Drinking

Male alcohol use has a significant negative influence on IVF outcomes

HealthJanuary 27, 2023 3:08 PM IST

This particular study highlights the importance of expanding fertility and prepregnancy messaging.

Drinking alone during adolescence increases the risk for alcohol use disorder

HealthJuly 11, 2022 4:30 PM IST

This risk is especially high for women.

Every week of lockdown increases binge drinking, study

HealthDecember 7, 2020 1:22 PM IST

Study participants who regularly drank at harmful levels shown to consume six drinks per session, compared to two alcoholic beverages for those less regular binge drinkers.

Why men live shorter lives than women?

ScienceMarch 5, 2020 1:40 PM IST

On average, women live longer than men. 57% of all those ages 65 and older are female. By age 85, 67% are women. The...

What’s driving more women to drink?

Social ScienceAugust 20, 2019 2:45 PM IST

White women and women with more education and financial means have much higher rates of alcohol consumption.

Study highlights the relation between parent’s lenient attitude and children’s alcohol use

Social ScienceJune 12, 2019 2:30 PM IST

Alcohol use is not only an adult problem. Millions of adolescents drink alcohol. Many binge drink, having five or more drinks at a time. Exposure...

College men at bars, parties are more likely to be sexually aggressive

Social ScienceApril 25, 2019 3:43 PM IST

According to a new study by scientists at Washington State University, college men’s alcohol consumption is positively associated with sexual aggression perpetration. The reason...

Is alcohol consumption more helpful than harmful?

HealthFebruary 28, 2019 4:26 PM IST

People drink to socialize, celebrate, and relax. Alcohol often has a strong effect on people – and throughout history, we’ve struggled to understand and...