Health
Some sobering stats on kids and drinking
(HealthDay)—Alcohol poses a far greater threat to children than many parents care to admit, a new report warns.
Aug 31, 2015
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Neuroscience
This is your brain on whisky
Inspiration came to engineering professor Mike Noseworthy while listening to the radio.
Apr 9, 2015
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Health
Researchers see significant reduction in fatal car crashes after increase in alcohol taxes
Increasing state alcohol taxes could prevent thousands of deaths a year from car crashes, say University of Florida Health researchers, who found alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes decreased after taxes on beer, wine and ...
Mar 31, 2015
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Traffic stops and DUI arrests linked most closely to lower drinking and driving
From 1982 to 1997, American states got tough on impaired driving. Policies favored adopting lower blood alcohol concentration (BAC) limits for driving, administrative license revocation (ALR), and increased sanctions for ...
Dec 16, 2014
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Genetics
Researchers identify epigenetic changes caused by binge drinking
Researchers at the University of Missouri School of Medicine have identified epigenetic protein changes caused by binge drinking, a discovery that could lead to treatments for alcohol-related liver diseases.
Oct 8, 2014
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Alcohol may protect trauma patients from later complications
Injured patients who have alcohol in their blood have a reduced risk for developing cardiac and renal complications, according to a study from the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health. Among patients ...
Jun 6, 2014
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Health
Single episode of binge drinking can adversely affect health, study says
It only takes one time. That's the message of a new study by scientists at the University of Massachusetts Medical School on binge drinking. Their research found that a single episode of binge drinking can have significant ...
May 15, 2014
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Health
Web-based alcohol screening program shows limited effect among university students
Among university students in New Zealand, a web-based alcohol screening and brief intervention program produced a modest reduction in the amount of alcohol consumed per drinking episode but not in the frequency of drinking, ...
Mar 25, 2014
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Health
Post-injury blood alcohol inversely tied to mortality
(HealthDay)—For patients with traumatic injuries, there is an inverse dose-response association between blood alcohol concentration and in-hospital mortality, according to a study published in the December issue of Alcohol.
Dec 3, 2012
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Study: Alcohol provides protective effect, reduces mortality substantial
Injured patients were less likely to die in the hospital if they had alcohol in their blood, according to a study from the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health—and the more alcohol, the more likely ...
Nov 19, 2012
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