Binge drinking may shrink the brain regions linked to memory, attention in teenagers
7 years, 8 months ago

Binge drinking may shrink the brain regions linked to memory, attention in teenagers

Hindustan Times  

Binge drinking may shrink the brain regions linked to memory, attention and language in teenagers, and result in increased risk of developing alcohol use disorder later on in life, a study warns. “Given the increase of binge and heavy drinking in young people, understanding the effects of consuming large quantities of alcohol on neural development and the impact on cognitive skills is very important,” said Cservenka. “We looked at six areas to determine the deleterious impact of heavy drinking on brain response, namely - response inhibition, working memory, verbal learning and memory, decision making and reward processing, alcohol cue reactivity, and socio-cognitive/socio-emotional processing,” said Cservenka. “These brain alterations, as a result of heavy alcohol use during adolescence and young adulthood, could result in increased risk of developing an alcohol use disorder later on in life,” said Cservenka.

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The little-known side effects and benefits of Dry January on your brain
2 months, 3 weeks ago

The little-known side effects and benefits of Dry January on your brain

The Independent  

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Binge drinking to celebrate? Here's what you need to know about its repercussions
3 months, 1 week ago

Binge drinking to celebrate? Here's what you need to know about its repercussions

Hindustan Times  

With holidays coming upon us for joyous festivals like Christmas followed by New Year celebrations, many indulge in partying and drinking. While many individuals may write it off as a once-a-year thing, social drinking can quickly spiral into binge drinking with long-term effects. Binge drinking impairs cognitive function and can also cause alcohol poisoning, which has in many instances proven …

Experts warn of the perils of 'high-intensity drinking' this party season
3 months, 1 week ago

Experts warn of the perils of 'high-intensity drinking' this party season

Daily Mail  

Experts have identified a form of alcohol abuse more dangerous than binge drinking as Christmas approaches – and it's particularly common among the middle-aged. Experts say the dangerous drinking pattern is more common during the Christmas period and are urging Britons to limit the alcohol they consume in one night as festive parties come around. Experts have identified a form …

Binge drinking in teenage can trigger risky behaviour? Know the dangers of alcohol on brain health
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Binge drinking in teenage can trigger risky behaviour? Know the dangers of alcohol on brain health

Hindustan Times  

Alcohol in social situations is deep-rooted in our traditions, and has a more acceptance status than other drugs. Binge drinking and brain health: Binge drinking involves drinking large amounts of alcohol in very short period of time. However, when there is a large amount of alcohol consumed in very less time, alcohol does not get completely metabolised, making it pass …

Holiday horrors: What is high-intensity drinking, considered more dangerous than binge-drinking?
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Holiday horrors: What is high-intensity drinking, considered more dangerous than binge-drinking?

Firstpost  

The holiday season is kicking in and revellers tend to drink more than usual. While binge drinking is defined as having four or five drinks in a two-hour span, high-intensity drinking is defined as the consumption of at least eight or more drinks in a row by anyone. According to a report, published in the National Library of Medicine, high-intensity …

A single night alcohol binge more likely to cause liver disease than a few drinks a week, says study
1 year, 3 months ago

A single night alcohol binge more likely to cause liver disease than a few drinks a week, says study

The Independent  

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Even Moderate Consumption of Alcohol Causes Brain Damage: Study
3 years ago

Even Moderate Consumption of Alcohol Causes Brain Damage: Study

News 18  

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Australian alcohol guidelines: Experts reveal drinking in moderation could harm your health
3 years, 4 months ago

Australian alcohol guidelines: Experts reveal drinking in moderation could harm your health

Daily Mail  

Drinking what most might consider to be a moderate amount of alcohol could be harming your health and mental wellbeing, experts have found. The good news is that as little as four weeks of sobriety can dramatically improve health and mental wellbeing - provided the temporary abstinence leads to a more moderate and mindful approach to drinking in the long …

Sugary drinks as a child may lead to memory issues in later life
3 years, 11 months ago

Sugary drinks as a child may lead to memory issues in later life

Daily Mail  

Children who drink sugary drinks may be at increased risk of memory issues in later life, according to a new study. Scroll down for video American researchers gave a sugary drink to rats and then, when they were adults, gave them two memory tests to compare how they performed How much sugar is too much? They gave injected bacteria into …

Happy childhood may lower drink, drug risk among teens
4 years, 2 months ago

Happy childhood may lower drink, drug risk among teens

India TV News  

If your teenage child has memories of a happy childhood, they are less likely to indulge in drinking or substance abuse and enjoy learning, a new study suggests. The findings, published in the journal Addiction Research and Theory, indicated that positive attitudes towards the past, present and future put adolescents at lower risk of alcohol use, binge drinking and marijuana. …

