Busted: 4 Popular Myths About Your Health
	Since our health really is – or at least, it should be – our most precious asset, we're all likely to feel extremely protective when it comes to our own bodies, so much so in fact that to some extent, we all believe in small "superstitions", things we acquired or were taught, various myths about certain aspects that have to do with our lifestyle, food intake and other situations we deal with every day. My mother always used ... [read more >>]
	13 May 2008, 04:55GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Stress Reaction: Women Get Depressed, Men Drink Alcohol
	What they say about men being from Mars and women from Venus is now an almost established fact, as is also that they have different brains and different behaviors. However, this becomes all the more obvious when it comes to them coping with stress. Women facing stressful situations are more prone to depression and anxiety, while men in the same situation have an alcohol-craving response, as revealed by a new study to be published in the Ju ... [read more >>]
	13 May 2008, 04:35GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Why Drunk People Show No Fear
	It is clear that alcohol consumption can turn a gentleman into a rude beast. For the first time, a new research study published in The Journal of Neuroscience explains why. Social drinkers intoxicated with alcohol have lowered sensitivity in brain nuclei controlling threat detection, while displaying higher activity in brain nuclei connected to reward. "The key finding of this study is that after alcohol exposure, threa ... [read more >>]
	30 April 2008, 10:44GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Jessica Simpson Hospitalized Because of Booze
	Jessica Simpson was hospitalized for a few days a little over two weeks ago, and details are now emerging that might point out her rumored kidney infection was triggered by a very agitated lifestyle and a dramatic increase in her alcohol consumption. Star magazine broke the story citing "inside sources" - which can only mean that someone had access to Jessica's medical records and we might be dealing with yet anoth ... [read more >>]
	19 April 2008, 04:12GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Lindsay's Maybe-Lesbian Pal Keeps Her Away from Drugs
	Lindsay Lohan could hardly be called "sober" these days, despite the fact that the thrice-rehabbed actress has repeatedly claimed she managed to get her drug and alcohol abuse under control. There is no shortage of "Lindsay Lohan drunken photos" depicting LiLo usually accompanied by a friend making her way out of various clubs in the small hours of the morning bravely putting on her best "sober" face ... [read more >>]
	16 April 2008, 11:00GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Alcohol, Female Sex Hormones and Breasts
	Alcohol may boost the libido and remove inhibitions. In the end, this may mean more sex. But there is nothing sexy either in a drunk woman, or in how the alcohol impacts her body. More specifically, her breasts, as revealed by a new research presented at the American Association for Cancer Research 2008 Annual Meeting, April 12-16. Alcohol has been linked to breast cancer by various researches. One of the largest studies revealed that ... [read more >>]
	14 April 2008, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The Brain of Your Child on Cocaine, Alcohol and Tobacco
	It's clear that exposing an unborn child to drugs, alcohol and tobacco affects its brain development. This is supported by too many researches. In these cases, mothers don't limit themselves to one substance, and other factors like poverty can affect brain development as well. A new research published in the journal "Pediatrics", and carried out by a team led by Children's Hospital Boston neurologist D ... [read more >>]
	14 April 2008, 03:48GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Marijuana + Alcoohol = Massive Brain Cell Death
	Marijuana is by far the most common illicit drug in the western world. However, pregnant women should be aware that this drug could affect severely the brain development of the children in their wombs. THC, the main active chemical of marijuana, enters into the fetal blood causing intrauterine growth retardation and a temporary syndrome comprising lethargy and lowered muscle tone, but also, on long term, attention deficits, learn ... [read more >>]
	09 April 2008, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Alcohol Controls Brain DNA Activity
	Alcohol acts like a drug when alcoholism is installed. Alcohol withdrawal symptoms, like anxiety, represent a reality. A new research carried out at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, and published in the "Journal of Neuroscience," has found the reason behind this: the gene expression in the brain cells is impacted. DNA activity is modified by "epigenetic" modifications, min ... [read more >>]
	03 April 2008, 05:02GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

How Alcohol Consumption Prolongs Your Life
	Total abstinence does not seem to be the way to a long life. A new research published in the "American Journal of Medicine" shows that indeed drinkers prolong their lives and chase away the danger of heart disease. Those who began drinking in middle age were 38% less likely to undergo a heart attack or other severe heart issues, compared to abstainers, even when overweight, diabetes, high blood pressure and other heart risks wer ... [read more >>]
	27 March 2008, 15:56GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

