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May 31, 2006

Men Who Can't Play, Drink

Here's a shocker: Men who are not confident in their sporting abilities may try and make up for this by drinking excessively. So says Richard de Visser, whose new study looked into the masculine behaviors of young men in London and how it all affects their health. The University of...

May 31, 2006

One Drink Can Make You Blind Drunk

You don't have to be blitzed to be blind drunk, a new study shows. One stiff drink is all it takes to cause inattentional blindness, a condition where people fail to detect unexpected objects in their field of vision while focusing on another task. The study reveals that people who...

Nov 30, 2010

Craving for Alcohol May Be Linked to Obesity

People with a family history of alcoholism, especially women, have an elevated risk of also becoming obese, according to a new study. And the link between the two appears to be strengthening — the risk of becoming obese, for people with alcoholics in their family, is higher now than in...

Jun 30, 2010

How Much Alcohol Is in My Drink?

A glass of wine might seem more civilized than a no-name can of beer, but when it comes to acting uncivilized from boozing too much, wine will likely get you there quicker. In terms of alcohol content, the rule of thumb is that 12 ounces of beer is about equivalent...

May 31, 2010

Is Premium Liquor Really Better than the Cheap Stuff?

Paying more for a premium brand rather than the buying cheaper bottles of liquor might be a good idea, because you often get what you pay for come tasting time. More expensive premium liquors often have natural ingredients and more careful distilling and aging processes, so they earn their higher...

Sep 30, 2011

Excessive Drinking Costs US $224 Billion a Year

Excessive alcohol consumption costs taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars a year, according to a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2006, binge drinking, underage drinking and drinking by pregnant women cost U.S. taxpayers $223.5 billion, the CDC study showed. That breaks down to $746...

Aug 31, 2012

Cheers! 5 Intoxicating Facts About Beer

If America, and American workers, had an official alcoholic beverage, it would probably be beer. According to the Brewers Association, the overall U.S. beer market was worth $96 billion in 2011, when some 200 million barrels of beer were sold (1 barrel equals 31 gallons of beer). In the same...

Dec 31, 2011

1 in 6 Americans Are Binge Drinkers (Infographic)

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Sep 30, 2013

Ambience Influences How Whisky Tastes

A whisky sipped in a room smelling of fresh-cut grass with the sound of sheep baa-ing in the background tastes different from having the same drink in a sweet-smelling, red room with piano music playing, research suggests. Many people have noticed that the environment where food or drink is consumed...

Dec 31, 2012

Russia in a Froth? Beer Now Labeled as Alcohol

In a desperate effort to control runaway alcoholism, the government of Russia has officially declared beer is an alcoholic beverage. While this may sound obvious to many, beer and other beverages containing less than 10 percent alcohol were previously categorized as food, according to the British newspaper the Daily Telegraph....

Nov 30, 2014

Wine (and Grape) Health Claim Gets New Boost

This article was originally published on The Conversation. The publication contributed this article to Live Science's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. If you’re a teetotaller, your friends have likely tried to convince you to taste red wine by swearing on its multiple health benefits. These benefits have been credited to...

Oct 31, 2014

Why Dried Whiskey Under Microscope Looks Like Art

Dried whiskey at the bottom of a glass produces stunning images that closely resemble fine art paintings, shows new research that also helps explain how the patterns form. The effect results from both the chemical composition of whiskey as well as fluid dynamics. The presentation “Painting Pictures with Whiskey,” explaining...

Oct 31, 2015

Round for Round: Women's Drinking Rates Catching Up to Men's

Men still drink more than women in the United States, but the gap is closing, a new report finds. Over the decade-long period between 2002 and 2012, the percentage of U.S. women who reported drinking in the past month increased, and so did the the average number of days that...

Jun 30, 2015

Eye Color Linked to Alcoholism Risk

People with light-colored eyes may have a higher risk of alcoholism than people with dark-brown eyes, new research suggests. In the study, researchers looked at 1,263 Americans of European ancestry, including 992 people who were diagnosed with alcohol dependence and 271 people who were not diagnosed with alcohol dependence. They...

May 31, 2016

2 Teens Die After Drinking Racing Fuel & Soda Mix

Two teens in Tennessee died in January after drinking a mixture of racing fuel and soda at a party, which appears to have been concocted as a substitute for alcohol, according to a new report. Before the party, one of the teens took a bottle of racing fuel from the...