http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Children in Britain are more exposed to alcohol promotion than adults and need much stronger protection, warn experts on BMJ website today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-british-children-exposed-alcohol-adults.html Health Fri, 01 Mar 2013 10:47:14 EST news281357181 Excessive alcohol use accounts for 4% of the global burden of disease, and binge drinking particularly is becoming an increasing health issue. A new review article published Cortex highlights the significant changes in brain function and structure that can be caused by alcohol misuse in young people. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-excessive-alcohol-youre-young-impacts.html Neuroscience Wed, 30 Jan 2013 11:14:50 EST news278766882 Lower minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) laws have been associated with short-term effects such as a greater number of traffic fatalities and teen suicides. A new study has investigated the long-term and persistent linkages between permissive MLDA laws and specific drinking behaviors such as average alcohol consumption, frequency of drinking, patterns of binge drinking, and moderate drinking. Findings support an association with problematic drinking behaviors that persist into later adulthood, such as more frequent binge episodes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-ages-impact-patterns.html Addiction Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:00:10 EST news278091667 (Medical Xpress)—Alcohol misuse in young people causes significant changes in their brain function and structure. This and other findings were recently reviewed by Dr Daniel Hermens from the University of Sydney's Brain and Mind Research Institute in the journal Cortex. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-excessive-alcohol-youre-young-impacts.html Health Tue, 18 Dec 2012 08:17:09 EST news275041020 An early age at first drink (AFD) has been linked to later alcohol-related problems, which is one of the reasons behind the legal drinking age of 21 in the U.S. It is unclear, however, if increased risk is primarily due to initiation of any drinking, or initiation of heavier drinking. A comparison of the influence of these potential risk factors among college undergraduates found that both an early AFD as well as a quick progression from the first drink to drinking to intoxication independently predicted later problems. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-early-alcohol-intoxication-herald-college.html Addiction Wed, 15 Aug 2012 16:00:02 EST news264260889 Shaken awake by police on a park bench, a 12-year-old boy from Prague was so drunk he could neither walk nor talk -- grim evidence of an unparalleled alcohol scourge affecting underage Czechs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-czech-teens-europe-heaviest-underage.html Addiction Wed, 11 Jul 2012 03:40:01 EST news261196007 More than half of Americans aged 12 and up drink alcohol, a quarter binge-drank in the past month, and one in 14 teens has used marijuana, a US government agency says in a report on substance abuse. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-americans-alcohol.html Health Mon, 01 Aug 2011 16:18:16 EST news231433627