Source: Drunkorexia: New Trend Sweeping College Campuses
Read the comments to the article.
Priceless.
Alcoholism
Alcohol Abuse Mortality Patterns Shift With Age
After adjustments for variables that included sex, educational status, and year of birth, alcohol use disorder was associated with a mortality hazard ratio of 5.83 (95% confidence interval, 5.76 – 5.90). However, the hazard ratio showed an inverted U-shaped curve in accordance with age.
Concurrent Cocaine, Alcohol Use Linked to Suicidality
Pot Smokers May Face 5 Times Greater Risk of Alcohol Abuse
Marijuana users also less likely to quit drinking, researchers say
Source: Pot Smokers May Face 5 Times Greater Risk of Alcohol Abuse
High Rate of Problem Drinking Reported Among Lawyers – The New York Times
Lawyers struggle with substance abuse, particularly drinking, and with depression and anxiety more commonly than some other professionals, according to a new study conducted by the American Bar Association together with the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation.
Source: High Rate of Problem Drinking Reported Among Lawyers – The New York Times
One out of three!
The Effects of Chronic Heavy Drinking on Brain Function Are Underdiagnosed – WSJ
Also unclear is whether heavy drinking during a person’s teens and 20s, when important brain connections are still forming, has a lasting effect on brain function in later life.
Source: The Effects of Chronic Heavy Drinking on Brain Function Are Underdiagnosed – WSJ
I’m screwed.
American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR): CRU: Report: Obesity and 3 Daily Alcoholic Drinks Increase Liver Cancer Risk
The report also reaffirms the clear link between alcohol consumption and liver cancer, and for the first time quantifies the amount at which risk for liver cancer rises. “We now have a little more precision on the alcohol-liver cancer link,” said Hursting. “Getting above three drinks a day seems to dramatically impact the tumorigenic process and increase risk.”
More coffee! Less beer!
SUD CAGE and AUDIT
Excessive alcohol use adversely affects an estimated 38 million (30%) adults in the United States, but surprisingly, only 1 out 6 say they talk to their doctor, nurse, or healthcare professional about drinking
via Physician’s Weekly for Medical News, Opinions, Features Articles.
So why do we continue to use outdated and perfectly useless alcohol questionnaires in our business when AUDIT and CAGE are much more effective?
Alcoholism after gastric bypass: Is it in your mind or gut? » Scienceline
In 2012, a large study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association reported that the percentage of patients abusing alcohol increased from 7.6 percent before surgery to 9.6 percent two years after surgery — that’s potentially an additional 2,000 alcoholics each year in the United States. Since then, a growing body of evidence has corroborated these findings. The longest-running study suggests the effect persists even a decade after surgery.
via Alcoholism after gastric bypass: Is it in your mind or gut? » Scienceline.
Wine, Beer or Spirits? – Global Consumption Map
HT – Helen Vangikar and Jim Wigmore.
A whole bunch of winos in France and Italy.
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