Specifically, a mouse paradigm that mimics
binge alcohol drinking in humans produced a robust reduction in BDNF mRNA levels in the medial PFC (mPFC), which was associated with increased expression of several miRNAs including miR - 30a - 5p.
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Binge drinking» is out — «heavy
alcohol use» is what you should say.
Binge drinking hampers academic excellence insofar as heavy drinkers are more likely to skip class, fall behind in classwork, and have
alcohol - related health problems that hamper academic success.
Spotlight - UK
drinks sector falls victim to sin tax strategy The steep rise in
alcohol duties announced in yesterday's Budget, which the Government says will help to tackle
binge drinking, follows
Binge drinking,
drinking lots of
alcohol in a short period of time or
drinking to get
drunk, can lead to falls, mood problems, memory disorders, mental health issues, dreadful hangovers and unnecessary weight gain.
Instead of dry January I am picking 2 - 3 days a week where I will
drink some
alcohol but still be aware of the quantities and not
binge drink lots on those days, and then have dry days for the rest of the week.
If the prenatal exposure to
alcohol occurred in the context of social
drinking or
binge drinking prior to knowledge about being pregnant, it is important to address the mother's emotions and concerns, and support her decision to quit
alcohol use when she did.
Another study from Denmark, which was based on prospective data about maternal
alcohol use, also found a significant relationship between maternal
binge drinking and postneonatal infant mortality, including SIDS.219
As well as looking at how young people obtain
alcohol, the government will also attempt to deter them from
binge drinking with renewed public health campaigns, as well as warnings targeted at teenage girls about what
alcohol can do to their looks.
He said anyone selling
alcohol to under - 18s is fuelling the problems associated with
binge drinking and giving young people «the worst possible start in life».
«Rather than one off campaigns we need concerted action over the long term to tackle
binge drinking and
alcohol - related disorder.»
This article is from the April 2013 issue of Total Politics The scandal of Britain's
binge drinking - culture continues to make headlines and the government has proposed a minimum unit price on
alcohol by way of a solution.
The proposals have come under fierce criticism from
drinks companies, who argue it would punish responsible drinkers and that problems of
binge drinking are societal, not related to the price of
alcohol.
Binge drinking, underage
drinking and
alcohol - related crime have fallen significantly.
«Government's plans to introduce a ban on selling
alcohol below the cost of duty and VAT will hardly touch the sides in dealing with
binge -
drinking and
alcohol - related harms.
Teens who watched booze - infused movies were more likely to try
alcohol and
binge drink than kids who didn't see such movies.
The study, providing the first picture of
alcohol use and
binge drinking by US college students with disabilities, is out in Public Health Reports, a SAGE Publishing journal and the official journal of the Office of the U.S. Surgeon General and the U.S. Public Health Service.
The National Institute on
Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism defines binge drinking as a pattern of drinking that brings a person's blood alcohol concentration to 0.08 or
Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism defines
binge drinking as a pattern of
drinking that brings a person's blood
alcohol concentration to 0.08 or
alcohol concentration to 0.08 or above.
Binge drinking, defined as having four or more
drinks on an occasion for women, or five or more
drinks on an occasion for men, can produce blood
alcohol levels greater than 0.08 percent, which is the legal limit for driving in the United States.
After controlling for age, race, sex, marital status, education, drug use, and smoking, compared to people who did not
binge drink, people who
drank at the various
binge levels were much more likely to experience an
alcohol - related emergency department visit; have an
alcohol use disorder; be injured because of
drinking; be arrested or have legal problems resulting from
alcohol use; or be the driver in an
alcohol - related traffic crash.
«In an internationally - significant breakthrough, our study showed pindolol was able to reduce ethanol /
alcohol consumption, particularly in relation to
binge drinking, a key behaviour observed in human
alcohol dependence.»
Binge drinking is a major public health issue because it is an important risk factor for
alcohol - related injuries, accidental death, unsafe sexual behaviour, and long - term substance abuse problems.
«For the first time, our study points to a risk difference between
drinking daily and
drinking five or six days a week in the general male population, since earlier studies were conducted on
alcohol misusers and patients referred for liver disease and compared daily
drinking to «
binge pattern» or «episodic»
drinking,» observed lead investigator Gro Askgaard, MD, of the Department of Hepatology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, and the National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark.
«After having a sleeve gastrectomy, if a woman has a couple of
drinks, she could be exposing her brain to blood
alcohol levels that are achieved in a woman without surgery when she consumes four or five
drinks,» adds first author M. Belen Acevedo, a postdoc in Pepino's group at U of I. «
Drinking, such that it raises blood alcohol levels above legal drinking limits, is considered a binge drinking episode and has been associated with an increased risk of developing alcohol problems
Drinking, such that it raises blood
alcohol levels above legal
drinking limits, is considered a binge drinking episode and has been associated with an increased risk of developing alcohol problems
drinking limits, is considered a
binge drinking episode and has been associated with an increased risk of developing alcohol problems
drinking episode and has been associated with an increased risk of developing
alcohol problems.»
