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Film Targets Mothers and Career Women: Women Ages 35 to 55 Resist Treatment 12 Times More than Men WASHINGTON, Sept. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Lipstick & Liquor, a timely and compelling documentary that explores the hidden world of suburban women who drink, as well as the stigma that causes them to refuse treatment, will premiere at New York City's REEL Recovery Film Festival on Sunday, September 30, 2012 at 3:00PM at the Quad Cinema. A Q&A session with the...
The majority of observational studies have shown that alcohol intake, especially heavy drinking, increases a number of upper-aero-digestive tract (UADT) and other cancers, and even moderate drinking is associated with a slight increase in the risk of breast cancer. A meta analysis published in the Annals of Oncology compares the effects between light drinkers (an average reported intake of up to 1 typical drink/day) versus "non-drinkers" in terms of relative risks for a number of types of...
Intracerebral hemorrhage risk increased by heavy alcohol consumption (PRWEB) September 15, 2012 Recently published research shows that excessive alcohol consumption increases risk of intracerebral hemorrhage. Researchers in France studied previous alcohol consumption patterns of patients who had previously been treated for intracerebral hemorrhages. They discovered that nearly twenty-five percent of those who had suffered this type of hemorrhage were heavy alcohol users, average age of...
Looking to stake claim as the “most hard-core beer bar in the nation,” The Big Onion Tavern Group’s newest bar, Fatpour Tapworks, gives beer drinkers the ultimate drinking experience – pouring their own pints. The bar revolutionizes the Chicago beer scene with self-service beer draft tables by Ellickson Beverage Systems USA, the leading provider of innovative technologies that enhance the commercial performance and social dynamic of bars, restaurants, and other establishments....
Concerns raised by New Yorkers ignored in final proposal NEW YORK, Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Restaurant Association says a beverage ban approved today by the NYC Board of Health unfairly targets restaurants, and is a misguided tactic to impact the obesity problem. "There is no scientific support that this beverage ban's size and caloric limit will impact obesity rates," said Joy Dubost, Ph.D., R.D., Director of Nutrition and Healthy Living for the...
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online People who drink heavily are more prone to experience a stroke almost a decade and a half earlier in life, according to a study published in the journal Neurology. Researchers found that drinking three or more alcoholic drinks per day may put you at higher risk of having a stroke earlier than if you didn’t drink alcohol. In order to make the findings, the team used 540 participants with an average age of 71 who had a type of...
DETROIT, Sept. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Wayne County Sheriff's Department officials began tightening down on the area's drunk drivers last October by integrating high-tech alcohol monitoring to keep tabs on the highest-risk offenders. Eleven months later the program is one of the largest Sheriff's programs in the country with the highest percentage of compliant offenders of any agency program. And it's reducing taxpayer costs by millions. According to officials with...
The National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Urges Women to Abstain from Alcohol During Pregnancy Due to the Risk of Birth Defects WASHINGTON, Sept. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Prenatal alcohol exposure is the leading preventable cause of developmental disabilities and birth defects in America. Representing the nine months of pregnancy the ninth day of the ninth month--September 9(th)--is International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Awareness Day and serves...
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Men who have a high risk for heart disease have lower blood pressure after drinking non-alcohol red wine, according to a study published in the journal Circulation Research. Researchers from University of Barcelona, Spain found that non-alcoholic red wine increased participants' levels of nitric oxide, which helped to decrease both systolic and diastolic blood pressure. Nitric oxide is a molecule in the body that helps blood...
September is Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Awareness Month HARRISBURG, Pa., Sept. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs is reminding the public that alcohol consumption by pregnant women can seriously harm unborn children. September is Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Awareness Month by proclamation of Governor Tom Corbett. FASD is an umbrella term for the range of effects that can occur in the children of...
