With researchers producing a seemingly constant stream of
studies about alcohol's protective effects against dementia, heart disease and other serious health issues, it can be easy for wine lovers to believe their nightly glass of vino is doing -LSB-...]
Not exact matches
Alcohol: The Alabama Course of
Study: Health Education (2003) sets the minimum content standard for teaching
about the harmful effects of substance abuse and promoting positive healthful behavior in grades K - 12.
The
study has been promoted by the bloggers throughout the program, prompting their readers to answer questions
about their parenting style, and where they find information
about parenting, especially as it related to
alcohol.
Also, while folklore says that drinking
alcohol improves milk production,
studies show that
alcohol actually decreases milk production and that the presence of
alcohol in breast milk causes babies to drink
about 20 percent less breast milk.
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
The Scottish Government reduced its limit to 50mg / 100 ml in 2014, but similar measures in the rest of the UK have been resisted because of fears of their impact on pubs
About the Institute of
Alcohol Studies The Institute of Alcohol Studies is an independent institute bringing together evidence, policy and practice from home and abroad to promote an informed debate on alcohol's impact on s
Alcohol Studies The Institute of
Alcohol Studies is an independent institute bringing together evidence, policy and practice from home and abroad to promote an informed debate on alcohol's impact on s
Alcohol Studies is an independent institute bringing together evidence, policy and practice from home and abroad to promote an informed debate on
alcohol's impact on s
alcohol's impact on society.
Notes to Editors The report, «How
alcohol industry organisations mislead the public about alcohol and cancer», by Mark Petticrew, Nason Maani Hessari, Cécile Knai and Elisabete Weiderpass, will be published online in Drug and Alcohol Review at 22:00 6 September 2017 The Institute of Alcohol Studies is an independent institute bringing together evidence, policy and practice from home and abroad to promote and informed debate on alcohol's impact on s
alcohol industry organisations mislead the public
about alcohol and cancer», by Mark Petticrew, Nason Maani Hessari, Cécile Knai and Elisabete Weiderpass, will be published online in Drug and Alcohol Review at 22:00 6 September 2017 The Institute of Alcohol Studies is an independent institute bringing together evidence, policy and practice from home and abroad to promote and informed debate on alcohol's impact on s
alcohol and cancer», by Mark Petticrew, Nason Maani Hessari, Cécile Knai and Elisabete Weiderpass, will be published online in Drug and
Alcohol Review at 22:00 6 September 2017 The Institute of Alcohol Studies is an independent institute bringing together evidence, policy and practice from home and abroad to promote and informed debate on alcohol's impact on s
Alcohol Review at 22:00 6 September 2017 The Institute of
Alcohol Studies is an independent institute bringing together evidence, policy and practice from home and abroad to promote and informed debate on alcohol's impact on s
Alcohol Studies is an independent institute bringing together evidence, policy and practice from home and abroad to promote and informed debate on
alcohol's impact on s
alcohol's impact on society.
Ahead of the release of the new London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine report «How
alcohol industry organisations mislead the public about alcohol and cancer», please find the following statement issued by the Institute of Alcohol Studies, below (in
alcohol industry organisations mislead the public
about alcohol and cancer», please find the following statement issued by the Institute of Alcohol Studies, below (in
alcohol and cancer», please find the following statement issued by the Institute of
Alcohol Studies, below (in
Alcohol Studies, below (in bold).
Commenting on the new report that provides documented evidence of how the
alcohol industry is misleading the public about the risks associated with alcohol and cancer, Institute of Alcohol Studies Chief Executive Katherine Brown said: «This report shows that, like the tobacco industry before them, alcohol companies are misleading consumers about the evidence linking their products to
alcohol industry is misleading the public
about the risks associated with
alcohol and cancer, Institute of Alcohol Studies Chief Executive Katherine Brown said: «This report shows that, like the tobacco industry before them, alcohol companies are misleading consumers about the evidence linking their products to
alcohol and cancer, Institute of
Alcohol Studies Chief Executive Katherine Brown said: «This report shows that, like the tobacco industry before them, alcohol companies are misleading consumers about the evidence linking their products to
Alcohol Studies Chief Executive Katherine Brown said: «This report shows that, like the tobacco industry before them,
alcohol companies are misleading consumers about the evidence linking their products to
alcohol companies are misleading consumers
about the evidence linking their products to cancer.
