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Drinking Alcohol 'Harms IVF Success Rate'

Men can also see their hopes of fathering a child dashed by just a daily beer, a study from Harvard Medical School has revealed. If both partners drink, the study claims their chances of a live birth fall by up to 26%. The Boston-based ex [...]

Posted On : Oct, 22 2009 | Comments : 0

Binge drinking 'increases risk' of dementia

Heavy drinking may be to blame for one in four cases of dementia. Doctors have linked alcohol intake to the development of the brain-wasting condition in between 10 and 24% of the estimated 700,000 people in the UK with the disease. They [...]

Posted On : May, 13 2009 | Comments : 0

Heavy drinking tied to depression

Excessive alcohol drinking may increase the risk of depression, a long-term study conducted over 25 years in New Zealand has found.The study, published in the Archives of General Psychiatry, involved a group of 1,055 children who were mon [...]

Posted On : Mar, 04 2009 | Comments : 0

The Hazards of Drinking Alcohol During Pregnancy

While it is common knowledge that it is unsafe to abuse any kind of drugs during pregnancy, many people wonder if it is safe to drink alcohol during pregnancy.In a word, the answer is "no." Why? Because drinking during [...]

Posted On : Feb, 20 2009 | Comments : 0

SMART help for overeating - and over-drinking

Where do you go for help if overeating has become a habit that's hard to control? Overeaters Anonymous with its 12 Steps approach is one option, but now there's another. SMART Recovery, a free self help group program established in Sydney t [...]

Posted On : Jun, 26 2008 | Comments : 1

Gender gap in alcohol drinking, dependence shrinks

There have been marked increases in alcohol consumption and alcohol dependence among U.S. women, particularly among white and Hispanic women born in the U.S. after World War II, new research shows. "This is particularly disturbing bec [...]

Posted On : May, 06 2008 | Comments : 0

Drinking Alcohol Is Like Inviting Death

Alcohol is a psychotropic substance containing ethanol as its active ingredient or molecule. The ubiquitous nature of alcohol use or abuse in today’s world has attained the status of a truism. Ink has run freely to document the [...]

Posted On : Apr, 12 2008 | Comments : 0

Rising Toll Of Deaths From Liver Disease Blamed On Binge Dri...

Alcohol may seems good while one is consuming it but it shows its drastic side effects in the long run for life in some cases people have died also. Britain is the only developed nation where deaths from liver disease are [...]

Posted On : Jan, 29 2008 | Comments : 0

Drinking Now Can Cause Injuries Later

“Drinking is cool and in vogue.” is what is said by most of the teenagers by this generation and are unable to control themselves because they are getting deeper and deeper in this quick sand of alcoholis [...]

Posted On : Dec, 08 2007 | Comments : 0

Hazards: Heavy Drinking May Raise Risk of Endometrial Cancer

Women who have more than two alcoholic drinks a day double their risk of endometrial cancer compared with those who drink less, a new study finds.esearchers examined a multiethnic group of 41,574 postmenopausal women, following them for an [...]

Posted On : Sep, 28 2007 | Comments : 0

Drinking To Your Health

Drinking To Your Health: A r [...]

Posted On : May, 30 2007 | Comments : 0

hazards of drinking in pregnancy

Women who drink while pregnant may be putting their child at risk for fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). The term was coined in 1973 by two scientists studying the effect of alcohol on fetal development. Alcohol is extremely toxic for the develo [...]