New Organic Molecule Found in Space
	In more than four decades of space study, astronomers have been able to identify more than 140 different molecular substances in interstellar clouds of matter, but also in accretion disks surrounding young stars. Many of these substances fall into the 'bio'-molecule category of molecules and are mostly interstellar amino acids, which is extremely important while considering that amino acids are the building blocks of proteins, th ... [read more >>]
	27 March 2008, 10:54GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Sagittarius B Contains a Billion Billion Billion Liters of Alcohol
	Now here is an ideal place where one could open a pub! Too bad it's 26,000 light years away from Earth, not to talk about the fact that the substance in question is not even drinkable. According to a research conducted back in 2001 by a group of researchers from the National Science Foundation, the Sagittarius B molecular gas cloud contains absolutely massive amounts of vinyl alcohol, which could point towards the origin of ... [read more >>]
	13 March 2008, 05:05GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Who Are the World's Most Promiscuous Women?
	Biologically, men are designed to be more active sexually, because of the higher quantity of testosterone in their bodies. And except some remote cultures, like in Tibet or Southern India, where polyandry (a woman can have several husbands) is practiced, this does happen. But the annual Durex Sexual Wellbeing Global Survey, made on 26,000 subjects from 26 countries, found that New Zealand women have in fact more sex partners than New Zea ... [read more >>]
	08 March 2008, 05:21GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Intelligent People Are Prone to Alcoholism
	The higher your IQ coefficient is, the more drinks you take daily. These are the results of a research made by the Medical Research Council and published in the "American Journal of Public Health," which points that women are particularly prone to drink heavily in their thirties, if they have an over-the-average intelligence. It seems that being smart enough to know the bad effects of alcohol is not enough and the ... [read more >>]
	13 February 2008, 04:21GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Someone, Put a Sock in Her Mouth Already!
	Kelly Osbourne must be one of the most annoying people in this world – nothing and no one seems to make her want to shut her mouth and keep her opinions to herself. I know that might sound pretty harsh, but it's true – Kelly is a rich girl, lucky enough to have been born in a rich family and have a famous mommy and daddy to look after her and make her feel like a little princess who owns the world and can do and say anything ... [read more >>]
	23 January 2008, 06:15GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Could the Wino Look Any Worse than This?
	I have no idea who's giving beauty (?) advice to Amy Winehouse, but I'm sure some punitive measures are in order. In other words, she should fire her stylist's a*s as soon as possible, call Lindsay Lohan and get the number of a good hair extension specialist. Because really, black was one thing but this new platinum blonde... is just making my eyes water. I mean, we all know Amy's not too much of a looker, but ... [read more >>]
	10 January 2008, 09:43GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Why a Little Alcohol Prolongs Your Life?
	Being a saint won't help you much. A little alcohol added to an active lifestyle may prolong your life. A new Danish research published in the "European Heart Journal" points that a little alcohol can lower your risk of heart disease. The study enrolled about 12,000 men and women, who have been followed up for about 20 years. During this time, 1,242 died from ischemic heart disease (IHD). Overall, those who did not drin ... [read more >>]
	09 January 2008, 05:07GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Women Drink More Than Men in Drinking Games
	This time, the researchers have participated themselves in such parties, not relying on self reports of the subjects. The results about drinking games and themed parties, published in Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, have been a surprise. "Most studies use survey methods that require people to recall their drinking behavior – days, weeks or months prior – and such recall is not always accurate. By going ... [read more >>]
	08 January 2008, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Don't Worry! Or You're Gonna Die of Heart Attack!
	Bobby McFerrin is right. Manage your anger. Otherwise, you are very likely to die of heart attack. This is known. But it seems that nervous, worrying people are stalked by this as well. A new study, published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC), reveals that longstanding anxiety boosts the likelihood of heart attack. "What we’re seeing is over and beyond what can be explained by blood pressure, obesity, ... [read more >>]
	08 January 2008, 06:03GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Healthy Lifestyle Prolongs Your Life by 14 Years!
	Living like Brad Pitt will prolong your life by 14 years! Exercising, not drinking too much, eating your fruit and vegetables and not smoking can have this impact on you, as found by a research made by the University of Cambridge and the Medical Research Council of Norfolk (UK) between 1993 and 2006 and published in The Public Library of Science Medicine. The long study was made on 20,000 subjects aged 45 to 79. Those who did ... [read more >>]
	08 January 2008, 04:15GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Chronic Alcohol Consumption Turns Males into Homosexuals!
	Alcohol can have a deep impact on sexuality. Many people drink to "loosen up" a bit. Alcohol removes inhibitions, easing the inter-personal contact and giving people more (sometimes significantly more) guts to do what they desire, also being less aware of consequences. Harvard researchers showed that frequent bingers engaged in unplanned sexual activity in 41 % of the cases, compared to 8 % in non binge drinkers and they had ... [read more >>]
	05 January 2008, 05:03GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Big Surprise: Lindsay Is an Alcoholic Slut
	Ever heard of the word "slutscapade"? No? Well, neither did I until a couple of days ago, and even though it's not a legitimate word, it would seem that Lindsay Lohan's latest exploits go beyond the realm of day to day English vocabulary. So, this new word, coined from the more common terms (commonly associated to Lindsay, I mean) "slut" and "escapade", has been designed especially for such a classy ... [read more >>]
	04 January 2008, 08:41GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Native Americans Drank Beer Before the Arrival of the Europeans!
	We know that beer was first testified 5,000 years ago in the Old World, in the ancient Sumer (now southern Iraq) and Egypt. But the ancient Native Americans did not stay dry till the arrival of the Europeans. A new research, presented at the Materials Research Society meeting in Boston, revealed that Pueblo Indians brewed their own brand of corn beer before the contact with the Europeans. 800-year-old Pueblo potsherds from the US Sou ... [read more >>]
	03 January 2008, 03:56GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

