A startling report on the use of alcohol done by the World Health Organization provides a glimpse into the danger alcohol presents worldwide.
The WHO collected hard figures in 2005 and used them to calculate probably statistics for 2010. The report sounds a warning bell that alcohol use is a global killer.
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Seizure is the general term used to describe changes in body control or behavior brought about by chemical/electrical abnormalities in communication between nerve cells in the brain. They range in severity from minor, transient episodes to major, long-term events that can last 30 minutes or longer and seriously endanger a person’s life. Alcohol abuse is a known cause of seizure activity. Most alcohol-related seizures occur during alcohol withdrawal, but they can also occur in active drinkers. In some cases, alcohol abuse can worsen the effects of the seizure disorder epilepsy, or even trigger the onset of an epileptic state.
Caring for elderly parents can be frustrating and confusing. But when your parent is living alone or with a spouse, is showing signs of depression and you suspect is also abusing alcohol or prescription drugs, it can be doubly confusing for you.
You may be afraid that any offer of help will be rejected since your parent wants you to believe – and makes frequent pronouncements – that everything is fine.
College life is often associated with partying and heavy drinking. Those who participate in this aspect of college, are often students who are primarily social drinkers, drinking heavily on the weekend with friends.
A study conducted by researchers at Yale University provides evidence that there may be differences at the neural level that show how those who drink heavily have less activation in certain areas of the brain.
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People who use hand sanitizer frequently, especially formulas containing alcohol, may see unexpected positive results in alcohol use tests, says a University of Florida study.
In the United States, most young people begin drinking alcohol at age 13, and every day, more than 5,000 kids under 16 have their first taste of alcohol. With the prevalence of underage drinking, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health decided to look into how many young people are exposed to alcohol advertising through magazines. They found that exposure decreased by 48 percent between 2001 and 2008. In 2003, the alcohol industry voluntarily pledged to not place alcohol ads in magazines with more than 30 percent youth readership.
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Several studies have shown that alcohol taxes affect drinking behaviors, but few studies have looked at the effects of taxes on alcohol-related death. Researchers from the University of Florida analyzed the effects of multiple changes in alcohol tax rates in Florida from 1969 to 2004 on disease-related mortality, and found that raising alcohol taxes would prevent 600 to 800 deaths per year caused by alcohol-related diseases. Florida hasn’t changed alcohol taxes since 1983.
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A new study has found that your genes influence the ways in which you respond to environmental social drinking cues such as alcohol advertisements and seeing other people drinking. The study, published in the journal Psychological Science, was conducted by Helle Larsen from Radboud University in the Netherlands and her colleagues.
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A new study finds that drinking alcohol and smoking cigarettes were associated with migraines and tension headaches in high-school students. Coffee drinking and physical inactivity were also linked with migraines.
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Despite widespread media and educational efforts to spread awareness of the dangers of alcohol consumption for expectant and breastfeeding mothers, a recent survey in Australia reveals that one-third of new mothers are still drinking alcohol.
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