases with the amount of alcohol consumed. The more ... Read more
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Smart Kids More Likely to Try Illicit Drugs as Young Adults
Posted 15 Nov 2011 by Drugs.com
TUESDAY, Nov. 15 – Brainy children are at increased risk for illegal drug use when they're young adults, a new study says. Researchers analyzed data from nearly 8,000 people in the ongoing 1970 British Cohort Study of drug use, education and socioeconomic status. The participants' IQ scores were checked at ages 5 and 10 years, and their use of illegal drugs (marijuana, cocaine, uppers, downers, LSD and heroin) was self-reported at ages 16 and 30. At age 30, about 35 percent of men and nearly 16 percent of women had used marijuana in the previous year, and 8.6 percent of men and 3.6 percent of women had used cocaine during that time. In general, men were twice as likely as women to use drugs. The investigators found that 30-year-old men who had high IQ scores at age 5 were about 50 percent more likely than those who had low IQ scores to have used amphetamines, ecstasy and several ... Read more
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Drinking Risky for Women With Family History of Breast Cancer: Study
Posted 14 Nov 2011 by Drugs.com
MONDAY, Nov. 14 – Drinking alcohol may be especially risky for young women who have a strong family history of breast cancer, including having mothers, grandmothers or aunts with the disease, a new study suggests. Researchers from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis examined data on more than 9,000 girls, all daughters of nurses, from 1996 (when they were aged 9 to 15) through 2007. They focused on 67 participants who were later diagnosed between the ages of 18 and 27 with benign breast disease, a large class of conditions that can cause breast lumps or pain and can be a risk factor for breast cancer. The researchers found that women who have a family history of breast cancer or breast disease were about twice as likely to develop both benign breast disease and breast cancer than women with no family history of the disease. Risk of benign breast disease rose along ... Read more
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Money Woes May Drive Some Seniors to Smoke, Drink More
Posted 9 Nov 2011 by Drugs.com
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 9 – Some older adults may turn to alcohol or cigarettes as a way to cope with financial stress, particularly men and people with less education, a new study suggests. In the study, researchers surveyed 2,300 older Americans periodically between 1992 and 2006, and found that 16 percent reported growing financial strain over that time, 3 percent reported increases in heavy drinking (more than 30 drinks a month), and 1 percent said they'd started smoking more. The youngest of the study participants were age 65 when the study began. Older men who faced increasing financial stress were 30 percent more likely to become heavy drinkers than those who remained financially stable. This increased risk was similar for older adults with lower levels of education compared to those with more education. Older women and seniors with higher levels of education tended to reduce their ... Read more
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As Few As 3 Drinks a Week May Up Breast Cancer Risk
Posted 1 Nov 2011 by Drugs.com
TUESDAY, Nov. 1 – Women who have as few as three alcoholic drinks a week may have a moderately increased risk of developing breast cancer, a new study finds. Researchers analyzed data from nearly 106,000 women taking part in the U.S. Nurses' Health Study to examine any links between alcohol consumption and breast cancer. The women were followed from 1980 through 2008 and asked about their alcohol consumption about every four years. "We did see a modest risk [of breast cancer] associated with lower levels of alcohol consumption," said lead study author Dr. Wendy Chen, an assistant professor of medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston. But Chen stressed that women who occasionally over-imbibe on vacation or at a holiday party shouldn't be alarmed; the research measured cumulative alcohol consumption over many years. During the study period, about ... Read more
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Too Much Drinking May Raise Lung Cancer Risk: Study
Posted 27 Oct 2011 by Drugs.com
THURSDAY, Oct. 27 – While smoking has long been linked to cancer, its frequent companion, drinking, may be as well, a new study suggests. Three new studies presented at a medical meeting this week find a link between heavy boozing and a rise in risk for the number one cancer killer. On the other hand, studies also suggest that heavier people are less likely to develop lung cancer than smaller folk, and black tea might help ward of the disease, as well. The findings were to be presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Chest Physicians, Oct. 22-26, in Honolulu. More Americans die from lung cancer than any other form, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In 2007, the most recent year for which statistics are available, more than 203,000 people in the United States were diagnosed with lung cancer, and nearly 159,000 died. In one study ... Read more
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Music Aimed at Teens Often Promotes Drinking: Study
Posted 20 Oct 2011 by Drugs.com
THURSDAY, Oct. 20 – American teens hear a lot of references to alcohol brand names in popular music, a new study finds. The references to alcohol brands, which are most common in rap, R&B and hip hop songs, are often associated with the depiction of a luxury lifestyle that includes partying and risky behavior, such as violence, drug use and degrading sexual activity, according to the University of Pittsburgh researchers. For the study, the investigators analyzed 793 of the most popular songs among youths between 2005 and 2007 and discovered that about 25 percent of the songs that mention alcohol also mention a specific alcohol brand. The researchers calculated that there were about 3.4 alcohol brand references in every one hour's worth of songs. The average teen hears about 2.5 hours of popular music a day, which means they have substantial exposure to alcohol brand references in ... Read more
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