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Drinking alcohol before 15 years of age is risky for later alcohol problems

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created Sep 29, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (5) | comments 0

It may seem like a minor point, but it matters when someone takes their first drink of alcohol relative to later development of alcohol problems. A new study of the relationship between age at first drink (AFD) and the risk ...





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New study finds daily drinking is biggest risk factor in serious liver disease

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created Mar 20, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Long-term daily drinking, rather than weekly binge drinking, is by far the biggest risk factor in serious liver disease, according to a new report from the University of Southampton.


Good relationship with parents may prevent teen drinking problems

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created Apr 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Teenagers who have a strong relationship with their parents may start drinking at a later age -- which may, in turn, lessen their risk of developing alcohol problems, a new study suggests.


Preference for Alcohol in Adolescence May Lead to Heavy Drinking

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created May 05, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists at Duke University Medical Center have shown a connection between early drinking patterns and a tendency to be a heavy drinker in adulthood, in a study of adolescent rats.


Chronic drinking causes more liver injury than acute or binge drinking

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created Feb 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Alcohol consumption is known to cause liver damage. Yet the specifics of alcohol-induced liver injury can differ depending on the pattern of drinking. New rodent findings show that chronic drinking causes more injury - ...


Later Drinking Ages Mean Less Alcohol Use

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created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study finds that adults who legally were able to purchase alcohol before the age of 21 in their states are more likely than others are to be alcoholics or drug addicts.


24-hour drinking linked to shift in hospital attendance patterns

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created Oct 31, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Since the UK's move to 24-hour drinking, a large city centre hospital in Birmingham has seen an increase in drink-related attendances between the hours of 3am and 6am. A new study, published in the open access journal BMC Pu ...


Motivational readiness for alcohol/drug treatment is more about self-evaluation than consequences

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created Mar 10, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

People entering treatment for alcohol or drug problems have different motivations for entering treatment and wanting to change their drinking habits. Those motivations have a significant effect on treatment attendance and ...


New research links teen alcohol use with suicide

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created Feb 04, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (11) | comments 0

Pre-teens who drink alcohol are substantially more likely to be involved in violent behavior as adolescents and young adults, according to new research from Georgia State University's Institute of Public Health.


Combined measures of maternal drinking can predict resulting problems in children

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created Feb 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

While many people are aware that drinking during pregnancy can lead to a range of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASDs), including the serious Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), linkages between maternal-drinking measures and ...


Initiating drinking at younger age heightens women's risk for alcohol dependence

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created Jun 05, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Women born after 1944 began drinking alcohol at younger ages than their elders, and that appears to have put them at greater risk for alcoholism, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. ...



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