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Doctors apparently have a hard time spotting drinking problems unless a patient turns up drunk, a study reveals. The study says that if patients are not already intoxicated, GPs on an average can only detect 40 percent of cases of problem drinkers. For the study, an overview of 39 previous studies was conducted by Leicester University researchers, which involved 20,000 patients.
New research has revealed that concussions and even lesser head impacts may speed up the brain's natural aging process.
According to a latest study, alcohol is the social icebreaker. Researchers have found that moderate amount of alcohol when consumed in social groups, helps people boost their emotions and enhances social bonding. Also, it can reduce negative emotions or at least reduce the display of it by being silent in a group.
Alcohol consumption is the third largest reason for the factor responsible for onset of various diseases and in spite of that, there are only three FDA approved drugs available to treat Alcohol dependence.
Researchers have looked at a series of coordinated strategies that address alcohol availability, alcohol policy enforcement and drinking norms that can help colleges and their communities protect students from the harms of high-risk drinking.
According to a team of Harvard researchers, men diagnosed with prostate cancer are less likely to die from the disease than from largely preventable conditions such as heart disease.
University at Buffalo researchers have found a link between the consumption of caffeinated energy drinks mixed with alcohol and casual, risky sex among college-age adults.
European experts think that rather than asking people to choose healthier food, it is better that government increases tax on high salt and fat content foods and dangles subsidies on fruits and vegetables. The group from the European Association for Cardiovascular Prevention & Rehabilitation said that it is needed to cut salt and fat in processed food and also important to put a clear food labeling.
A latest study warns mothers to be of drinking heavily during pregnancy as the study reveals that it could cause central nervous system abnormalities in children. The study further reveals that most of the children whose mothers drink during pregnancy do not necessarily develop fetal alcohol syndrome. Diagnosis of this condition requires abnormalities in three areas: facial features, physical growth and the central nervous system.Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders are a range of problems which ari...
Women suffering eating disorders to chase the image of a 'perfect' body have been in the realm of society's sub-conscious for time immemorial.
A latest study warns those who drink at home to check how strong the alcohol content is.
A new government study has revealed that almost eight percent of women who are pregnant report alcohol use, leaving the topic about drinking among pregnant women in the United States an important public health issue.
According to a researchers from the The Miriam Hospital's Center for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, nearly 25 percent of college women try smoking tobacco with a hookah, or water pipe, for the first time during their freshman year.
Researchers have concluded that young women might have bladder control problems that may be linked to birth control use.
According to a new review published in the Cochrane Library, there's no good evidence that fans help during a heat wave.
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