Pre-teen sips of alcohol 'could lead to binge-drinking in adolescence
4 years, 7 months ago

Pre-teen sips of alcohol 'could lead to binge-drinking in adolescence

Daily Mail  

Pre-teens who get sips of alcohol at the dinner table from their parents are 85 per cent more likely to binge-drink in adolescence, a new study reveals. Parental supply of sips of alcoholic drinks was associated with increased risks of adverse alcohol outcomes in teenage years 'Parents should think twice before allowing their underage kids to try alcohol,' said the …

Alcohol is detrimental to health
5 years, 4 months ago

Alcohol is detrimental to health

Deccan Chronicle  

While most people are aware that alcohol consumption is harmful to health, the truth is that there is a massive increase in the year-on-year consumption of alcohol. “About 20 to 30 per cent of cases for liver transplant have alcohol as the prime reason.” Alcohol also affects most other organs of the body. “It can cause alcoholic pancreatitis, alcoholic neuropathy, …

14 drinks a week increases dementia risk in older adults
5 years, 5 months ago

14 drinks a week increases dementia risk in older adults

Hindustan Times  

If you drink nearly 14 drinks per week and already suffer from mild cognitive impairment, you may be at a higher risk of developing dementia than those who enjoy one drink a week, say researchers. Among those adults with mild cognitive impairment, the risk of dementia appeared to be highest for drinking more than 14 drinks per week compared with …

Binge Drinking Teens May Face Higher Anxiety Risk Later: Study
6 years ago

Binge Drinking Teens May Face Higher Anxiety Risk Later: Study

The Quint  

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Binge drinking dangerous for young adults' heart, says a study
6 years, 9 months ago

Binge drinking dangerous for young adults' heart, says a study

India TV News  

Young binge drinkers, take note! "Compared to previous generations, the pervasiveness, intensity and regularity of binge drinking may place today's young adult at greater risk for more profound rates of alcohol-attributable harm," said Mariann Piano, study lead author. "Young adults need to be aware that the consequences of repeated binge drinking may harm their hearts. -Young men who reported repeated …

Binge drinking could affect the health of teenage girls’ bones, study warns
6 years, 9 months ago

Binge drinking could affect the health of teenage girls’ bones, study warns

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Teenage girls who binge drink could affect the health of their …

Good news for alcohol lovers: Drinking can help to improve memory
7 years, 8 months ago

Good news for alcohol lovers: Drinking can help to improve memory

India TV News  

Good news for alcohol lovers: Drinking can help to improve memory The brain has more resources available to lay down other recently learned information into long-term memory. Alcohol may improve memory about information learned before the drinking session began, a new study from University of Exeter in Britain has claimed. Although the cause of this effect is not yet known, …

Alcohol addiction in adolescence may alter brain, affect memory
7 years, 8 months ago

Alcohol addiction in adolescence may alter brain, affect memory

India TV News  

Is your teenaged son a heavy alcohol user? Thus, there may be deleterious effects of consuming large quantities of alcohol on neural development and associated cognition during this time," said Anita Cservenka, Assistant Professor at Oregon State University in the US. Previous studies have shown that heavy drinking leads to a deficit in the ability of young people to learn …

Moderate quantities of alcohol can damage your brain, study
7 years, 9 months ago

Moderate quantities of alcohol can damage your brain, study

India TV News  

For the ones who say they drink occasionally, there’s a bad news. So a team of researchers, based at the University of Oxford and University College London, set out to investigate whether moderate alcohol consumption has a beneficial or harmful association, or no association at all, with brain structure and function.They used data on weekly alcohol intake and cognitive performance …

Do you know how heavy drinking causes accidents?
7 years, 11 months ago

Do you know how heavy drinking causes accidents?

India TV News  

Heavy drinkers, who drink 10-40 alcoholic drinks per week may think they can handle that amount of alcohol, as it leads people to judge that they’re not impaired. While heavy drinkers showed less impairment than light drinkers on a rote fine motor test over time, they did not perform better on a test involving more short-term memory, motor speed, and …

Beware! Heavy drinking may impair cognitive function in older adults, finds study
8 years, 6 months ago

Beware! Heavy drinking may impair cognitive function in older adults, finds study

India TV News  

Heavy drinking in older adults may impair cognitive function, learning, memory and motor function in older adults, according to a new study. A new study at Brown University in the US sought to elucidate the relations among age, heavy drinking, and neurocognitive function. Results showed that current heavy drinking in older adults was associated with poorer global cognitive function, learning, …

