We study the impact of legal access to alcohol on a range of behavioral and physical outcomes of U.S. Army soldiers in a regression discontinuity design. The weBacolod, MarigeeCunha, Jesse M.Shen, Yu-ChuSocial Science Electronic Publishing...
In our study the impact of alcohol consumption on serum HCL cholesterol was greater than in most previous studies. Our findings give additional support to the hypothesis that even a very modest amount of regular physical exercise has the effect of increasing the serum HDL cholesterol level.Jukka ...
Women generally have higher rates of muscle protein synthesis compared to men66,67, and female hormones may act as a protective factor against inflammatory processes and thus weaken the impact of alcohol on muscle s trength68. Regarding harmful-drinking in women, it is also interesting ...
Introduction Alcohol dependence (AD) is associated with an increase of physical comorbidity but the effects of these diseases on hospital-based mortality are unclear. Objectives and aims. To investigate whether the burden of physical comorbidity and its relevance on general hospital-based mortality diffe...
Lower socioeconomic status was associated with a reduced level of PA, smoking and an increased alcohol intake. Future national health campaigns and treatment strategies need to target this socioeconomic impact. The reported increased PA level and reduced smoking may have important implications in ...
Also excluded were those who reported regularly drinking more than 4 standard units of alcohol a day; had a chronic mental illness, such as schizophrenia; or had medical conditions likely to compromise survival, such as metastatic cancer, or render them unable to engage in physical activity, ...
Conditions of stress and fatigue, drug use, physiological effects of exposure to noxious fumes, and physical impairments such as deafness, glaucoma, and heart diseases and their effects on driver performance are included. However, studies on alcohol effects are excluded. (This updated bibliography ...
In terms of potential mechanisms that might help explain the link between inactivity and poor mental health, other lifestyle factors and consequences of health behaviours (such as overweight/obesity [2, 27], alcohol use [28, 29], and sleep problems [30, 31]) have previously been linked to ...
Abstinence self-efficacy has been associated with improved outcomes for co-occurring disorders, which in turn may also impact physical health. This study had the goal of assessing whether abstinence self-efficacy for drugs and alcohol and availability and use of services would influence tobacco use ...
Health risk factors and the incidence of hypertension: 4-year prospective findings from a national cohort of 60569 Thai Open University students In men, hypertension was associated with physical inactivity, smoking, alcohol and fast food intake. In women, hypertension was related to having a partner...