MONDAY, Feb. 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Young adults keep dying at higher-than-expected rates, falling prey to drug overdose and poor health, a new study says. The death rate among adults 25 to 44 was 70% higher in 2023 than it would have been had pre-2011 trends continued, researchers reportedContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A new federal report warns that drinking alcohol could raise your risk of dying early. The draft of the report released Tuesday by the Department of Health and Human Services states that “in the United States, males and females have a 1 inContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Jan. 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Think you’re too old to cave to peer pressure when it comes to boozing? That’s probably not so, a new study says. An adult’s network of social connections plays a crucial role in how heavily they tend to drink, researchers reported Jan. 1Continue Reading
FRIDAY, Jan. 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Socially awkward young adults are more prone to regularly binge drink, but they back off their boozing bouts as they become older and more secure. A new study published recently in the journal Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research shows that young adults whoContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Dec. 13, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Have you been boozing more often than usual? A new blood test might be able to tell if you’re damaging your liver from too many beers, margaritas or belts of scotch, researchers report. A blood-borne byproduct of alcohol consumption called phosphatidylethanol (PEth) canContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Nov. 21, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Think of it as collateral damage: Millions of Americans say they have been harmed by a loved one’s drug or alcohol use. One in 3 adults who responded to a new nationwide survey said they had suffered “secondhand harm” from another person’s drinking.Continue Reading
TUESDAY, Nov. 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Alcohol-related deaths have surged in the United States, nearly doubling over 20 years, and a growing number of victims are women, a new study warns. “Our study found significant gender differences in alcohol-related [death rates],” said senior author Yiota Kitsantas, head of populationContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Nov. 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — There have been a slew of studies recently supporting the notion that the same mechanisms that help folks lose weight with Ozempic and its kin also work to curb problem drinking. Now, a new study out of Britain adds to that growing pileContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 13, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The blockbuster GLP-1 drug semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) could curb drinking for people battling alcohol use disorder, helping them to avoid crises that require hospitalization, new research shows. Numerous studies had already hinted that semaglutide might act on appetite centers in the brain toContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 13, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Obesity, alcohol use and other factors are driving up rates of fatty liver disease among American adults, new research warns. By 2018, federal data showed that 42% of adults had some form of fatty liver disease — higher than prior estimates, according toContinue Reading