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- Milan to Fine Parents of Underage Drinkers
In Milan, parents of children who drink in public or are caught with alcohol will be fined 900 Euros under an emergency law designed to curb binge drinking in Italy.
- Is Moderate Drinking Good for Your Health? Some Scientists Don’t Think So.
Every few years, the media tells us that something that used to be bad for us is now good for us and vice versa. At one point, salt was bad for us—now it can be dangerous to cut out salt altogether. Chocolate was once to be avoided but now is said to prevent certain cancers and keeps arteries from clogging.
- Histamine Plays a Role in Alcohol-Related Behavior
A new study finds that the histamine-3 receptor plays an important role in alcohol-related behavior, and that a drug that affects that receptor may be able to alter alcohol-related behavior.
- Women and Alcohol: Why They Don’t Mix
Studies show that alcohol takes more of a toll on women physically, mentally, and socially. Women become intoxicated more quickly than men and don’t absorb and metabolize alcohol the same way. In addition, women have less water in their bodies than men, so the alcohol is more concentrated. Aging also causes the amount of water in the body to decrease, making it harder to metabolize alcohol.
- Two or More Drinks a Day May Increase Risk of Pancreatic Cancer
Pancreatic cancer is one of the most fatal cancers; fewer than 5 percent of those diagnoses are still alive five years after the diagnosis. Even more disturbing is that pancreatic cancer is sometimes called a “silent killer” because it often doesn’t cause symptoms in the early stages, and the later symptoms are usually varied and non-specific. Smoking, obesity, and diets that are high in red meat are major risk factors for pancreatic cancer, and alcohol consumption was recently added to the list.
- Why Drinkers Forget the Embarrassing Things They Do
“What happened last night?” “Oh, man, I hope I didn’t do anything embarrassing.” “How did I get home?” These are common questions asked by heavy drinkers the morning after a drinking session. We’ve understood for some time now that alcohol decreases the brain’s ability to form new memories, but we now also know that of the remembered events, many more positive memories are recalled than negative ones. This helps explain why many people remember the happy moments of socializing with friends while drinking but not the negative, often embarrassing events that happen later in the drinking session.