12 Things You Did Not Know About Alcohol
	1.Try not to mix beverages; keep consuming the same type of drink all night long. In case you drink cocktails, be sure that you drink the same kind. Consumers say that in order not to get drunk, you should not mix beverages, like whiskey with rum or gin. In reality, the alcohol level in the blood, which determines how drunk you are, depends on the amount of ingested alcohol, independently of the type of alcoholic drink you serve. Still ... [read more >>]
	21 December 2007, 10:54GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

How to Make Pilsen Beer
	Beer is as old as human civilization and we have not decided yet if it's good (as least for the heart and skin) or bad. 5,000 years ago, Sumerians, Babylonians and Egyptians already had over 19 varieties of beer. From Middle East, Europeans adopted this booze and at the beginning of the first millennium it had already became a favorite of Celts, Germans (including Vikings) and other tribes, entering their mythology. During the Midd ... [read more >>]
	10 December 2007, 09:29GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

How Does the Alcohol Damage the Brain?
	Alcohol abuse can provoke a much more lasting damage on the brain and on other internal organs (liver, kidney, pancreas and so on). Studies made on animals have revealed that alcohol can impede the development of new brain cells in adults. Heavy drinking during pregnancy can also impact the development of the baby's brain, provoking the fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), associated with mental retardation. But till now, how the alc ... [read more >>]
	10 December 2007, 05:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

More Alcohol, More than 10 Sex Partners
	Alcohol is considered by many a sexual stimulant and aphrodisiac. Alcohol "loosens up" a bit, removing inhibitions and making the inter-personal contact a lot easier. Alcohol gives people more (sometimes significantly more) guts to do what they desire, also being less aware of consequences. Frequent bingers engaged in unplanned sexual activity in 41% of the cases compared to just 8% in occasional drinkers and they had unprotected ... [read more >>]
	05 December 2007, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Has Lindsay Lohan Hit The Bottle Again? So It Seems...
	I was actually wondering just how long it was going to take before LiLo was back on the bottle – I won't say anything about the harder stuff because that would make me a really mean person. I already feel horrible about myself – not giving Lindsay the benefit of the doubt and actually believing she might do something as bad as going back to boozing. But wait – I think the whole world has given LiLo the benefit of the doubt. I vaguely ... [read more >>]
	22 November 2007, 03:49GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Why Is It Dangerous to Your Health to Mix Energy Drinks with Alcohol?
	Energy drinks help you pump more alcohol than usual. But this does nothing more than to increase the effect of alcohol, as revealed by a novel study made at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. Student subjects who mixed alcohol with energy drinks were twice more vulnerable to injuries, and twice more likely to get into the hospital or ride with a drunk driver, compared to those who did not drink alcohol accompanied by energy dri ... [read more >>]
	08 November 2007, 05:56GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Beer, the Best Rehydrating Liquid after Exercising
	Those guys hanging out at the pub with their buddies till morning do not avoid the company of their wives, they are just rehydrating. The Spanish got it right: a new research made at the Granada University points that after a game of football or rugby, a beer is more efficient in rehydrating the body than water, even if you'll have a big belly. Alcohol may be linked to cancer and other diseases but the carbohydrates, sa ... [read more >>]
	06 November 2007, 05:18GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