Curb binge drinking this holiday season
10 years, 3 months ago

Curb binge drinking this holiday season

India TV News  

Montreal: When the holiday season is around the corner, try not to indulge in binge drinking as bad habits we pick up in our youth may stay with us later in life, cautions a team of researchers. "Most people do not even know when they are binge drinking," said Erin O'Loughlin, researcher with Concordia University's Independent programme and department of …

Alcohol does damage adolescent brain
10 years, 3 months ago

Alcohol does damage adolescent brain

Dutch News  

The headlines earlier this week were clear. As far as the relationship between alcohol and self-regulatory functions is concerned, earlier articles have shown that the proof for the second link – the inverse relationship – is much more compelling than the first: dozens of studies have shown that children with weak self-regulatory skills are at a higher risk of alcohol …

Drink warning for the middle-aged: Too much booze can double risk of memory loss later in life
10 years, 7 months ago

Drink warning for the middle-aged: Too much booze can double risk of memory loss later in life

Daily Mail  

Researchers found that those with a history of problem drinking in middle-age more than doubled their risk of memory loss in later life Drinking too much in middle age can lead to memory loss in later life, a study has found. Lead researcher Dr Iain Lang, from the University of Exeter Medical School, said: 'We already know there is an …

Problem Drinking In Midlife Linked To Memory Trouble Later
10 years, 7 months ago

Problem Drinking In Midlife Linked To Memory Trouble Later

NPR  

Problem Drinking In Midlife Linked To Memory Trouble Later To ward off big memory problems in your 70s and beyond you may want to cork the bottle more often now. In a study of 6,500 people published this week, adults with a midlife history of drinking problems were more than twice as likely as those without alcohol problems to suffer …

Beware! A single drink at 14 can make your kid become binge drinker
10 years, 8 months ago

Beware! A single drink at 14 can make your kid become binge drinker

India TV News  

London: Having even a single drink at age 14 can make you a binge drinker, a research warns. In a first, researchers have developed a model that can help predict - with about 70 percent accuracy - which teenager will become a binge drinker.Some of the best predictors include variables like personality, sensation-seeking traits, lack of conscientiousness, and a family …

Two pints of beer a day speeds up memory loss in middle-aged men
11 years, 2 months ago

Two pints of beer a day speeds up memory loss in middle-aged men

Daily Mail  

Just two pints of beer a day 'speeds up memory loss in middle-aged men' Men in their 40s who drink two pints of beer a day at risk of memory decline Scientists tracked more than 5,000 British men for 20 years Those who drank 4.5 units a day suffered deterioration in memory The survey found men who consumed more alcohol …

Moderate drinking risky for brain cells
12 years, 5 months ago

Moderate drinking risky for brain cells

India TV News  

Washington, Oct 25: A couple of glasses of wine daily may be a good way to promote cardiovascular and brain health, but it also comes with a hidden risk - lowering brain cell production by 40 percent, new research says. Megan Anderson, a graduate student working with Tracey J. Shors, professor of behavioural and systems neuroscience at the Rutgers University, …

Student binge drinking linked to brain damage, injuries
13 years, 7 months ago

Student binge drinking linked to brain damage, injuries

China Daily  

MARIO RITTER: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. Binge Drinking and the Brain YOUNG ADULTS: "I've been drinking since I was 18." TIM MCQUEENY: "The peak years of alcohol use are during the years when the brains are still developing, especially 18 to 25 when substance use, such as binge drinking, is most prevalent." KRISTA LISDAHL MEDINA: "We …

Teen Drinking May Cause Irreversible Brain Damage
15 years, 2 months ago

Teen Drinking May Cause Irreversible Brain Damage

NPR  

Teen Drinking May Cause Irreversible Brain Damage Enlarge this image toggle caption Courtesy of Susan Tapert/Tim McQueeny, UCSD Courtesy of Susan Tapert/Tim McQueeny, UCSD For teenagers, the effects of a drunken night out may linger long after the hangover wears off. "For boys who engaged in binge drinking during adolescence, we see poor performance on tests of attention — so …

研究：少量饮酒预防老年痴呆症-英语点津
17 years, 10 months ago

研究：少量饮酒预防老年痴呆症-英语点津

China Daily  

In older people with mild cognitive impairment, having a drink now and then -- up to an average of one drink of alcohol each day -- may delay progression to dementia, new research suggests. "While many studies have assessed alcohol consumption and cognitive function in the elderly, this is the first study to look at how alcohol consumption affects the …

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