2019 Survey: Women In Teens And Early 20s Reported Drinking And Getting Drunk At Higher Rates Than Male Peers

 Women Now Drink As Much As Men And Suffer Health Effects More Quickly by Aneri Pattani.  NPR.  June 9, 2021

Increase In Alcohol Intake During The Pandemic: Women And Parents Of Young Children Disproportionately Affected

 Excessive Drinking Rose During The Pandemic.  Here Are Ways To Cut Back by Anahad O'Connor.  The New York Times.  April 12, 2021.  

Drinking Surged During The Pandemic; Warning Signs For Problems

Drinking Surged During The Pandemic.  Do You Know The Signs Of Addiction?  by KCUR.  Kaiser Health News.  June 24, 2020.

Death Rates Increase For Middle-Aged People Of All Racial And Ethnic Groups

It's Not Just Poor White People Driving A Decline In Life Expectancy by Gina Kolata And Sabrina Tavernise.  The New York Times.  November 26, 2019.

Turmeric, Superfood With Anti-Inflammatory Powers, Increasingly Shows Up In The Cocktail Glass

Turmeric Takes A Star Turn In Cocktails by Robert Simonson.  The New York Times.  May 20, 2019. 

Science Says Toxic Masculinity--More Than Alcohol--Leads To Sexual Assault

Science Says Toxic Masculinity More Than Alcohol--Leads To Sexual Assault by Maggie Koerth-Baker.  Five Thirty Eight.  September 28, 2018. 

Funding And Research Results: The Alcohol Industry And The Study of Moderte Drinking

Federal Agency Courted Alcohol Industry To Fund Study On Benefits Of Moderate Drinking by Roni Caryn Rabin.  The New York Times.  March 17, 2018. 

Significant Overlap Of Genetic Signature for Autism, Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, Depression And Alcoholism

Psychiatric Illnesses Share Similar Gene Activity, Study Suggests by Mark Lieber.  CNN.  February 13, 2018. 

Fetal Alcohol Disorders Affect 1.1 to 5 Percent Of Children

Far More U.S. Children Than Previously Thought May Have Fetal Alcohol Disorders by Pam Belluck.  The New York Times.  February 6, 2018. 

Women Drinking Heavily: Increasing and Increasingly Deadly

For Women, Heavy Drinking Has Been Normalized. That's Dangerous by Kimberly Kindy and Dan Keating.  The Washington Post.  December 23, 2016. 

Male And Female Drinking Patterns Becoming More Alike In The US

Male And Female Drinking Patterns Becoming More Alike In The US.  National Institutes Of Health.  November 23, 2015. 

3 Percent Of Pregnant Women Admit To Binge Drinking

10 Percent Of U.S. Women Drink During Pregnancy by Dennis Thompson.  U.S. News.  September 24, 2015. 

Small Study Suggests That Simulated Enivorments Created Thru Virtual Reality Could Help Treat Alcoholism

Could "Virtual Reality" Treat Alcoholism.  Medical Xpress.  June 24, 2015.

Health-Conscious Drinkers Inspire New Alcohol Options

From Gluten-Free Beer To Kombucha, Alcohol Options For Health-Conscious Drinkers by Rebecca R. Ruiz.  The New York Times.  January 20, 2015.

Research: Most Heavy Drinkers Are Not Alcoholics, Suggesting New Approaches To Modify Behavior

Study:  Heavy Drinkers Are Rarely Alcoholics by Elizabeth Armstrong Moore.  USA Today.  November 21, 2014.

Excessive Drinking: Responsible For 1 In 10 Deaths And 224 Billion In Annual Costs

Excessive Drinking Responsible For 1 In 10 Deaths Among Working-Age Adults.  Wall Street OTC.  June 28, 2014.

Kids With Higher IQ--More Likely To Use Drugs; Kids With Lower IQ---More Likely To Become Addicted: Study

Smarter Kids Are Smart Enough To Avoid Alcohol And Drugs, Right?  by Maia Szalavitz.  Time.  September 13, 2013.

(1)  Scientists have documented that those with lower IQ and Less Education were more likely to become addicted because of an association with damaging __________________ and because ______________________.

(2)  Higher intelligence, according to much research, is a ______________ against alcoholism and addictions, even though smarter people are more likely ________________.

(3)  Intelligence can spur _________________ to new experiences.

(4)  Experimentation doesn't always lead to addiction  because this type of exposure only involves a few experiences before _____________________.

Talking And Timing Key To Giving Alcohol Advice To College Students

Study Reports College Students Listen To Advice About Alcohol by Cheri Cheng.  Counsel & Heal.  March 31, 2013.

The most favorable effects were obtained when parents talked with children before they entered college.  The Penn State study looked at several different drinking levels and diverse styles of presentation.

Alcohol Use Is Ignored Factor iIn Cancer Deaths

Alcohol Causes 20,000 Cancer Deaths In The U.S. Annually by Michelle Castillo.  CBS News.  February 16, 2013.

3.5 percent of all cancer deaths are caused by alcohol according to a study in the American Journal of Public Health.  The World Health Organization has said that alcohol is the third largest risk factor for disease burden and that 30 percent of cancer deaths are caused by five behavioral and dietary factors:  high BMI, low fruit and vegetable intake, lack of physical activity, tobacco, and alcohol use.  The article has interesting mortality statistics.  An abstract of the article can be found here.