Tag: alcohol abuse
The impacts of heavy drinking on the brain
The impacts of heavy drinking on the human brain and the behavioral changes linked to excessive alcohol consumption were recently analyzed in a study...
New data: 33 percent of Americans have participated in past-year binge...
Approximately 33 percent of American adults have been binge drinking on at least one occasion within a year, according to a study that will...
Poor sleep habits linked to alcohol use disorder in youths
Adolescent students who reported daytime sleepiness were more likely to drink alcohol, experience episodes of heavy drinking, alcohol use disorder or related complications, according...
Binge drinking in NYC by neighborhood, race and ethnicity
A 2016 study looked into the relationship between binge drinking and different New York City neighborhoods, with a focus on race and ethnicity. “Drinking behaviors...
New data supports use of muscle relaxant to treat alcoholism
French health care authorities gathered at a Paris conference on March 17 to announce that two clinical studies had been finalized, and their results...
The link between negative sexual events and prescription drug misuse
Sexual events perceived as negative among college students are often associated with the misuse of prescription drugs, a new study published in the journal...
The interwoven social fabric of substance abuse and attorneys
A recent study published in the Journal of Addiction Medicine delved into the extent of substance use disorders (SUDs) and mental health issues among...
The link between drug abuse and postpartum depression
A new study from North Carolina State University (NCSU) and the University of British Columbia (UBC) revealed that a woman’s lifelong record of drug...
Alcohol and substance misuse costs US economy more than $440 billion...
Alcohol and substance misuse has an impact of approximately $442 billion a year on the American economy, according to a recent report from the...
Millennial women are closing the alcoholic gender gap
According to a recent international analysis published by the British Medical Journal (BMJ) Open, for the first time ever, the gap between men’s and...