The most dangerous and destructive form of alcohol abuse is commonly referred to as "binge drinking," a phenomenon characterized by heavy episodic consumption. Binge drinking is identified as primary public health crises throughout the United States, particularly on college campuses. Large-scale ...
Overall, three out of four said they’d used alcohol during the previous year, and more than 1,800 were sports gamblers. Researchers found that women and men who bet on sports once or twice during the previous year were 2.4 times and 1.9 times more likely to report binge drinkin...
"Adolescents whose parents binge drink had a four times greater chance of drinking alcohol themselves compared to adolescents whose parents did not binge drink, and so this study provides more evidence that binge drinking is not only harmful to the person drinking alcohol but a...
One of the most serious problems in today's youth is drinking. Amoung high school and college students a popular and very dangerous kind of drinking. Binge drinking can cause serious injury and many college and high school kids are dying from it. Binge drinking is indentified as the... ...
Chinese binge on baijiu in dangerous drinking game 9 hours ago In China, people are binging on the country's most popular drink, baijiu, and posting the results to social media. Baijiu is a strong spirit containing up to 60% alcohol. ...
Examining the drinking patterns of 479 female Australian university students aged 18–24 years, the world-first empirical study explored the underlying belief patterns than can contribute to Drunkorexia—a damaging and dangerous behavior where disordered patterns of eating are used to offset negative eff...
"Binge drinking − defined as four or more drinks per occasion for a woman, and five or more drinks per occasion for a man − is a dangerous pattern of alcohol consumption that is associated with a wide range of health and social problems in the U.S., including car crashes, violence...
Perhaps the most interesting event of the evening is the gathering at the home of Mr and Mrs Davies, where a dozen well-dressed couples have assembled and are drinking wine and making polite conversation about the weather. Later, they will take their clothes off and have sex with one anoth...
“It is not unusual to steer clear of alcohol during the week but then overindulge on the weekend and to do this regularly, but it is a dangerous practice. Binge drinking can be worse for your health than regular moderate consumption as it is a shock to your system. No amount of a...
Binge drinking—defined as having five or more drinks for men, or four or more drinks for women, in about two hours—can lead to dangerous driving, unsafe sex and violent behavior. It also increases the risk of major health problems such as cancer, heart disease and liver failure, the rep...