News tagged with drinking age
Study: Lower legal drinking age increases poor birth outcomes
Amid renewed calls to consider reducing the legal drinking age, a new University of Georgia study finds that lower drinking ages increase unplanned pregnancies and pre-term births among young people.
May 21, 2009 |
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Intervention helps curb older adults' drinking but doesn't significantly lower drinking risks
(PhysOrg.com) -- An intervention program aimed at curbing at-risk drinking among older adults succeeded in helping these individuals significantly reduce their overall alcohol consumption, according to a new UCLA study.
Jan 21, 2011 |
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Lowering the drinking age is unlikely to curb college binge drinking
Although presidents at some U.S. colleges have argued that lowering the minimum legal drinking age could help curb binge drinking on campuses, a new study in the January issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs sugges ...
Dec 10, 2010 |
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Children of older women appear vulnerable to the effects of prenatal alcohol exposure
The presence and severity of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) are influenced by factors beyond alcohol consumption. A new study of one of those factors that may increase the risk of FASD - maternal age - has found ...
Jul 20, 2010 |
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When it comes to drinking, college men not looking for a 'girl gone wild'
College women may be drinking to excess to impress their male counterparts on campuses across the country, but a new study suggests most college men are not looking for a woman to match them drink for drink.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 09, 2009 |
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Higher drinking age linked to less binge drinking... except in college students
New research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has found substantial reductions in binge drinking since the national drinking age was set at 21 two decades ago, with one exception: college students. ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 22, 2009 |
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Later Drinking Ages Mean Less Alcohol Use
A new study finds that adults who legally were able to purchase alcohol before the age of 21 in their states are more likely than others are to be alcoholics or drug addicts.
Sep 21, 2009 |
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