However, the
study used self - reported
alcohol consumption and relied on observational data, so no firm conclusions can me made
about cause and effect.
This is an observational
study so no firm conclusions can be drawn
about cause and effect, added to which the questionnaire captured dietary habits for one week only and it didn't include
alcohol or coffee, which may have boosted calorie intake among the 18 - 19 year olds.
In this episode, the conclusion of a two - part interview with anthropologist Carel Van Schaik
about intelligence in animals; astronomer Steven Squyres talks
about the current state of the Mars Rovers Spirit and Opportunity; and cardiologist Arthur Klatsky rebuts a recent meta -
study that claims that light - to - moderate
alcohol consumption confers no cardiovascular health benefits.
To examine this link more closely, Swartzwelder and colleagues
studied the sedative effects of
alcohol by injecting the equivalent of
about 20 drinks of
alcohol into adolescent and adult rats of both genders and throughout the females» estrous cycle.
The results of this
study suggest that counseling focused only on informing patients
about the negative consequences of drug and
alcohol use may miss a key aspect of why people are using these substances.
In this
study over 100,000 pregnant Danish women were interviewed at three separate occasions
about their consumption of
alcohol twice in pregnancy and again at age six month of their child.
The researchers feel that their
study could impact beliefs
about Native Americans»
alcohol use.
Alcohol outlets, however, were responsible for
about four times more violent crimes during the 34 months of the
study than those that sold marijuana (372 vs. 93).
Many animal
studies have shown that
alcohol increases the firing of dopamine - sensitive neurons in the VTA, but little is known
about exactly why this occurs.
A new
study conducted in rats offers clues
about how teen drinking alters brain chemistry, suggesting early
alcohol use has long - term effects on decision making.
Among the
study's key findings was that mice given lithium chloride after
alcohol consumption and mice that never consumed
alcohol had the same duration of undisrupted sleep of
about 10 hours per day, while untreated mice given
alcohol woke up as many as 50 times per hour.
«This research provides new insight
about the potentially harmful effects of a lack of sleep on the brain and has implications for better characterizing the pathology of Alzheimer's disease,» said George F. Koob, Ph.D., director of the National Institute on
Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health, which funded the
study.
Although it is known that excessive
alcohol intake (more than two drinks per day) is a risk factor for stroke, there hasn't been much scientific
study about how
alcohol - related behavior might change after a stroke has occurred.
At follow - up,
about a third of personnel who had probable PTSD, depression or anxiety (excluding
alcohol misuse) at the start of the
study had sought mental health care over the past 12 months, with no difference between the control and screening groups (35.8 % (53/148) in the control group vs. 32.9 % (82/249) in the screening group)(appx p. 5).
«This
study's findings make a significant contribution to the [field] by using a discordant twin design to address issues
about the association between childhood verbal ability and subsequent
alcohol use in adolescence and young adulthood,» said Windle.
Lead researcher Dr. Ty Brumback adds, «The most important thing
about the
study is that despite heavy drinkers» extensive experience with
alcohol, increased speed of metabolism, and lower self - perceived impairment, we show that on a more demanding task they are just as impaired as light drinkers.»
The current
study differs from previous investigations in that — instead of relying only on participants» answers to survey questions
about their use of stimulants and other drugs,
alcohol consumption and other factors including quality of life — it relied on structured interviews that have been validated for the diagnosis of neuropsychiatric disorders, including substance - use disorders.
Study participants were asked
about their SNS use,
alcohol consumption,
alcohol problems and their
alcohol - related use of SNSs, as well as a series of questions designed to measure their motivations for drinking.
In support, in 2008 Mary O'Brien et al. published the results of a
study that examined college students who consumed either
alcohol or
alcohol — caffeine beverages and found that
about twice many of those who consumed
alcohol — caffeine beverages reported being taken advantage of sexually or being injured compared to those consuming only
alcohol.
«In this
study, we have a narrow focus on diabetes only,» wrote Tolstrup, «but since
alcohol is related to more than 50 different diseases and conditions — reflecting that
alcohol affects virtually every organ system of the body — any recommendations
about how to drink and how much to drink should not be inferred from this
study or any
study investigating associations between
alcohol and a single outcome.»
