binge drinkingBinge drinking is defined as a pattern of drinking alcohol that brings blood alcohol concentration (BAC) to 0.08 gram-percent or above. For a typical adult, this pattern corresponds to consuming 5 or more drinks (male), or 4 or more (female), in about 2 hours. Binge drinking can lead to alcohol-related accidents and fatalities, alcohol poisoning, and changes in brain development in underage drinkers.
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College drinking has been an increasing problem over the last few years, and many public health organizations have made recommendations for steps colleges and college communities can take to help curb problematic drinking. However, a new study by researchers at the University of Minnesota School of Public...
July 26th, 2010 | Research & News | Read More Young Scots Recommend Ban on Alcohol Advertising
The Youth Commission on Alcohol, a group of 16 Scottish volunteers aged between 14 and 22, has spent a year preparing its 38 recommendations for banning advertising alcohol in public. Commission members supported plans for a minimum price for alcohol but said it would not solve problem drinking. They...
March 15th, 2010 | Research & News | Read More Study Shows that Teen Drinking May Cause Permanent Damage
A recent study led by neuroscientist Susan Tapert of the University of California, San Diego compared the brain scans of teens who drink heavily with the scans of teens who don’t, and found damaged nerve tissue in the brains of the teens who drank. NPR’s Michelle Trudeau writes that the researchers...
January 26th, 2010 | Adolescent Drug Abuse | Read More Increasing Numbers of Women Turning to Binge Drinking
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Binge drinking has always been associated with males, especially college students in fraternities. Despite this prevailing stereotype, studies have found that an ongoing shift in the gender scale has been moving more towards women when it comes to the overindulgence of alcohol. Is this...
November 12th, 2009 | Alcohol Addiction | Read More Colleges Team up with Communities to Reduce Binge Drinking
Researchers found that an alcohol control program at Western Washington University that also involved the community—including police efforts—led to a decline in binge drinking by college students. The findings highlight the importance of college-community cooperation in combating problem drinking,...
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