There’s no doubt chronic alcohol abuse changes the body’s infection-defence system. But here’s what the research says on whether a binge-drinking weekend can make people more susceptible to illness.
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Ask your friends and colleagues about young Australians and alcohol and I bet they’ll say something about a generation out of control or a binge-drinking epidemic.
A majority of Australians agree we have a problem with alcohol. But almost all say that it’s not a problem of theirs – it’s a problem that exists somewhere outside of their world.
We know much about the economic costs of sustained drinking but little about binge drinking. A new piece of research counts the cost.
By mapping alcohol’s role in domestic violence, a report published today lifts the lid on the plight of numerous Australian adults and children whose lives are negatively affected by a family member with…
February 1 marks the end of a self-imposed month of abstinence from alcohol for the (approximately) 100,000 people who signed up to Alcohol Concern’s “Dry January” or Cancer Research UK’s “Dryathlon…
Worries over binge drinking, women adopting masculine drinking patterns, and debates over legislation to restrict alcohol consumption: World War I has strange similarities to our own time. Since the 1830s…
Young adults and teenagers who listen to music that references alcohol may drink significantly more, new research suggests…
Rarely a day passes without another horror story about the UK’s drinking problem: alcohol-related violence, debauchery in city centres, record demand on A&E resources, a liver disease epidemic and…
Neknomination seems to have begun as a UK university phenomenon in 2012, but more recently burst into wider public consciousness in Australia, then South Africa and Canada. It has also been tragically…
Students who binge drink while studying have lower levels of critical thinking upon graduation. Researchers at the University…
It’s a familiar scene across many towns and cities on a Friday and Saturday night - revellers in full swing, up for a night of drinking and dancing. But a few hours later another picture starts to emerge…
A group of Australian doctors and academics has called on the Commonwealth government today to raise the legal drinking age to 21, in order to reduce the harms associated with early heavy drinking. According…
A hospital admissions study conducted by University of Queensland researchers has found no reduction in alcohol-related harm…
A community-initiated drinking awareness campaign in Indigenous communities is working, according to the latest results from…
People from areas with lower legal drinking ages may have a higher risk of binge drinking. Researchers from the US studied…
People who live close to liquor outlets have higher levels of harmful drinking and worse mental health than those who live…
A particular gene is responsible for how likely a person is to binge drink. A variation of the RASGRF-2 gene gives people…
Binge drinking is unlikely to be reduced by policies which target specific types of alcohol or drinking locations, according…
Moderate drinkers who become binge drinkers can decrease their number of new brain cells by as much as 40%, new research…
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