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British Hospitals Reeling Under the Effect of Alcoholic Excesses

...r and liver disease arising from use of alcohol as alcoholic disorders. Therefore the figures related to alcoholic disorders do not include emergencies that arise from physical violence from drunken behaviour. Br...

A Drug That Curbs the Urge for Alcoholic Drinks is Here

... have discovered a drug that will curb craving for alcoholic drinks. //This drug supposedly blocks the sensation of a” euphoric high” that is reached when drunk . The research studied hypothalamus, the part of the brain where orexin, is produced .Orexin is a chemical that induces euphoria. A compound that ef...

Alcohol in Moderation Could Increase the Life Span

...alth of people studied), a moderate consumption of alcoholic beverages keeps on showing a real positive effect". "The core of this study is not just about alcohol- says Giovanni de Gaetano, director of the Research Laboratories at the Catholic University- it is also the way we drink that makes the difference...

Party Over –now Its How to Get Ove’ the Hangove!

...e soon. Scientists point out that consumption of alcoholic beverages and drinks causes blood vessels to dilat... intoxicating than the more mature deeper coloured alcoholic drinks, that have more ‘congeners’. Congeners are toxic byproducts of the fermentation process and a...

T(r)iPPLE Benefits

...d reduce the risk of heart attack by consuming two alcoholic drinks or wine on a daily basis. A recent insigh...r reaching health benefits of consuming one or two alcoholic drinks or wine daily. Many other studies have also substantiated the benefits of alcohol in moderati...

Binge Drinkers on the Rise

...illion annually to purchase 430 million gallons of alcoholic beverages — including more than 4 billion cans of beer, according to WebMD. The study published in Pediatrics journal has shown links between binge drinking and other socially undesirable and risky activities like unsafe sex, multiple partner sex, ...

Youngest Drinkers Likelier to Use Alcohol for Stress Relief as Adults

The younger someone starts drinking alcoholic beverages, the more likely he or she is to reach for a drink to relieve stress when older, a large new study suggests//. The steeper slope of “stress-reactive drinking among persons who started drinking at 14 or younger is of particular concern bec...

Risk Factors of Drinking Before, and During, Pregnancy

... "the majority (55.6%) drank more than one type of alcoholic beverage. Once pregnant, the majority (65.5%) drank only one type of alcoholic beverage." Nearly half of the women (46.7%) surveyed had not planned their pregnancy. "These d...

Reasonable Quantities Of Wine May Increase Longevity

...onsumed wine than with men who did not consume any alcoholic beverage at all. Meanwhile the life expectancy in ... drinkers was 2 years more than the users of other alcoholic beverages. In addition, the consumption of red wine is said to bring down stroke or heart attack. ...

Partners of Alcoholics May Need to Seek help

...through abstinence, and that can occur only if the alcoholic has the will to do it,' said Grosse. Relatives c...aground. 'It can be a serious mistake to help an alcoholic with a problem caused solely by his drinking,' said Merfert-Diete. Someone who calls his or her drun...

Spirituality Increases as Alcoholics Recover

...aramount, the authors suggest. So, each individual alcoholic might do best by searching for a recovery program that best matches his or her existing belief system. One program that has been shown conclusively to aid alcoholics in achieving and maintaining sobriety is AA, which has spiritual components inclu...

Not Parkinson’s Disease Alon

...Foroud and her colleagues examined a sample of 219 alcoholic families of European American descent. Thirty single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were genotyped across the SNCA gene, and two phenotypes – alcohol dependence and alcohol craving – were also analyzed. Although findings indicate no association be...

Diet May Play Vital Role to Help Smokers Quit

...ables. Forty-four percent of them reported that alcoholic beverages enhance the taste of cigarettes; 45 percent reported caffeinated beverages, such as tea, cola and coffee; and 11 percent reported meat. Smokers of menthol cigarettes were less likely to report that any foods or beverages altered the tast...

Alcoholics by All Means Should Avoid Stress During Early Abstinence

...icotropic hormone (ACTH) and cortisol secretion in alcoholic patients, which reflect changes in the HPA axis, prompt recommendations that alcoholics avoid excessive stress – both physical and psychological – during early abstinence. Results are published in the May issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experiment...

Alcoholism Develops Cognitive Problems in Women

...who will be exposed toThe genetic liability of two alcoholic parents. "The offspring willHave a greater chance to inherit such genes than in the case of randomOr non-assortative mating," said Vanyukov, "and on the populationLevel, this would lead to an increased frequency of genotypesAssociated with extreme ph...

Condom Promotion-Crucial To HIV/AIDS Prevention

...y will alsobe available. Offering all kinds of alcoholic beverages, the bar will be inaugurated on May 2 and will have timings similar to the others in the city but it'sexclusivity lies somewhere else. While the interior of the bar has been designed with condoms, beer mugs are condom shaped and waiters...

Cider can Ward Off Cancer and Heart Disease

...ed juices of apples or pears, is one of the oldest alcoholic drinks and has a 2,000-year-old tradition. It originated in Britain but is now produced wherever apple cultivation is high like in the US, New Zealand and Australia. The drink is also popular in France, Ireland and northern Spain. World over, cider...

Pregnancy and Alcohol - a Dangerous Cocktail Warns BMA Scotland

...ny units correspond to what they are drinking. The alcoholic strengths of different beers and wines, and the considerable variation of standard measures used in bars and restaurants and in the home, can make it difficult for women to tell how many units they are consuming. The report states that evidence is ...

Alcohol Agency Probe If Lohan was Served Alcohol Before Car Crash

The agency that controls alcoholic beverages in California has got in touch with the Beverly Hills Police Department to find out whether an underage Lindsay Lohan was served alcohol before a weekend car crash. California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control investigators also w...

Appetite-regulating Peptides Influence Alcohol Cravings

...hol dependence, as well as their preferred type of alcoholic beverage. "The study showed that the involvement of appetite-regulating peptides in the neurobiology of alcohol craving is of different importance in specific subgroups," said Hillemacher. The researchers also stressed the need for the identifi...

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