Washington, July 21 (ANI): A recent study has revealed the damaging effects of maternal binge drinking during pregnancy are greater among children born to older drinking mothers.
The presence and severity of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) are influenced by factors beyond alcohol consumption.
The researchers studied the factors that may increase the risk of FASD – [...]
Washington, July 6 (ANI): A new study has established a correlation between a difficult childhood and alcohol consumption as a teenager.
Researchers analysed the association between difficult childhood experiences and drunkenness among 9,189 adolescents aged 12-19 years living in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Malawi, and Uganda.
“Overall, 9 percent of adolescents reported that they had been drunk in [...]
Washington, June 17 (ANI): According to a review, there has been little progress in understanding the effects of alcohol on foetal development during pregnancy.
Four first-year medical students at Georgetown University School of Medicine conducted a review of literature on FAS (Foetal Alcohol Syndrome) and found that there have been little clinical changes related to the [...]
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Kolkata: Alcohol consumption boosts cancer mortality risk: Drinking alcohol boosts risk of death from cancer as stated by a new study published in the May 2010 edition of Journal of Epidemiology.
The study also states that people consuming alcohol at a regular basis are 4 times more prone to die from cancer in comparison to [...]
Washington, May 14 (ANI): People with non-Hodgkin’’s lymphoma—who smoked, consumed alcohol or were obese before their cancer diagnosis—had poorer overall survival, as compared to patients who did not have these risk factors, a new study found.
The finding by researchers from Mayo Clinic in collaboration with six other U.S. institutions, was made after accounting for clinical [...]
Washington, Dec 19 (ANI): Wish to avoid that post party hangover? Well, then avoid red wine and dark spirits and stick to white wine or vodka, say scientists.
In a new study, boffins have confirmed that the type of morning after you suffer is all down to the colour of your tipple.
Many alcoholic beverages contain byproducts [...]
London, Jun 9 (ANI): Brit actor and ex-footballer Vinnie Jones has revealed that he keeps his alcohol intake under control by following his director pal Guy Ritchie’s Kabbalah teachings.
Jones, 44, has landed in trouble many times because of his drinking, with one incident leading to his arrest in 2003 for a drunken attack on an [...]
London, June 7 (ANI): A new survey has defied the long-held belief that British women consume a lot of alcohol.
In the study, by YouGov, 73 percent of women aged 25 to 34 claimed that they drink less than 14 units of alcohol a week, with 75 per cent of 18 to 24-year-olds, and 79 per [...]
