Heavy alcohol consumption is associated with a higher risk of injury. With inhibitions relaxed by alcohol, consumers often engage in risky behaviors and increase the likelihood of injury.
A study from the Loyola University Health System offers evidence that injuries sustained while intoxicated may be more dangerous than previously understood. The researchers found that binge drinking could change the body’s...
It is well-known that drinking heavily is bad for an individual’s health, but does this also apply to those around the heavy drinker? This question was the topic of focus in a recent
ABC News report as a New Zealand study suggests that being around a heavy drinker has the ability to affect an individual’s well-being and health.
In a survey of more than 3,000 people, researchers at Massey University in...
A car salesman from Pennsylvania is facing charges in relation to a fatal car accident that killed one customer and injured the other. On December 30, 2010, Jon Christian Jensen, age forty-eight, and his twenty-year-old son Tyler went to a car dealership in Lancaster County to test-drive a Mitsubishi Lancer. Michael Hershey, also forty-eight, was the salesman on duty that day and took the men out for a test...
The pressures of everyday life have a way of dragging women down. Some women find that the often-conflicting demands of work and home add almost unbearable stress. In order to alleviate some of that stress, some women exercise, meditate or draw upon their inner calm through therapeutic shopping.
Sometimes, however, women choose unhealthy ways of relieving stress, such as smoking or drinking alcohol. While...
Moderate drinkers react to amphetamines differently than light drinkers do, which may help explain why increasing the amounts of alcohol you consume increases your risk for stimulant drug abuse, according to a new study from the University of Kentucky.
Previous research indicated that drinkers are more likely to abuse stimulant drugs, including amphetamines.
"The idea behind the present study was to follow...
