Science news articles about 'alcohol binges'

Academics discuss their research on alcohol, binge drinking and brain functions

... spread of the rapid consumption of large amounts of alcohol – binge drinking - which is blamed for serious anti- ... population participating in 1.5 million binge drinking events each week, used complex ...

... among infants whose mothers reported binge-level drinking of an average of five or more drinks ... greater the blood alcohol concentration, the longer the fetus is exposed. A single binge during a critical ...

... , older people in the dependence category had significantly more alcohol binges each month than did younger people ... alcohol dependence category averaged 19 binges per month, while younger age groups in ...

... during college, including the ability to handle alcohol. Binge drinking involves consuming five ... sexual abuse to academic or mental problems and alcohol dependence. High-risk drinkers in the survey ...

... the role of the brain's stress system, which contributes to cycles of drug and alcohol binging and withdrawal, in driving these behaviors. They found that during abstinence from palatable foods, the ...

... of the brain's stress system—which had been shown to contribute to patterns of drug and alcohol binging and withdrawal—in underpinning these behaviors. To do this, the team measured levels of stress ...