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Drinking wine may increase survival among non-Hodgkin's lymphoma patients

Pre-diagnostic wine consumption may reduce the risk of death and relapse among non-Hodgkin's lymphoma patients, according to an epidemiology study presented at the American Association for Cancer Research 100th Annual Meeting ...

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Incoming college students more liberal on hot-button political, social issues, survey finds

(PhysOrg.com) -- First-year college students' political and social views shifted in a more liberal direction in 2011, according to the CIRP Freshman Survey, UCLA's annual survey of the nation's entering students at four-year ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Thinking like economists

What effect do low-cost airlines have on airfares overall? Do alcohol taxes reduce drunk-driving fatalities? Under what circumstances do food vendors rip off tourists in Manhattan?

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Apr 06, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Bad mix: Heavy beer drinking and a gene variant increases gastric cancer risk

Heavy beer drinkers who have a specific genetic variant in the cluster of three genes that metabolize alcohol are at significantly higher risk of developing non-cardia gastric cancer, according to research presented at the ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Adolescent offspring of women who drank alcohol during first trimester

Alcohol use during pregnancy is common and is associated with significant threats to the health and development of exposed offspring. Despite warnings from the Surgeon General to limit alcohol use if pregnant or contemplating ...

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created Mar 21, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Heavy drinking associated with increased risk of death from pancreatic cancer

Heavy alcohol consumption, specifically three or more glasses of liquor a day, is associated with an increased risk of death from pancreatic cancer, according to a report in the March 14 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 14, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Alcohol has stronger impact on gastric bypass patients, study finds

Patients who have had a gastric bypass operation take longer to process alcohol, potentially leading some of them to overindulge when drinking, according to the results of a new study in the February issue of the Journal of ...

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created Mar 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Density of neighborhood liquor stores is especially risky for African-Americans who drink

Previous studies have shown a strong link between neighborhood alcohol environments and outcomes such as drunk driving and violence. This study investigated linkages between neighborhood liquor stores, on-premise outlets, ...

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created Feb 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Binge drinking: Too prevalent and hazardous

Binge drinking, an activity that many young people engage in, has associated adverse health risks and we need to do a better job of controlling overall alcohol usage, states an editorial in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Associati ...

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created Jan 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

'Less is more,' when it comes to sugary, high-caffeine energy drinks, researchers say

Moderate consumption of so-called energy drinks can improve people's response time on a lab test measuring behavioral control, but those benefits disappear as people drink more of the beverage, according to a study published ...

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created Dec 02, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Booze cheaper than water in New Zealand: study

Alcohol has become cheaper than bottled water in New Zealand, a study showed Friday, with researchers warning there could be major implications for public health.

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created Oct 15, 2010 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 1


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