New study identifies 4 major motivators to drink alcohol — 1 of them could be a sign of problem drinking
Most high school seniors drink because they want to experiment with alcohol, some drink for the thrill of it, and others because it helps them relax. A new study finds that a fourth group of high school students share all those reasons for drinking, but they also drink to get away from problems and to deal with anger or frustration issues. [continue reading…]
Alcohol Abuse
Psychiatry researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that a clinical diagnosis of alcohol dependence in young adults is associated with having a high number of sex partners. [continue reading…]
New research into lifelong alcohol consumption reveals that heavy binge drinking by adolescents and young adults is associated with increased long-term risk for heart disease, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, and other metabolic disorders. The risk is lower in people who start drinking alcohol later in life and maintain more moderate drinking patterns [continue reading…]
Doctors are seeing rising numbers of patients in their late teens and early 20s with severe alcohol-related disease, many of them women.
Teenage Drinkers
Link to this BBC News Feature
By Branwen Jeffreys
Health correspondent, BBC News