In humans this would be comparable to
binge drinking, or blood
alcohol levels roughly two to three times that of the U.S. legal driving limit of 0.08 percent, Morikawa says.
Top: Dendritic spines are less dense after rats were exposed to
alcohol in patterns mimicking
binge drinking.
In contrast to enduring stories about extraordinarily high rates of
alcohol misuse among Native Americans, University of Arizona researchers have found that Native Americans»
binge and heavy
drinking rates actually match those of whites.
Loyola's nationally recognized
Alcohol Research Program investigates such issues as how heavy drinking hinders the body's ability to recover from burns and trauma; how alcohol abuse damages bones; and whether teen binge drinking can increase the risk of mood disorders later i
Alcohol Research Program investigates such issues as how heavy
drinking hinders the body's ability to recover from burns and trauma; how
alcohol abuse damages bones; and whether teen binge drinking can increase the risk of mood disorders later i
alcohol abuse damages bones; and whether teen
binge drinking can increase the risk of mood disorders later in life.
The study found that each 10 percentage point increase in the strength of a state's policy environment was related to an 8 percent reduction in the likelihood of youth
drinking any
alcohol, and a 7 percent reduction in the likelihood of
binge drinking, defined as
drinking past the point of intoxication.
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Binge drinking can increase the risk of developing alcoholism, so women need to be careful about how much
alcohol they
drink.
A new study has found that sleep difficulties and hours of sleep can predict a number of specific problems, including
binge drinking, driving under the influence of
alcohol, and risky sexual behavior in a nationally representative sample.
«Substance - related problems such as
binge drinking, driving under the influence of
alcohol, and risky sexual behavior are more important than others due to their association with reckless driving, automobile accidents, physical injuries and even death, as well as risk for sexually transmitted disease and unplanned pregnancy.»
A new study has found that sleep difficulties and hours of sleep can predict a number of specific problems, including
binge drinking, driving under the influence of
alcohol, and risky sexual behavior.
The purpose of this study was to examine whether sleep difficulties and hours of sleep prospectively predicted several serious substance - related problems that included
binge drinking, driving under the influence of
alcohol, and risky sexual behavior.»
Overtiredness in childhood has also directly predicted the presence of
binge drinking, blackouts, driving after
drinking alcohol, and number of lifetime
alcohol problems in young adulthood.
«Sleep difficulties at the first wave significantly predicted
alcohol - related interpersonal problems,
binge drinking, gotten
drunk or very high on
alcohol, driving under the influence of
alcohol, getting into a sexual situation one later regretted due to
drinking, and ever using any illicit drugs and drugs - related problems at the second wave,» said Wong.
Nearly 12 percent of respondents reported driving in the previous two weeks after
drinking alcohol, 17 percent reported riding with a driver who
drank alcohol, and seven percent reported driving after
binge drinking.
New research provides evidence of a mechanism through which energy
drinks may increase
binge drinking: combining energy
drinks with
alcohol increases people's desire to keep
drinking more than if they
drank alcohol alone.
Results indicated that even limited
binge - like
alcohol drinking disrupts liver function, which could lead to more severe forms of liver damage.
Yet if it is the case that energy
drinks increase
binge drinking, the popularity of A+ED s could exacerbate
alcohol - related harms among young people, particularly harms related to intoxication, such as car accidents and injuries from fights or falls.»
«While
binge drinking among eighth, 10th, and 12th grade students remains well below the levels seen a decade ago, the downward trend in
binge drinking appears to have slowed somewhat in recent years,» said George F. Koob, Ph.D., director of the National Institute on
Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
Researchers at UCSF compared the metabolic effects in mice of repeated
binge - like
alcohol drinking, a single
binge -
drinking session, and repeated moderate
alcohol drinking.
For four weeks, they gave female rats a diet containing 6.7 percent
alcohol, which raised their blood
alcohol levels to those of
binge drinking in humans.
Among
alcohol users 18 to 44 years old, 15 percent of nonpregnant women and 1.4 percent of pregnant women report that they
binge drank in the past month, according to a 2012 phone survey from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The groups were compared on five outcome measures: frequent
binge drinking,
alcohol - related problems, arrests, marijuana use, and hard drug use.
In one set of these embryos, the researchers injected a quantity of
alcohol into their shells proportional to the amount that would be considered a single episode of
binge drinking in a pregnant woman.
When the researchers dosed the rats with higher levels of
alcohol through injections in an effort to mimic the effects of
binge drinking, however, the results were very different.
A team of UC San Francisco researchers has found that a tiny segment of genetic material known as a microRNA plays a central role in the transition from moderate
drinking to
binge drinking and other
alcohol use disorders.
We get qualified study participants from San Diego, California to try new and exciting treatments that can help curb
binge drinking and
alcohol cravings.
Subjects who exacerbated their
binge drinking habits were more likely to have reported positive and stimulating effects of
alcohol in the laboratory, even though they were unaware at the time of what they were
drinking.