You Are Here: Home » Posts tagged with "Alcoholic beverage"
Chinese Herbal Medicine May Provide Novel Treatment for Alcohol Abuse
UCLA researchers have identified how a component of an ancient Chinese herbal anti-hangover medicine called dihydromyricetin, isolated from the plant Hovenia, counteracts acute alcohol intoxication and withdrawal symptoms. How People Arrived Here: China...
Minuscule Amounts of Ethanol Can More Than Double the Life Span of a Tiny Worm
Minuscule amounts of ethanol, the type of alcohol found in alcoholic beverages, can more than double the life span of a tiny worm known as Caenorhabditis elegans, which is used frequently as a model in aging studies, UCLA biochemists report. The scientists...
New Report Highlights Need for Action on Health in the Aftermath of War
Countries recovering from war are at risk of being left to their own devices in tackling non communicable diseases, leaving an “open door” for exploitation by alcohol, tobacco and food companies, health experts warn. Writing in the Bulletin...
Alcohol Can Lead to Unsafe Sex: It’s Official
A new study has found that alcohol consumption directly impacts a person’s intention to have unsafe sex. In other words, the more you drink, the stronger becomes your intention to engage in unsafe sex. Unsafe sex is the most important pathway to...
People Born After World War II are More Likely to Binge Drink And Develop Alcohol Disorders
In a review of 31 peer-reviewed and published studies, researchers at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health looked generational and gender differences in alcohol consumption, alcohol disorders, and mortality. Findings indicate that...
Parents, Communities And Other Stakeholders Called to Join the Fight Against Alcohol Abuse
Parents, communities and other stakeholders have been called to join the fight against alcohol abuse, which costs the economy at least R9 billion a year as the Department of Trade and Industry launched its Sobriety Week Campaign.
No Mercy for Drivers Who Drink And Drive
South African Transport Minister, Sibusiso Ndebele, has warned that there would be no mercy to motorists caught driving under the influence of alcohol.
Alcohol, Mood And Me (not You)
Thanks in part to studies that follow subjects for a long time, psychologists are learning more about differences between people. In a new article published in Current Directions in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological...
