What's driving more women to drink?
More women are drinking alcohol and an Iowa State University research team is working to understand why.
More women are drinking alcohol and an Iowa State University research team is working to understand why.
Social Sciences
Aug 20, 2019
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Trying to stay sober does not change the earnings of some workers—but it does increase the amount of money they save, according to an MIT economist's field experiment about low-income workers in India.
Economics & Business
Jun 21, 2019
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Employees turning up to work hungover, or not turning up at all, cost New Zealand $1.65 billion per year, a University of Otago study has found.
Social Sciences
Jun 7, 2019
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Researchers from Idiap Research Institute and EPFL have carried out a study using smartphone data from young Swiss people to better understand the circumstances in which they are most likely to drink. A computer model developed ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 16, 2018
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We recently studied the health and safety of sex workers in Western Australia. While such a study was conducted in 2007, we were interested to see if the sex industry had changed in the past decade, and to learn more about ...
Social Sciences
Oct 20, 2017
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Instagram could offer a novel way of monitoring the drinking habits of teenagers.
Computer Sciences
Oct 28, 2015
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Excessive alcohol use continues to be a drain on the American economy, according to a study released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Excessive drinking cost the U.S. $249 billion in 2010, or $2.05 ...
Economics & Business
Oct 16, 2015
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Vegemite has been in the news of late for all the wrong reasons. It all started when Minister for Indigenous Affairs Nigel Scullion said he'd heard the yeast extract was being used in dry communities to brew alcohol.
Biotechnology
Aug 14, 2015
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A new report from the University of Sheffield Alcohol Research Group and the Institute of Alcohol Studies (IAS) has revealed more than half of Scots and three-quarters of people from North West England are harmed by another ...
Social Sciences
Jul 13, 2015
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German aviation industry doctors said Tuesday that pilots should undergo more extensive medical checks in the wake of the Germanwings crash in the French Alps that killed 150 people.
Other
Apr 7, 2015
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