New Technology Tells You If a Particular Wine Will Give You Headaches!
	Let's face it. There wasn’t ‘just one glass’ too much…last night you scored a new record and you cannot even remember how you got home. And now you're saying "It’s the last time I do that!"… of course… until the next time. Now, a new device made at University of California, Berkeley, and described in the journal Analytical Chemistry, could help you avoid the tremendous hangover, more specifically the &quo ... [read more >>]
	02 November 2007, 05:10GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Alcohol, The Main "Date Rape" Drug for Women
	Researches point that women are more prone to addiction than men. But what makes young women vulnerable and increases their chances to experience rape or serious sexual assault? A new study made by the Forensic and Legal Medicine team at the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, has discovered that the answer can be women's binge drinking. They team checked toxicology results coming from victims of alleged sexual assa ... [read more >>]
	23 October 2007, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Obesity Linked to Cancer
	We have become more aware of the fact that obesity causes heart issues, hypertension, stroke and diabetes. Now, obesity has been linked to cancer. Obese people are six times more vulnerable to gullet (esophageal) cancer than people of average weight, as found by a recent British research. Levels of esophageal cancer have been rapidly increasing and in some countries even faster than those of any other major type of cancer. Th ... [read more >>]
	18 October 2007, 03:33GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Drinking Mothers Deliver Boys with Abnormal Testicles
	In almost half the cases, man is the cause of a couple's infertility. In the last 4 decades, male fertility has been plummeting in developed countries, with sperm count decreasing by 1.5 % annually in the US and 3% in Europe and Australia. This, combined with the tendency of later pregnancies (that is after a woman’s fertility peak has passed) in Western populations, results in increasingly more couples having difficulties in conceivi ... [read more >>]
	10 October 2007, 14:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Heart to (Alcoholic) Heart: Brit and Lily Allen
	Lily Allen has offered her support to the world's most famous pop wreck, Britney Spears. Does anyone else see the irony in this? It's like in that story I used to hear when I was a kid, about the kettle calling the pot "fat". I mean, really, Lily Allen is definitely not the best person in the world to give advice from this point of view, seeing how we very rarely see her sober these days. But nevertheless, it ... [read more >>]
	05 October 2007, 09:44GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

No Matter What Kind of Alcohol a Woman Drinks, This Will Destroy Her Boobs
	After small quantities of alcohol have been considered to improve heart health for such a long time, recent researches show that this also can increase the risk of breast cancer. And one of the largest individual researches focusing on the effects of alcohol reveals that it does not matter what a woman drinks: wine, beer or spirits (liquor)…there will still be a risk of breast cancer. It's all about the quantity of alcohol and havi ... [read more >>]
	28 September 2007, 14:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Pamela Anderson's Partying Might Just Kill Her Off. For Real
	Pamela Anderson has already proven to us she's every inch a showgirl. The former Baywatch muse has tried her hand at pretty much everything in showbiz – and her latest finding is starring in a magic show in Las Vegas. No, this is for real – Pammy is playing assistant to magician Hans Klok, and apparently, she's quite forgotten about the rest of the things going on in her life. Like her two kids, Dylan and Brandon, whose father ... [read more >>]
	27 September 2007, 07:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Coffee + Acetaminophen (Paracetamol) = Death
	Coffee and flue do not match. Mixing large amounts of caffeine with acetaminophen (paracetamol), one of the most common painkillers used in the US and Europe could harm your liver, as found by a new research. The danger does not come only from caffeinated dinks combined with the drug, but also from medications mixing caffeine and acetaminophen against headaches, menstrual discomfort, arthritis and other issues. Paracetamol is also[ADMA ... [read more >>]
	27 September 2007, 06:00GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Red Wine Saves Men's Sexuality
	Now, we know why the French are real lover boys. And this, even at old ages. A team at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) has discovered that nutrients encountered in red wine could decrease the risk of prostate cancer. Even when successfully operated, the surgery of prostate cancer presents a high risk of letting the man impotent. In the new study, the UAB researchers fed male mice with a plant chemical abundant i ... [read more >>]
	03 September 2007, 13:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Amy Winehouse in Rehab
	Although the 23-year-old party-loving British singer Amy Winehouse is as stubborn as it gets, it looks like someone made her see sense and finally do what we've all been expecting of her. And even though her denial to seek assistance has got her to write one of her most successful hits yet, it all stopped being funny last week when she was rushed to hospital following an alleged but unconfirmed three-day party involving...cover your e ... [read more >>]
	16 August 2007, 08:43GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

