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Drinking is the act of consuming water (or a beverage that contains water) through the mouth. Water is required for many of life’s physiological processes. Both excessive and inadequate water intake are associated with health problems.

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Controlling key enzyme in brain offers clue for future obesity treatment

Controlling key enzyme in brain offers clue for future obesity treatment

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

The Sirt1 enzyme in the body has generated enormous attention as a possible secret to living longer. Some scientists believe that fasting and drinking wine appear to aid in this quest because both likely activate ...


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What's the best hangover cure? Truth be told, there isn't one

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 1.8 / 5 (4) | comments 15

(PhysOrg.com) -- With the holiday party season at hand, UNC's Dr. James C. Garbutt offers these tips about how to enjoy a few drinks responsibly -- while sparing yourself and those around you from the potentially ...


The filter is designed to be used in rural households

India's Tata launches low-cost water filter for rural poor

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

India's giant Tata Group on Monday unveiled a new low-cost water purifier, hoping to do for health what it did for motoring and provide affordable, safe drinking water for millions and cut disease.


Parents encourage underage drinking

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Half of Australian adults and 63 per cent of Australians on a higher income believe 15 to 17 year olds should be allowed to consume alcohol under parental supervision at home, according to the latest MBF Healthwatch survey.


Binge drinking youths find getting old a drag

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Young men who believe that happiness declines with age are more likely to engage in risky health behaviors such as binge drinking. Their misguided negative view of the aging process may act as a disincentive to behave 'sensibly' ...


Older problem drinkers use more alcohol than do their younger counterparts

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Older adults who have alcohol dependence problems drink significantly more than do younger adults who have similar problems, a new study has found.


A brief intervention that works for drivers who persist in driving while intoxicated

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Driving while impaired (DWI) contributes significantly to road-traffic crashes, and is involved in more than one-third of all fatalities. Many DWI recidivists - drinking drivers who re-offend - do not participate in mandated ...


Coed college housing connected to frequent binge drinking

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

A new study in the Journal of American College Health finds that students placed by their universities in coed housing are 2.5 times more likely to binge drink each week than students placed in all-male or all-female housin ...


Scientists decipher the formation of lasting memories

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Researchers Researchers at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have discovered a mechanism that controls the brain's ability to create lasting memories. In experiments on genetically manipulated mice, they ...


Genes that drive you to drink (but don't make you an alcoholic)

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Your genetic make up may predispose you to drink more but may not increase your genetic risk for alcoholism (alcohol dependence). Research published in the open access journal, BMC Biology, pinpoints genetic pathways and ge ...


Taking medicine for HIV proves hard to swallow for many people

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Highly active antiretroviral therapy has increased the longevity and quality of life for people living with human immunodeficiency virus. But it requires strict adherence in taking the medicine, something that is extremely ...


Substance abuse diagnostic test for teens can also predict high risk sexual behavior

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Alcohol and drug use are known contributors to adolescents engaging in dangerous sexual activity; leading to substantial health risks such as unwanted pregnancies, sexually transmitted illnesses, drug overdoses and alcohol ...


Tanked-up teens: Cheap alcohol strongly linked to harmful underage drinking in the UK

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Public Health studied the drinking habits of 9833 15-16 year olds in the North West of England, finding that excessively low cost alcohol products and illicit purchase are st ...


UK incidence of children living with substance-misusing parents considerably underestimated

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Current figures underestimate the number of children who may be at risk of harm from parental substance use. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Public Health have generated new estimates using five nation ...


Teen attitudes toward smoking linked to likelihood of drinking and using drugs

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New research by Weill Cornell Medical College researchers looks at the specific ways parents and peers influence teenagers to smoke, drink and use marijuana in combination. Among their findings: attitudes toward smoking influenced ...