Middle Age Drinking Among Women a Growing Problem

While teen drinking is a growing habit, recent research in the UK is showing a bigger problem among middle-aged men. A report in the Telegraph shows middle-aged women are drinking more than they did in their teens. This trend is putting their health at risk. The British Liver Trust and Prima magazine worked together on a joint survey, which identified that one in three women aged over 35 drinks more than they did...

The Effects of Alcohol and Gender Differences

The effects of alcohol use and alcoholism in women set them apart from their male counterparts in many ways. Women become intoxicated faster and progress into alcoholism more rapidly than do men. Women also are more likely to develop alcohol-related health problems more quickly and severely than men, thus making alcoholism, in some ways, a statistically more catastrophic and progressive illness for women than for...

Protestant Head Resigns After Drunk-Driving Charge

The head of Germany’s 25 million Protestants resigned on Wednesday after police stopped her for driving while under the influence of alcohol just four months after becoming the third woman to head a major Christian church. Reuters reports that 51-year-old Margot Kaessmann, known as the "pop bishop," is a regular on television talk shows and had been a controversial choice as head of Germany’s...

Gender Plays a Role in Alcohol Consequences

As much as feminists may hate to admit it, there are certain inherent inequalities between men and women that we cannot overcome. One of the inequalities that exist are the consequences for consuming alcohol. A recent news piece highlights the differences, including the fact that women can become intoxicated much more quickly than men. While this may seem a consequence of a mere size difference, in reality it is...

Bronx Mother Kills 11-Year-Old Girl in Drunk-Driving Crash

A Bronx mother was arrested for driving under the influence on the West Side Highway with her daughter and six other young girls in the car. Carmen Huertas, 31, crashed her vehicle early Sunday, killing an 11-year-old passenger and injuring several others. Huertas was driving a tan 1998 Mercury Sable north on the West Side Highway with seven girls to her Mount Eden home for a sleepover, according to Sgt. Carlos...