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Problem Drinkers Marry Later, Break Up Sooner: Study
Posted 19 Jan 2011 by Drugs.com
TUESDAY, Jan. 18 – In a study finding that may not surprise the families of problem drinkers, drinking can have a strong negative impact on how long it takes someone to get married and how long the marriage will survive. Researchers recruited more than 5,000 Australian twins in the early 1980s and assessed their alcohol use, including the age at which some became alcohol-dependent. The study also looked at the age of participants when they first married and their age when the marriage ended. There was a strong association between alcohol dependence and delayed marriage as well as early separation. The researchers also found that genetic influences contributed to these associations for both women and men. The study appears online and in the April print issue of the journal Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research. The findings highlight the fact that problem drinking affects more ... Read more
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Heavy Drinking May Boost Risk for Atrial Fibrillation
Posted 18 Jan 2011 by Drugs.com
MONDAY, Jan. 17 – People who drink a lot, and do so often, increase their chances of developing the chronic heart rate or rhythm disorder called atrial fibrillation, according to Japanese researchers. A common arrhythmia, atrial fibrillation carries a serious risk for stroke. Although drinking has previously been linked to atrial fibrillation, the researchers say their new study shows that habitual drinking as well as episodic drinking can significantly increase the risk for the condition. "Don't put much confidence in moderate drinking," said Dr. Satoru Kodama, from the internal medicine department at the University of Tsukuba Institute of Clinical Medicine and the study's lead researcher. "Chronic high drinking is significantly associated with risk of [atrial fibrillation], and the AF risk is related in a dose-response fashion to daily alcohol drinking," he said. For the study, ... Read more
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Holiday Drinking Raises Death Toll on U.S. Roads, Experts Warn
Posted 31 Dec 2010 by Drugs.com
FRIDAY, Dec. 31 – Two to three times more people die in alcohol-related crashes on U.S. roads during Christmas and New Year's than over comparable periods of time during the rest of the year, says the U.S. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. The agency also noted that 40 percent of traffic deaths during these holidays involve an impaired driver, compared to 28 percent for the rest of the month of December. While most people are aware of the dangers of drinking and driving, they may underestimate the effects of alcohol and make poor decisions that could lead to tragedy. Long before a person who is consuming alcohol shows physical signs of intoxication, their driving-related skills and decision-making abilities are already diminished, according to the NIAAA. Continued alcohol consumption leads to a decrease in reaction time, poor behavior control or aggression, loss of ... Read more
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ER Visits by Underage Drinkers Spike on New Year's
Posted 30 Dec 2010 by Drugs.com
THURSDAY, Dec. 30 – The number of emergency department visits that involved underage drinking jumped by more than 250 percent on New Year's Day two years ago, compared with other days of the year, a new U.S. study reveals. Researchers with the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration found that an estimated 1,980 emergency visits on Jan. 1, 2009, had something to do with underage drinking. The national average for such visits during the year as a whole was 546 per day. Compared with other national holidays, the number of admissions on New Year's Day linked to underage drinking was 191 percent higher than on Memorial Day and 110 percent higher than on the Fourth of July, the researchers explained. "This stunning increase in underage drinking-related emergency room visits on New Year's Day should be a wake-up call to parents, community leaders and all caring adults ... Read more
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'Hair Of The Dog' No Hangover Cure, Say Experts
Posted 30 Dec 2010 by Drugs.com
THURSDAY, Dec. 30 – During this season of good cheer and abundant holiday parties, hangovers are not uncommon. And while folk remedies abound, the only things that are truly helpful in curing the misery of a hangover the morning after are time and fluid replacement, experts say. Although the cause of a hangover – drinking too much alcohol – is obvious, the reason behind alcohol's ability to make you feel so rotten the day after isn't as clear. "Alcohol clearly causes hangovers, but why it causes hangovers isn't very well understood," said Dr. Andrew Yacht, director of the division of general medicine and vice chair of medicine for education at Maimonides Medical Center in New York City. "Part of the suspected cause is dehydration and an electrolyte and hormonal imbalance. Some of the symptoms may be caused by low blood sugar. Or, it may be that the direct toxic effects of alcohol are ... Read more
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Keeping Holiday Drinking in Check May Counter Cancer
Posted 21 Dec 2010 by Drugs.com
SUNDAY, Dec. 19 – Though holiday partying often includes alcohol consumption, cancer experts are urging partiers to partake moderately. "Research shows that drinking even a small amount of alcohol increases your chances of developing cancer, including oral cancer, breast cancer and liver cancer," Clare McKindley, clinical dietician in the Cancer Prevention Center at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, said in a news release from the center. "Researchers are still trying to learn more about how alcohol links to cancer," she added. "But convincing evidence does support the fact that heavy drinking damages cells and increases the risk for cancer development." To reduce risk, experts say, drinkers can do a number of things. First, stick to the recommended serving size. A drink is defined as 12 ounces of beer, 5 ounces of wine or 1.5 ounces of liquor. Women should have no ... Read more
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Study Challenges Initiative to Lower Drinking Age to 18
Posted 10 Dec 2010 by Drugs.com
FRIDAY, Dec. 10 – A new study challenges the theory that lowering the minimum legal drinking age from 21 to 18 would help curb binge drinking by college students. Some college presidents and chancellors argue that if younger students could legally drink in bars and restaurants, they might learn more moderate drinking habits, which would lead to less binge drinking at parties on college campuses. The idea is being promoted through an effort called the Amethyst Initiative, which launched in 2008. About 135 college presidents have signed the initiative's public statement urging lawmakers to reconsider the minimum legal drinking age. But lowering the drinking age without understanding the effects would amount to a "radical experiment," warned Dr. Richard A. Scribner, of the Louisiana State University School of Public Health. He and his colleagues used survey data from 32 U.S. colleges to ... Read more
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Holiday Drinking Can Kill, Experts Warn
Posted 24 Nov 2010 by Drugs.com
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 24 – Excessive alcohol consumption – a common problem during the holiday season – can lead to serious injury and death, warns the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP). The group urges people to use good judgment when they get together with family and friends. "Very few things are more heartbreaking than to see a family suffer the loss of a loved one because of an alcohol-related tragedy, and during the holidays, people take risks. A fun holiday celebration can turn into a nightmare in the blink of an eye, and it can happen to anyone, and we don't want that to happen," Dr. Sandra Schneider, ACEP president, said in a society news release. Each year in the United States, 79,000 deaths and many more injuries occur as a direct result of excessive alcohol consumption, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Alcohol-related injuries are ... Read more
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Girls Who Suffer Child Abuse May Abuse Alcohol as Adults
Posted 22 Nov 2010 by Drugs.com
MONDAY, Nov. 22 – Women who were sexually or physically abused as children are at increased risk for drinking problems, researchers say. In the study, researchers analyzed data from almost 3,700 women who took part in the 2005 U.S. National Alcohol Survey. The investigators found that women who reported that they had been sexually abused as children were more likely to also report that they drank four or more alcoholic drinks daily, that they were alcohol dependent, and that they drank in a way that could pose serious threats to their health. The findings show "a strong association between having a history of child abuse and problems with alcohol abuse," lead author E. Anne Lown, a scientist with the Alcohol Research Group in Emeryville, Calif., said in a Center for Advancing Health news release. "The take-home message is across a range of alcohol consumption patterns, child abuse is ... Read more
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Outreach, Enforcement Can Curb College Kids' Drinking: Study
Posted 19 Nov 2010 by Drugs.com
FRIDAY, Nov. 19 – With alcohol-related deaths and injuries rising on U.S. college campuses, college officials are trying various ways to stem the tide of heavy drinking. One effort that targeted off-campus boozing shows some promise, researchers say. A program at a group of public universities in California cut the level of heavy drinking at private parties and other locations by 6 percent, researchers report in the December issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. The so-called Safer California Universities study included measures such as stricter enforcement of local nuisance ordinances, police-run decoy operations, driving-under-the-influence checkpoints, and use of campus and local media to spread the word about the crackdown. It's one of the first studies of college drinking that focuses on the environment rather than on prevention aimed at individuals, the ... Read more
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Energy Drinks May Fuel College Kids' Alcohol Use
