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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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What's in your water?: Disinfectants create toxic by-products

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 31, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (16) | comments 7

Although perhaps the greatest public health achievement of the 20th century was the disinfection of water, a recent study now shows that the chemicals used to purify the water we drink and use in swimming pools react with ...


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Midlife coffee and tea drinking and the risk of late-life dementia

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 15, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (21) | comments 1

Midlife coffee drinking can decrease the risk of dementia/Alzheimer's disease (AD) later in life. This conclusion is made in a Finnish Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Aging and Dementia (CAIDE) Study published ...


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 ...


The Australian town of Bundanoon pulled all bottled water from its shelves Saturday and replaced it with refillable ones

Australian town in 'world-first' bottled water ban

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 26, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (17) | comments 8

An Australian town pulled all bottled water from its shelves Saturday and replaced it with refillable bottles in what is believed to be a world-first ban.


Young age at first drink may affect genes and risk for alcoholism

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 18, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 6

The age at which a person takes a first drink may influence genes linked to alcoholism, making the youngest drinkers the most susceptible to severe problems.


Heavy drinkers face significantly  increased cancer risk

Heavy drinkers face significantly increased cancer risk

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 7

(PhysOrg.com) -- Heavy drinkers of beer and spirits face a much higher risk of developing cancer than the population at large, says a group of Montreal epidemiologists and cancer researchers. Their findings ...


A red-wine polyphenol called resveratrol demonstrates significant health benefits

A red-wine polyphenol demonstrates significant health benefits

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jun 12, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (12) | comments 3

The benefits of alcohol are all about moderation. Low to moderate drinking - especially of red wine - appears to reduce all causes of mortality, while too much drinking causes multiple organ damage. A mini-review ...


US Navy culture leads to heavy drinking

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jun 09, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (7) | comments 4

The nature of the U.S. Navy workplace leads to higher heavy drinking for sailors than for civilians, according to an article in the May issue of the Journal of Mixed Methods Research published by SAGE.


Study: Lower legal drinking age increases poor birth outcomes

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Amid renewed calls to consider reducing the legal drinking age, a new University of Georgia study finds that lower drinking ages increase unplanned pregnancies and pre-term births among young people.


Scientists link influenza A (H1N1) susceptibility to common levels of arsenic exposure

Scientists link influenza A (H1N1) susceptibility to common levels of arsenic exposure

Medicine & Health / Research

created May 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

The ability to mount an immune response to influenza A (H1N1) infection is significantly compromised by a low level of arsenic exposure that commonly occurs through drinking contaminated well water, scientists ...


Prevention program helps teens override a gene linked to risky behavior

Medicine & Health / Other

created May 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A family-based prevention program designed to help adolescents avoid substance use and other risky behavior proved especially effective for a group of young teens with a genetic risk factor contributing toward such behavior, ...


New study finds 'it's never too late to stop drinking'

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 16, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Where there is life there is hope and it is never too late to stop drinking, even with the most severe case of alcohol-related liver disease, according to new research from the University of Southampton.


A 'bionic nose' that knows

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Mar 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Both cancer cells and the chemicals used to make bombs can foil detection because they appear in trace amounts too small for conventional detection techniques. Tel Aviv University has developed the ultimate solution: a molecule ...


Study helps identify college drinkers who might continue excessive drinking as adults

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

College students who are problem drinkers using alcohol to cope with personal problems and boost self-confidence are more likely to continue excessive drinking into adulthood, a recent study suggests.


Acetaldehyde in alcohol -- no longer just the chemical that causes a hangover

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A new study published today in the journal Addiction shows that drinking alcohol is the greatest risk factor for acetaldehyde-related cancer. Heavy drinkers may be at increased risk due to exposure from multiple sources.