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Genetics, Beer Combine to Boost Gastric Cancer Risk

Specific variations that occur in three genes boost the risk of developing non-cardia gastric cancer in patients who are also heavy beer drinkers. Investigators made the announcement in a new study, which was recently presented in the United States. Experts showcased their latest research on Monday, April 4, at the 1...

5 April 2011
08:01 GMT

Stress Makes Early Drinkers Use More Alcohol

The conclusions of a new study appear to indicate that people who taste alcohol earlier on in their lives than peers are more likely to use it as a means of coping with daily stress and unpleasant situations.The correlation was found to extend over several decades, say German investigators from the Central Institute ...

18 March 2011
10:50 GMT

Alcohol Drinkers More Likely to Pick Up Amphetamines

In a new scientific investigation, researchers determined that people who consume even moderate amounts of alcohol weekly are more susceptible to becoming hooked by the addictive effects of amphetamines and other stimulants.Their “performances” were cross-referenced with those of non-alcoholics, in a new ...

20 December 2010
05:44 GMT

American Students Studying Abroad Drink More

Official statistics show that students from the United States who study aboard, mostly in European countries, tend to double the amount of alcohol they usually drink when in their native homeland. The correlation holds true for those who study a single semester or an entire year, the study shows. But some students st...

11 October 2010
09:05 GMT

More Teens Get Drunk Worldwide

A research carried out by Emmanuel Kuntsche, PhD, of Addiction Info Switzerland, Research Institute, Lausanne, and colleagues, concluded that these past years, cultural and gender-based differences in teen drunkenness have declined.Today, drunkenness has become more common among girls in Eastern Europe and less freq...

5 October 2010
06:47 GMT

Bees Drinking Habits Resemble Humans'

A new study carried out by insect scientists Drs Melanie Norgate and Adrian Dyer, working with collaborators from Monash University and the CSIRO, found out that bees have warm drinks when cold and cooler drinks when too hot.Researchers found out that at a range of ambient temperatures going from 23 to 30°C, bees...

18 August 2010
11:07 GMT

Gene Makes People Drink as Much as Others Do

A new research carried out at the Behavioral Science Institute in The Netherlands, found out that people possessing a version of the DRD4 gene were more likely to drink more if people around them did so.Why some people adapt their drinking behavior to that of others around them was a mystery scientists tried to uncov...

28 July 2010
08:34 GMT

College Drinking Still Not Addressed Properly

It's common knowledge that students tend to consume large amounts of alcohol when going to college. The problem has spiraled out of control over the past few years, with young adults engaging in alcohol abuse on a regular basis. This behavior opens up the way for a host of other problems, such as for example dri...

21 July 2010
10:46 GMT

Student Most Likely to Drink and Drive When They Turn 21

Statistics show that students who drink and drive are still a major cause of concern, as far as public health goes. Young adults tend to engage in risky behaviors throughout their college years, but none is arguably more dangerous than drinking and then getting behind the wheel. According to a new research, it would ...

1 June 2010
03:21 GMT

Alcohol Use and Pancreatic Cancer Linked

Scientists from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (SMC) say that people who drink heavily, and binge drinkers too, are at increased risk of developing pancreatic cancer. In the medical world, this condition is viewed as one of the most ruthless forms of the disease. Chances of survival are very slim...

19 May 2010
20:01 GMT

Teen Drinking and Viewing 'R'-Rated Movies Linked

According to new data, it would appear that restricting children's access to R-rated movies decreases their chances of trying out alcohol at a very young age. The researchers behind the study say that this is especially true for kids who are still in middle-school, and add that interventions from parents proved ...

26 April 2010
03:59 GMT

Youth Drinking Leads to More Risk-Taking as Adult

Experts at the University of Washington in Seattle (UWS) have recently released a new scientific report, showing that rats who consume alcohol when young tend to engage in more risky behavior than their peers, which were not allowed to drink. Scientists have been wondering for a long time if risk-taking is directly c...

22 September 2009
02:25 GMT

Study Says There's a Reason a Drunk Forgets

As studies point out, alcohol has been with us since late Stone Age (judging by the discovery of beer jugs dated 10.000 BC). It may have even been invented before bread. Still, it is the subject of many disputes and the stated cause of many wrongdoings. Some claim it's a medicine, while others point out its nega...

10 September 2008
07:18 GMT

The Day Jessica Simpson Got Drunk and Bent Over

Hooray! Jessica Simpson strikes again. And when I say "strikes", I mean it more in the sense that she "bends over", which can only be an improvement, right? The fact is, I have missed the blonde disaster, and here she is, struggling hard to make my day better. And all of a sudden, the clouds are gone, the rain is gon...

30 January 2008
08:51 GMT

Lohan Back on Track

After 45 days in rehab, Lindsay Lohan is out (again), alive and kicking. She says that this experience has changed her life completely and even determined her to start reading deep books, like Machiavelli's "The Prince". If you add all this to her promises that she'll stay sober and do whatever it takes, ev...

16 July 2007
08:28 GMT

Q: So, What's Britney Doing?

Q: But shouldn't she be at home minding the children?A: What children?Q: Oh, come on, don't make fun of me! Sean Preston and Jayden James, of course. Doesn't she have shared custody?A: Of course she has, for now. But she also has a bodyguard and lots of money, so she can leave the children at home to g...

16 July 2007
06:01 GMT


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