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Binge Drinking Increases Risk of Type 2 Diabetes by Causing Insulin Resistance
January 30, 2013 — Binge drinking causes insulin resistance, which increases the risk of Type 2 diabetes, according to the results of an animal study. The authors further discovered that alcohol disrupts ... > full story -
Excessive Alcohol Use When You’re Young Could Have Lasting Impacts on Your Brain
January 30, 2013 — There is growing evidence for the lasting impact of alcohol on the brain. Excessive alcohol use accounts for 4% of the global burden of disease, and binge drinking particularly is becoming an ... > full story -
Rats, Like Humans, Return to Drinking Once Punishment Is Removed
January 30, 2013 — Once heavy drinking impairs function, a variety of punishment-related threats may motivate people to stop drinking: spouses may threaten divorce, employers may threaten job loss, and courts threaten ... > full story -
Best Friends Influence When Teenagers Have First Drink
January 28, 2013 — Researchers have found that teenagers who exhibit problem drinking likely got their first drink from a friend. The reason, the researchers explain, is that friends who drink are more likely to have ... > full story -
Teenagers Avoid Early Alcohol Misuse Through Personality Management
January 23, 2013 — Personality-targeted interventions delivered by trained teachers and school staff decrease alcohol misuse in at-risk teens and delay their classmates’ alcohol ... > full story -
Brain Protein Called Vimentin Can Indicate Damage to the Hippocampus Following Binge Drinking
January 22, 2013 — Binge drinking is known to increase the risk of developing dementia and/or brain damage. A new study used rodents to test markers of neurodegeneration to determine a threshold for brain damage. The ... > full story -
Alcohol Use from Adolescence to Adulthood Follows Different, Complex Pathways
January 22, 2013 — Adolescence is often a time of novelty seeking and risk taking, including the initiation of drinking. Other risk factors are also involved in trajectories of alcohol use that may develop over time. A ... > full story -
Will Proposed DSM-5 Changes to Assessment of Alcohol Problems Do Any Better?
January 22, 2013 — The upcoming fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders will likely change the criteria used to assess alcohol problems. One proposed change would collapse the two ... > full story -
The Ability to 'Hold One's Liquor' Indicates Risk of Developing Alcohol Problems
January 22, 2013 — The ability to "hold one's liquor" is a known risk factor for alcohol use disorders. New findings suggest a low subjective response (SR) to alcohol is associated with fewer acute negative ... > full story -
Reviewing Alcohol's Effects on Normal Sleep
January 22, 2013 — Sleep cycles between two states: rapid eye movement (REM) and non-rapid eye movement sleep. A review of all studies involving normal volunteers has clarified that alcohol shortens the time it takes ... > full story
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