Wrongful death lawsuit tossed; teen Shelby Allen died of drinking too much alcohol
A Shasta County Superior Court judge has thrown out a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the parents of a Redding teenager who died of alcohol poisoning at a friend’s home in December 2008.
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Book Review – Here on Earth – By Tim Flannery
While detailing the great harm done by humans, Tim Flannery also writes hopefully about the earth’s future.
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Rise of the Gaia killers
The Australian paleontologist and biologist Tim Flannery has earned his broad-brimmed field hat. Flannery is the discoverer of dozens of mammal and dinosaur species, extant and extinct, across Australia and Melanesia. In books like The Future Eaters (about the devastation wrought by the settlement of Australia) and The Weather Makers (about climate change), he has won accolades as a vivid …
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Binge drinking more harmful for girls – study
Binge drinking can have a long-lasting negative effect on the brains of teenaged girls, hitting them harder than it does young boys, a study shows.
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Binge drinking during adolescence behind women’s poor map reading skills
London, July 15 : Women have been often criticised for their inability to read maps by exasperated male drivers.
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One in six UAE couples have fertility issues
Dubai Stress, late marriage, a genetic condition that produces a hormonal imbalance are the leading causes of infertility in women in the UAE, an expert said.
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Durham coalition joins effort to try and stop alcopop drinks like BLAST
An effort to get a new malt liquor off store shelves in Durham is gaining traction.
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Binge Drinking More Damaging to Teenage Girls’ Brains
  The long-term cognitive effects of binge drinking are more pronounced in teenage girls than in their male peers, according to a new study from researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and Stanford University.    …
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Boating tragedy raises questions on alcohol in boats
For more than a decade, the extended Rowley family has gathered in Central Nebraska each year for Fourth of July holidays filled with family, fireworks, boating and fun.
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Female teens ‘more vulnerable to negative effects of binge drinking’
Washington, July 16 : A new study, which examined gender-specific influences of binge drinking on spatial working memory (SWM), has found that female teens may be particularly vulnerable to the negative effects of the habit.
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Even low doses of alcohol have effect on your heart
Washington, July 16 : Moderate-to-high amounts of alcohol have been previously found to acutely impair the heart’s left ventricular (LV) performance.
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Adolescent binge drinking can damage spatial working memory
Binge or “heavy episodic” drinking is prevalent during adolescence, raising concerns about alcohol’s effects on crucial neuromaturational processes during this developmental period. Heavy alcohol use has been associated with decrements in cognitive functioning in both adult and adolescent populations, particularly on tasks of spatial working memory (SWM). This study examined gender-specific …
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Female teens ‘more vulnerable to negative effects of binge drinking’
Washington, July 16 : A new study, which examined gender-specific influences of binge drinking on spatial working memory (SWM), has found that female teens may be particularly vulnerable to the negative effects of the habit.
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Binge drinking higher in Butler County than nation
Butler County adult drinkers may impress their friends with how many they can throw back, but the findings from a recent survey suggests many of them may have a binge-drinking problem.More than 1 in 5 Butler County adults, or 23 percent, reported binge drinking in the month before the 2010 Greater Cincinnati Community Health Status survey was conducted by the Health Foundation. That’s higher …
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Research shows binge drinking is worse for girls
16 July 2011 Binge drinking is worse for teenage girls than for boys, according to new research.
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Drug czar promotes treatment for moms
National drug czar Gil Kerlikowske brought welcome news for Virginia O’Keefe and the women and children at Amethyst yesterday.
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OMG! Excessive Texting Tied to Risky Teen Behaviors
TUESDAY, Nov. 9 (HealthDay News) — Excessive texting and social networking may increase teens’ risk for dangerous health behaviors, including smoking, drinking and sexual activity, a new study suggests.
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Ready to Talk to Your Teen About Alcohol?
FRIDAY, March 4 (HealthDay News) — A free handbook to help parents learn how to talk with their teens about alcohol is being offered by the American College of Emergency Physicians and Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
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Dartmouth binge drinking project adds partners
New Hampshire’s Dartmouth College has attracted 18 more partners in its national initiative to reduce binge drinking on college campuses.
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Drinking until you forget leads to injuries for college kids
“I don’t remember how I got home from the party.” This could be a text from last night to one hard-partying college student from another.
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City looking for pub crawl improvements
Brookings city councilors want downtown business owners and their member organization, Downtown Brookings Inc., to try to come up with their own solutions for improving the city’s annual pub crawl.
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Lorenzo Neal disputes that he was arrested
In what appears to be an item from the potato-potahto/tomato-tomahto file, veteran NFL fullback Lorenzo Neal claims that he wasn’t arrested for DUI. Even though the cops said he was. “Lorenzo Neal was not arrested,” Neal told Alexan Balekian of KMJ 105.9 FM. “Lorenzo Neal got cited.” But here’s what CHP Officer Axel Reyes told…
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ND college binge drinking rates continue to fall
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The rate of binge drinking among North Dakota college students is continuing a slow decline.