They asked the participants to return bottles to try to improve adherence and asked them to complete a different questionnaire
about alcohol intake outside of the
study.
«However, while the
study asks questions
about frequency and amount of tobacco and
alcohol use, for e-cigarettes it only asks whether a young person has ever tried or purchased an e-cigarette.
This
study adds to that literature by reporting on use from one region in England, where a large sample was asked
about e-cigarettes alongside tobacco and
alcohol consumption.
«The strongest predictor of both drinking
alcohol and posting
about it on SNSs was espousing an
alcohol identity - meaning that the individuals considered drinking a part of who they are,» said
study co-author Charee Thompson, a communication
studies assistant professor at Ohio University.
«The results change our thinking
about how
alcohol responses affect the development of an
alcohol - use disorder,» said Andrea King, PhD, professor of psychiatry and behavioral neuroscience at the University of Chicago and lead author of the
study.
There have been more than 25
studies published
about alcoholâ $ ™ s impact on sleep, and while itâ $ ™ s true that
alcohol tends to reduce the amount of time it takes to fall asleep, it also disrupts overall sleep, particularly important REM sleep, which is mentally restorative.
According to a
study that appeared in
Alcohol Health and Research World Journal, researchers initially attributed AW to nutritional deficiency (a common deficiency among alcoholics brought
about by poor appetite and diet) and direct intoxication.
«More research should be done, but there is a growing body of evidence which suggests that women previously diagnosed with breast cancer should speak with their doctor
about possibly limiting their consumption of
alcohol,» says the lead researcher on the
study, Marilyn L. Kwan, PhD, a staff scientist at Kaiser Permanente in Oakland.
In a recent
study in the journal Rheumatology, researchers asked
about 1,800 people
about their
alcohol - drinking habits and RA.
Let's talk
about alcohol for a minute... On the one hand, blue zone
studies show that most healthy populations consume moderate amounts of
alcohol (usually wine).
A recent 2007
study published in the journal Obesity adds new findings to our knowledge
about alcohol, insulin resistance and abdominal obesity and gives us some insights into why some people seem to drink and get fat while others seem to drink and get thin!
I cited the
study whose results are shown below, for example, in my Wise Traditions article and my blog post, «The Sweet Truth
About Liver and Egg Yolks: Choline Matters More to Fatty Liver Than Sugar,
Alcohol, or Fat.»
Researchers
studied 125 brains of deceased men of different ages and asked relatives questions
about their
alcohol consumption.
I've written
about this idea before, including
studies showing that stress hormones play a major role is
alcohol addiction and dieting failures.
What
about the
studies that indicate
alcohol puts a pause on all fat burning as
alcohol cant be stored.
In the
study,
about 1.3 million women, with an average age of 55, who visited UK breast cancer screening clinics between 1996 to 2001 answered a variety of questions, including the type and frequency of
alcohol consumption, smoking, body mass index, exercise, and use of oral contraceptives and hormone replacement therapy.
Dr. Joe Kahn: Well it's all - it's across the board, but it's usually 1 ounce hard liquor, 5 ounces of wine, 8 ounces of beer is
about the same
alcohol content and
studies don't differentiate.
This week: A new
study says drinking
alcohol is better than exercise for longevity; an expert's take on the keto diet; new hope for people with life - threatening peanut allergies; how one couple faces life with bipolar disorder; the truth
about drinking bottled water; and how to set healthy habits you won't forget.
November 16, 2012 • Despite the perception that Americans are a bunch of boozers, a new
study shows men in their 20s and 30s take in
about 175 calories a day in
alcohol; for women, it's
about 60 calories.
32 Vigorous exercise can lead to academic gains; many kids drinking
alcohol by sixth grade,
study shows; students read
about bays and keep track of miles as they run across America.»
There are now a number of
studies about tobacco and
alcohol increasing spontaneous abortions but one must be careful to distinguish
studies whose patient population has a confirmed pregnancy (seven weeks after last menses) from those «early pregnancy loss»
studies using daily urine samples tested for human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) to detect pregnancy via hCG rise in the second week after ovulation.