Alcohol Consumption Around The World (PHOTOS, POLL)
The Organization For Economic Cooperation And Development (OECD) recently released their 2009 collection of health data sets for OECD states. Combing...
The Organization For Economic Cooperation And Development (OECD) recently released their 2009 collection of health data sets for OECD states. Combing...
Ruth Fowler | Posted 12.22.2009 | Living
If I ever started abusing substances again it will be because I have an irresistible and distorted urge to enjoy illicit substances 'recreationally,' 'without harm.' The sad thing is River, Heath, DJ AM and Brittany probably thought the same.
Spain drinking | Posted 10.12.2009 | World
MADRID, Spain -- Friday night in a Madrid square. Dozens of adolescents hanging out. Two-liter soda bottles strewn at their feet, along with colorful ...
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 10.06.2009 | Living
They say to start saving when you're young. After my 21st birthday I took this advice and made a commitment to cut down on spending. Unfortunately, beginning to save and turning 21 seem to mix about as well as Bailey's Irish cream and lime juice.
Posted 10.06.2009 | World
Australian police are gearing up for an annual crackdown on motor-racing fans - limiting race-goers to 24 cans of beer a day. The BBC reported that...
Lloyd I. Sederer, MD | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics
Have you heard a word about mental health in the deluge of discussions that populate health reform communications on TV, radio and newspapers? Have you seen any mention in Federal legislative offerings?
BBC NEWS | Posted 11.22.2009 | Living
Drinking copious amounts of alcohol in one session scuppers the immune system by knocking out proteins essential for fighting off bacteria and viruses...
wellness.com | Elizabeth Weise | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living
The numbers are troubling: An estimated 17.6 million adults in the USA are either alcoholics or have alcohol problems, according to the National Insti...
Bill Sweetland | Posted 09.13.2009 | Chicago
College presidents now threaten to supplant high school principals as the new national symbol of moral and intellectual bankruptcy, imbecility, and incompetence.
Associated Press | Posted 08.20.2009 | World
BEIJING (AP)---- One Chinese official is dead and another is in a coma after bouts of excessive drinking, state media said Monday in a report highligh...
Yahoo! News | Steven Reinberg | Posted 07.17.2009 | Living
Binge drinking among American college students is on the rise, along with its consequences of drunk driving and drinking-related deaths, U.S. health o...
Anna Wainwright | Posted 05.22.2009 | Entertainment
My love for Seth Rogen evaporated when I read an interview for his new film, Observe and Report, in which he defends the most controversial scene in the movie.
Stanton Peele | Posted 02.09.2009 | Living
How much is less than 1-2 drinks? Maybe put a touch of alcohol on your tongue every other day with an eye dropper -- no cheating and putting two drops while we're not looking!
Stanton Peele | Posted 01.18.2009 | Living
How many adult substance abusers abstain? By now, we are inured to the frequent visits to rehab by problem drinking and drug abusing entertainment figures.
Tracey Jackson | Posted 11.21.2008 | Living
These kids may be on their way to college but when they board those flights to Spring Break, passport and parent's Amex in hand, they are often still seventeen-years-old.
Chris Hall | Posted 11.02.2008 | Style
It's Fall, and already there's a hint of wintry chill in the air—especially down on Wall Street, where it looks like there won't be as many wads...
AP | EMILY FREDRIX | Posted 10.18.2008 | Home
MILWAUKEE — Twenty-five states asked beverage maker MillerCoors LLC on Wednesday to abandon plans for a new caffeine-infused alcoholic energy dr...
Christine Whelan | Posted 10.12.2008 | Living
As a professor of an intro sociology class, I've got 150 students who need to set their alarms and get to lecture -- sober -- each Friday morning.
The Guardian | Jon Henley | Posted 09.27.2008 | Style
For years, the French have dismissed out-of-control teenage drinking, like hooliganism, as "a British disease". France, it was said (by the French but...
Newsweek | Barbara Kantrowitz and Pat Wingert | Posted 09.11.2008 | Living
In the next few weeks, parents of college freshmen will be helping their kids pack up all those seemingly indispensable items for dorm life. Sending a...
Felicia C. Sullivan | Posted 07.16.2008 | Living
Is it normal to openly lament if one doesn't drink for one solitary week? Do we find ourselves saying we need that glass of wine, rather than simply enjoying and savoring it?
The Daily Telegraph | Natasha Courtenay-Smith | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living
If you love a good cocktail or two or maybe three after work (not that we would know anything about that), you might crack the occasional joke about b...
The New York Times | Benedict Carey | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living
Researchers have had a hard time understanding binge behavior. Until recently, their definition of binge drinking -- five drinks or more in 24 hours -...
Posted 12.21.2009 | World