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College orientation throws parent off course
Last week, as my daughter and I sat together for the welcoming session of orientation at her soon-to-be new college, I found myself thinking about my own pre-college days.
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Oswego woman pleads guilty in fatal drunk driving crash
A college student has pleaded guilty to vehicular manslaughter for killing a classmate in a two-car crash in a Rochester suburb in January.
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Montana teens drinking less, wearing seat belts
(HELENA)- A new survey says Montana teens are consuming less alcohol and wearing their seatbelts more often. But more kids are reporting they’ve been bullied at school.
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Patent trolling with Microsoft
Sometimes I really can’t figure out Microsoft. Does the left-side corporate brain not connect to the right? Take this new business in Microsoft patents supposedly applied to Android.
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New York City Store Says No Puppies For Drunk People
When you open a pet store in an area largely populated with bars you not only have to put up with drunk people all the time, you have to put up with drunk people who want to buy a puppy and that’s why a store in New York City’s West Village has started a new [...] New York City Store Says No Puppies For Drunk People is a post from: The Inquisitr
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Maternal anxiety, depression may increase risk of asthma in children
Anxiety, stress and depression during pregnancy may lead to a greater risk of asthma for your child. Study results are published in the July issue of Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, the scientific journal of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.
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Kerry Katona: ‘I’d love to play Coronation Street psycho’
Kerry Katona reveals that her acting ambitions stretch to playing a Coronation Street “psycho”.
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Boozing mothers affect babies’ response to pain: Study
The research, which will be published in the April issue of the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, showed that even healthy babies whose mothers drank while they were pregnant were affected by the alcohol.
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New York City Store Says No Puppies For Drunk People
When you open a pet store in an area largely populated with bars you not only have to put up with drunk people all the time, you have to put up with drunk people who want to buy a puppy and that’s why a store in New York City’s West Village has started a new [...] New York City Store Says No Puppies For Drunk People is a post from: The Inquisitr
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Gut Instinct: No Country for Old Cuisinarts
Cuisinart food processor. WHEN I WAS a newly minted teenager, wrestling with unruly hairs in unfamiliar places, my mother gave me a gift that would steer the direction of my culinary life.
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College binge drinkers shrug off alcohol’s ill effects
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) – For many college binge drinkers, the perceived positive effects of alcohol as a social lubricant outweigh its negative impacts, from hangovers and blackouts to missed classes, a new study shows.
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US college binge drinkers shrug off alcohol’s ill effects
NEW YORK — For many college binge drinkers, the perceived positive effects of alcohol as a social lubricant outweigh its negative impacts, from hangovers and blackouts to missed classes, a new study shows.
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College Binge Drinkers Shrug Off Alcohol’s Ill Effects
For many college binge drinkers, the perceived positive effects of alcohol as a social lubricant outweigh its negative impacts, from hangovers and blackouts to missed classes, a new study shows
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Video: Drunken thugs jailed for ‘sickening’ attack on stranger at Stalybridge bus stop
Drunken thugs who launched a ‘sickening and brutal’ attack on a stranger they found asleep at a bus stop have been jailed. Dean Hayward and Dane Simms rained punches on their victim’s head and body before one of the men kicked him in the face, a court heard.
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Oswego ranks among least healthy NY counties
OSWEGO — A collection of data compiled by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute ranks Oswego County among the most unhealthy counties in New York.
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Keeping future Leafs on straight and narrow
Before learning the do’s of pro hockey, 42 Maple Leafs wannabes must also learn the don’ts of off-ice behaviour.
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B.C. healthier
British Columbians are the healthiest people in Canada, according to Stats Can.
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Wark man died after festive holiday binge
A FORMER alcoholic from Wark died of acute alcohol poisoning after a five-day Christmas binge.
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Hospitality Association files suit over ban on alcoholic drink specials
SALT LAKE CITY — A group that promotes tourism in Utah is not happy over the elimination of happy hour. On the eve of new liquor laws going into effect in Utah, the Utah Hospitality Association has filed a federal civil lawsuit against the state.
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Binge drinking leads to brain damage
Washington, June 28 : It’s considered a rite of passage among young people — acting out their independence through heavy, episodic drinking. But a new study says binge drinking among adolescents and young adults could cause serious damage to their developing brains.
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Garvey’s idea of a university
WASHINGTON — A new set of banners, proclaiming “Intellect and Virtue: The Idea of a Catholic University,” appeared across the campus of The Catholic University of America last January alongside traditional banners with the school’s motto, Deus lux mea est (“God is my light”).
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Mom of Cornell student who died during booze-fuelled hazing ritual sues frat
The mother of a college sophomore from Brooklyn who died during a booze-fueled fraternity hazing ritual at Cornell University is suing the frat for $ 25 million, according to court papers.
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