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Teens want to drink, and they find new tricks to hide liquor from parents. While whimsical, the new trend of spiked gummy candy is actually more dangerous than drinking straight liquor in many aspects. Sunset Bay Academy outlines the dangers of this new trend and how parents can find out if their teens are involved. San Diego, CA (PRWEB) January 20, 2012 Teen alcohol abuse is not a new concern. Parents try to set a good example and keep the alcohol out of reach of children. This once...
Some of the binge drinkers get behind the wheel of cars, putting the lives of others at grave risk, according to Philadelphia personal injury lawyers Flager & Yockey. The law firm reports that a death results from a drunk driver every 30 minutes. Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB) January 20, 2012 Flager & Yockey, a Pennsylvania personal injury law firm, commented on a new report that puts a spotlight on the problem of binge drinking. More than 38 million adults in the United States drink...
Drinking in high school is nothing new, and teens face not only alcohol abuse but a new trend called drunkorexia. Sunset Bay Academy explains the roots of this growing trend and why high school teens are so susceptible to its trappings. San Diego, CA (PRWEB) January 18, 2012 As many parents may know, high school can be a frightening and exhilarating time. Teens get their first taste of freedom as parents get to watch their sons and daughters go off to prove themselves in a demanding...
Researchers are suggesting in a new study that there are no safe thresholds for alcohol consumption during pregnancy. Published Monday in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, confidential data on drinking patterns from 992 California women during their pregnancies was collected to examine the impact of quantity, frequency and timing of alcohol exposure on the condition. Following childbirth, the babies were examined for signs of alcohol exposure, reports Maureen...
Observational epidemiologic studies relating wine and alcohol to health all suffer from the fact that they, of necessity, compare people who prefer certain beverages, but not the beverages themselves. While there have been many intervention trials in animals, randomized trials in humans are less common. Randomized crossover trials, in which each subject receives all interventions in sequence, can be especially important as they tend to avoid baseline differences among subjects and can detect...
Prenatal exposure to alcohol is associated with a spectrum of abnormalities in the offspring. A new study has examined patterns of drinking specific to timing of exposure during pregnancy, collecting the information while the mother was still pregnant instead of after delivery. Numerous specific associations were found, the most significant ones during the second half of the first trimester of pregnancy. Prenatal exposure to alcohol is associated with a spectrum of...
$1,000 Prize for Top Youth-Produced Counter-Beer-Ad that Focuses on Alcohol-Related Violence SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The January 23, 2012, deadline is quickly approaching for young people ages 10 to 20 to submit a video entry in Alcohol Justice's fourth annual, national, anti-beer-advertising contest at FreeTheBowl.com. "We are challenging youth this year to expose the relationship of beer advertising and consumption to violence before, during and...
More than 38 million U.S. adults, or about 17 percent of the population, engaged in binge drinking at least four times a month in 2010, consuming an average of eight drinks per occasion, according to a report released Tuesday by the U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). These rates of binge drinking were much higher than previously believed, the health agency said. Binge drinking was more common in those between the ages of 18-34, although people 65 and older also binge...
The Science and Technology Committee of British Members of Parliament have called for Britons to refrain from consuming alcohol for at least two days of the week and consider their own weight when deciding to heavily imbibe, reports Keith Weir for Reuters. The Royal College of Physicians warned the risk of liver disease, alcohol dependence and suggested drinkers be given a ‘binge drinking limit’ – the most they should drink daily. Current guidelines, introduced in 1987, recommend a...
The behavior of a binge drinker is likely to influence the person with whom he or she is romantically involved, a new study by Canadian researchers has revealed. According to Robert Preidt of USA Today HealthDay, researchers at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, studied 208 unmarried, heterosexual couples who saw each other at least five days each week. The researchers said that they were able to predict the likelihood that one partner would binge drink based on the behavior...
