alcohol
Light drinking during pregnancy is not linked to adverse behavioural or cognitive outcomes in childhood, suggests a new study published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. This study collated data from the Millennium Cohort Study, a national ... Read More »
Children in Britain are more exposed to alcohol promotion than adults and need much stronger protection, warn experts. In an editorial to coincide with publication of the UK’s first independent alcohol strategy, Professor Gerard Hastings at the University of Stirling ... Read More »
Chances are the only thing you remember about your first swig of alcohol is how bad the stuff tasted. What you didn’t know is the person who gave you that first drink and when you had it says a lot ... Read More »
Public Health Impact of Excessive Alcohol Use Excessive alcohol consumption is responsible for over 79,000 deaths and 2.3 million years of potential life lost (YPLL) in the United States each year. Binge drinking (consuming 4 or more drinks per occasion ... Read More »
If you haven’t already seen your doctor, you should book in for your first antenatal visit. This is important to: Determine an accurate estimated date of delivery (due date of your baby); Check for any infections that may harm your ... Read More »
Living in a caring community may help curb teenage alcohol use, while hanging out with antisocial peers can have the opposite effect, according to Penn State researchers studying substance abuse patterns. The researchers evaluated how seven different categories of risk ... Read More »
Binge drinking is a dangerous behavior that can lead to tragic circumstances. It’s not often recognized as a women’s health problem but nearly 14 million U.S. women binge drink about three times a month, and consume an average of six ... Read More »
The study, led by King’s College London’s Institute of Psychiatry (IoP) and published in Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) provides the most detailed understanding yet of the brain processes involved in teenage alcohol abuse. Alcohol and other addictive ... Read More »
Relatively small levels of exposure to alcohol while in the womb can influence a child’s IQ, according to a new study by researchers from the Universities of Bristol and Oxford using children of the 90s study (ALSPAC) data from over ... Read More »
A new study out of the University of Cincinnati finds that both school bullies and their victims are likely to abuse alcohol after a bullying episode. Keith King, a University of Cincinnati professor of health promotion, along with Rebecca Vidourek, ... Read More »