New Anti Drunk-Driving Car
	Like always on Saturday night, you're dead drunk and since you’re such a brave person, you will prove that you can drive home safely on your own (by the way, who would dare try to face your punches and curses just to grab your keys?). Well, Nissan has found a solution to your problem now. If not for the sake of the others’ safety, at least at for the sake of you keeping your driving license. An array of technologies will detect a ... [read more >>]
	09 August 2007, 15:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Beer is the No 1 Alcoholic Drink for Bingers
	If you watch too many movies, you might think that the favorite drink of the binge drinkers is spirits. But a new research shows that this may be what teens prefer; American adults are more likely to have a beer can in hand than a shot glass. These 'mythbusters' are the result of two researches made by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Access seems to be the key word. Beer is cheaper and easy to find, in gas ... [read more >>]
	08 August 2007, 04:57GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Cheap Booze and Marijuana Use Connected
	One vice never comes alone. And young adults do not have many financial resources. That's why the finding of a team at the University of Buffalo Research Institute on Addictions (RIA) may not be a surprise: consumption of malt liquor, the cheap, high-alcohol beverage often marketed to teens, expose young adults to a higher risk for alcohol problems and illicit drugs consume, especially marijuana. "In our study of young adults ... [read more >>]
	27 July 2007, 08:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Top 12 Main Issues That Kill Americans
	The 9/11 event killed about 3,000 Americans. Since then, over 10 million Americans have died not because of age-related issues, most of them from causes that might have been prevented. 1. Heart disease killed between 2000-2005 3,119,142 Americans. Cases of death caused by heart disease are related to the obesity pandemics and metabolic syndrome that accompanies it. In 25 years the obesity rate doubled in US (reaching 33% and some say t ... [read more >>]
	26 July 2007, 14:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Alcohol and Aggression
	Every geek is a tough warrior after drinking one beer. Even if after such a courageous act it’s quite possible he won't be able to recover for a month. Now a team at University of Kentucky has investigated the link between alcohol and aggression to see why drunks get aggressive. Is this a general tendency or it rather depends on the individual and circumstances? Psychologist Peter Giancola and his student Michelle Corman ... [read more >>]
	20 July 2007, 06:50GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

A Child Born Already Drunk!
	Lack of maternal instinct or severe alcoholism? Polish police announced on Friday that a baby came into the world under the influence of alcohol as his mother was drunk while giving birth! Doctors took the decision of checking his blood-alcohol level when they saw the mother’s condition. What they saw left them speechless. Tests made 12 hours after the boy's birth uncovered a level of 1.2 grammes of alcohol per 1,000 grammes of blo ... [read more >>]
	19 July 2007, 13:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The Bitter End of Jim Morrison
	According to French journalist Sam Bernett, the death of legendary "Doors" front man, Jim Morrison, was not quite as "natural" as stated at the time. As hinted in the Oliver Stone's biopic movie, Morrison’s death, 36 years ago, was indeed caused by a massive drug and alcohol overdose. It seems that at the time, his demise was covered up by a network of drug dealers that provided the artist with his daily "nutr ... [read more >>]
	13 July 2007, 10:13GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The End of Britney Spears, Everybody Steer Clear!
	Britney Spears was supposed to release her comeback single last week, but she didn't. That much was expected. Britney went to rehab earlier this year but could not stop her partying spree. That too was expected. Britney is about to crash and burn again. This was also expected, just not so soon. It seems that nothing is going well for Britney these days. The media have been on her trail and have observed her every mess up, ... [read more >>]
	12 July 2007, 10:07GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

How to Treat a Hangover
	Tonight you are going to make history. You'll drink more than everybody else, have a good time and escape inhibitions, but the price you'll pay tomorrow will make you say "It’s the last time I do that!"…of course, until the next party comes. But when binging, the consequences will be eased if you eat a medium packet of potato chips or a sandwich with salami and butter about an hour before the bout. The bre ... [read more >>]
	10 July 2007, 15:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia