Most studies have found that binge drinking is associated with a loss of alcohol’s protective effect against ischemic heart disease (IHD) and most studies have found an increase of coronary risk among binge drinkers…
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
A new report from the CDC shines the spot light on binge drinking and estimates that more than 38 million adults in the US or more than 10% of the population regularly binge drink, four times a month, which basically amounts to every weekend, or twice on a weekend to make up for a sober one…
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Do couples influence each other’s drinking habits? Over a 28 day time frame, researchers were able to predict one partner’s binge drinking based the other partner’s binge drinking. The research studied 208 nonmarried, heterosexual dating couples in their early 20’s…
Saturday, December 10, 2011
The latest data for alcohol-attributable conditions has shown a 9% rise on the previous year, resulting in a doubling over the decade. For 2010/11 the figure is 1,898 alcohol-related admissions per 100,000 population in England, up from 926 admissions per 100,000 in 2002/03.
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Many young women who steer clear of alcohol while they’re in high school may change their ways once they go off to college. And those who take up binge drinking may be at relatively high risk of sexual assault, according to a University at Buffalo-led study in the January issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.
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Advice for three alcohol-free days per week has been in the news following evidence given at the inquiry into alcohol consumption guidelines . See reports from the Daily Mail , BBC and The Telegraph . Sir Ian Gilmore of Royal College of Physicians (RCP) emphasised the need for drinkers to consider the risks of daily alcohol consumption, even in moderate amounts
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Also tagged alcohol pricing, bbc, council, daily, director, government, health, industry, policy, recruitment, royal-college
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Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Supermarket giant ASDA hit the news after launching a new deal offering 24 bottles of Budweiser for £11 – around 46 pence a bottle or 15 pence per unit. ASDA are part of the Government's Responsibility Deal having signed up to pledges on alcohol, including on its advertising and marketing.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Excessive consumption of alcohol, much of it binge drinking, cost the American economy $224 billion in 2006, says a new report issued by the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) and to be published in the American Journal of Preventative Medicine (November 2011 issue). The authors wrote that the toll translates into $1.90 per drink consumed…
Thursday, September 22, 2011
An excellent study among experimental mice has reported very dramatic differences between the effects of alcohol administered in moderation on a daily basis and the same total weekly amount of alcohol administered on only two days of the week: (replicating binge drinking)…
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
A new study by The Centre for Public Health at Liverpool John Moores University for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) explores media representations of alcohol and their influence on teenage drinking.
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Also tagged alcohol-concern, alcohol-reports, friends, health-literacy, influence, joseph, joseph-rowntree, liverpool-john, media, perceived, policy, research, young people
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