Fraternity/sorority members who get drunk weekly at higher risk of injuries
...tive of risk for injury than asking students about binge drinking, which is defined as four or more alcoholic drinks in a row for females and five drinks for males. The Wake Forest researchers found that in addition to increased risk for falls and burns, Greek students who got drunk were at increased risk...Prenatal alcohol exposure can alter circadian rhythms in offspring
...through nine. The alcohol level represented heavy binge drinking. An artificially reared control group (n = 8) and a normally reared control group (n = 8) were also included in the study design. At 10 to 12 weeks of age, wheel-running behavior was continuously measured for eight days under a 12-hour lig...Scientists discover how coffee can reduce risk of pancreatitis
...indings can be used to warn against the dangers of binge drinking. Some of the effects of the non-oxidative alcohol products on isolated pancreatic cells cannot be reversed, explaining why excess alcohol intake can be so dangerous."...Binge drinkers have highest risk of alcohol-related injury
...s found, and the risk is greatest during a bout of binge drinking. "It's not only the amount of alcohol co...those who usually consume moderately but sometimes binge drink. This is true for both sexes." Gmel, of the Alcohol Treatment Center at the Lausanne Universi...Health seriously declines, disparities increase as youths become adults
..., inactivity, obesity, tobacco use, substance use, binge drinking, violence, reproductive health, mental he...nsistently disadvantaged. For example, smoking and binge drinking increased significantly for all groups, with increasing disparity between racial groups ove...Most behaviors preceding major causes of preventable death have begun by young adulthood
..., inactivity, obesity, tobacco use, substance use, binge drinking, violence, reproductive health, mental he...r females) and white males had the highest rate of binge drinking (67 percent). At adulthood, blacks were the least likely to smoke cigarettes (13 percent fo...Thanksgiving gluttony misaligned with 'intuitive eating' approach examined in new study
...g creates psychological and physiological urges to binge on taboo foods, and, although in the short term people may have binges when they first start eating intuitively, they eventually learn to trust themselves. One technique Hawks suggests is having an abundance of previously taboo foods on hand. Once th...A recipe for overeating: Studies outline dangers of mixing stress, deprivation and tempting foods
... dieters rebound and even one cookie can trigger a binge if someone's predisposed to binge. The findings ... change the brain's opioid control of eating. The binge eating occurred after rats experienced both foot shock (stress) and cyclic caloric restriction (diet...Study shows that prenatal exposure to alcohol may cause visual problems in infants
...ria for full FAS were born to mothers who reported binge drinking (greater than 5 drinks per occasion) during pregnancy. The authors also found that the infants born to mothers ages 30 and older who drank during pregnancy were at greater risk for poor visual acuity, although the older mothers did not drink...Physical inactivity worsens GI symptoms in obese people
...n symptoms of IBS, abdominal pain and diarrhea and binge eating was associated with an increase in abdomina... than 13 percent had IBS and nearly 6 percent were binge eaters. On average, participants in this study were classified as obese, with an average BMI of 33....Adolescent binge drinking issues
...ogy presented the latest information on adolescent binge drinking. The conference was co-sponsored by the A...h the health and social implications of adolescent binge drinking. The conference featured an overview of the epidemiology of binge drinking, including use p...Seven deadly sins: A new look at society through an old lens
...ids and adults, sexual behaviour, corporate greed, binge drinking, rising personal debt and political apath...ion contracts. GLUTTONY 'Binge drinking' and the binge economy An extraordinary amount of media attention focuses on alcohol consumption and its impact on...'Binge drinkers': Folk devils of the binge economy
...tion of the government's alcohol strategy, where a binge drinker is described as someone who drinks to get ... drunk and disorderly in public places'. As such, binge drinkers are indispensable folk devils. They are noisy, urinate in public and violent. This brings t...Drinking for just eight weeks impairs learning and memory in mice
...y troubling for college students who may engage in binge drinking. "People should exercise caution against binge drinking since cognitive deficits may ensue," he said. Researchers fed eight-week-old male mice, of ...ACPM to host web-based conference on adolescent binge drinking
...nt and growing public health problem of adolescent binge drinking. Adolescents and Binge Drinking: A Clinic...ce will feature an overview of the epidemiology of binge drinking, including identifying use patterns and trends, and the risks associated with this type of ...Facial trauma may cause significant social and behavioral problems
...c stress disorder, unemployment, marital problems, binge drinking and depression, according to a study by Yale School of Medicine researchers. Although the study included only 20 subjects, the findings are significant and address an issue that has not been widely studied, said the senior author, John Per...Alcohol-impaired driving on the increase, study shows
... driving were reported by people who also reported binge drinking, defined as consuming five or more drinks...impaired driving with special emphasis on reducing binge drinking." "This is not just a statistical bump or noise in the data," he added. "This is a true b...Alcohol magnifies the rewarding effects of smoking, even for light smokers
...ges may increase rapidly after a person engages in binge drinking, that is, consuming four or more drinks relatively quickly. These urges remained elevated even when BACs were declining, so a person may be at increased risk for wanting to smoke for hours after drinking alcohol." The researchers also found...College students likely drink much more alcohol than they think they do
...self-reported drinking." "If we tell students that binge drinking four drinks for females and five for males at a time is dangerous and we want them to stay under this limit, then we absolutely must do a better job of teaching them what a drink is," added White. "Not doing so would be like telling peopl...