Posted 17 Nov 2010 by Drugs.com
TUESDAY, Nov. 16 – College students who routinely consume highly caffeinated energy drinks are at significantly higher risk for becoming alcohol-dependent, new research suggests. "What we found is that weekly drinkers of energy drinks are more likely to meet the criteria for alcohol dependence," said study author Amelia M. Arria, director of the Center on Young Adult Health and Development in the department of family science at the University of Maryland School of Public Health. That means energy-drink aficionados are more likely to suffer from "an inability to stop drinking alcohol, even though they continuously experience a cluster of negative consequences as a result of drinking too much of it," she explained. Some students down the unregulated energy drinks so they can stay up and study. Others mix them with alcohol, which can cause an impaired state described as being "wide-awake ... Read more
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For Teen Boys, Heavy Drinking & Impulsivity May Be Vicious Circle
Posted 16 Nov 2010 by Drugs.com
TUESDAY, Nov. 16 – Bouts of heavy drinking can increase male teens' levels of impulsive behavior over time, including their propensity for more heavy drinking, a new study finds. The study included more than 500 boys in Pittsburgh who were assessed each year from first-grade until they were 20 years old, with another follow-up four to five years later. When they were teens, boys with moderate levels of impulsive behavior showed a significant increase in impulsivity if they had engaged in heavy drinking the previous year, as opposed to those with low or high levels of impulsive behavior. The findings were released online in advance of publication in the February print issue of the journal Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research. "Heavy alcohol use in adolescence may lead to alterations in brain structure and function that reduce behavioral (impulse) control, which could, in turn, ... Read more
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Women Veterans Less Likely Than Male Peers to Abuse Drugs, Alcohol
Posted 11 Nov 2010 by Drugs.com
THURSDAY, Nov. 11 – U.S. female veterans are much less likely than their male counterparts to binge-drink, smoke cigarettes or use illicit drugs, a new study finds. However, female and male veterans are equally likely to abuse prescription drugs, according to the Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality. The findings come from an analysis of 2002 to 2009 data from the annual National Survey of Drug Use and Health. Since the 1970s, the proportion of women serving in the U.S. military has risen significantly, and more women have been deployed to combat areas in a number of roles, including as combat support troops. Along with facing the same service-related sources of stress as their male counterparts, women in the military face additional stress associated with being in a male-dominated profession, according to the study. Previous research has found that veterans are more ... Read more
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Concerns Grow Over Dangers of Caffeinated Alcohol Drinks
Posted 28 Oct 2010 by Drugs.com
THURSDAY, Oct. 29 – The debate over the dangers of alcoholic energy drinks, popular among the young because they are inexpensive and carry the added punch of caffeine, has intensified after students at colleges in New Jersey and Washington state became so intoxicated they wound up in the hospital. Sold under catchy names, these fruit-flavored beverages come in oversized containers reminiscent of nonalcoholic sports drinks and sodas, and critics warn that this is no accident. The drinks, they noted, are being marketed to young drinkers as a safe and affordable way to drink to excess. One brand, a fruit-flavored malt beverage sold under the name Four Loko, has caused special concern since it was consumed by college students in New Jersey and Washington state before they ended up in the ER, some with high levels of alcohol poisoning. "The soft drink or energy drink imagery of these drinks ... Read more
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Study Confirms It: Booze Impairs Decision-Making
Posted 19 Oct 2010 by Drugs.com
TUESDAY, Oct. 19 – A new study confirms what many people may know first- or secondhand: Too much alcohol slows reaction time and increases errors during decision-making. Specifically, the researchers found that alcohol affects certain brain regions involved in error processing more than others. The study included 38 volunteers who received no alcohol (control group) or different doses of alcohol in order to make them either moderately or highly intoxicated. They then took a reaction test, which found no significant difference between the control group and those who were moderately drunk. However, the highly intoxicated volunteers had slower reaction time and more errors than the control group. The study appears online and in the January print issue of the journal Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research. "Alcohol is widely consumed in our society today. We know it alters behavior, ... Read more
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