A new study has found that frequent binge drinking is associated with insomnia symptoms in older adults. Results show that overall, 26.2 percent of participants had two or less binge drinking days per week, on average, and 3.1 …
Action king Dharmendra admits his drinking habit in the past wrecked his film career and destroyed him as an actor. The 77-year-old veteran, who has again teamed up with sons Bobby and Sunny for his upcoming release ‘Yamla …
Alcohol abuse and alcoholism is becoming more and more common in urban India. High taxation and even curfews aren’t making a dent in consumption. To address the problem in Rajasthan, the Catholic Diocese of Jaipur has set up …
Pooja is the kind of woman, every man wants to be with and every woman wants to be. She has a high-flying career in a leading MNC, is drop-dead gorgeous and is sharper and more driven than most of her colleagues. But she has a …
Drinking at social events is an acceptable norm now a days. Be it office parties, behind the curtains, at sit-down dinners or house-warming - there are rarely any parties or social events which do not have alcoholic beverages …
Women who drink heavily tend to pass their bad habits to their teen offspring, warns a UK study. The study conducted by think-tank Demos claims that in Britain as many as 2.5 million children, 20 percent of the total, live with a …
The battle against alcohol abuse is going online! In a society like ours where seeking rehabilitation for addiction is still considered taboo an anonymous website like www.alcoholwebindia.in can go a long way in fighting …
The 33-year-old married woman from Chandigarh had never imagined that her excessive clubbing and partying would one day push her to the brink of suicide. But it did. She was not the only one. In an increasing trend of urban women …
Alcohol use by expectant mothers can impair the mental and physical development of their babies, in what is known as foetal alcohol syndrome, show results available through advances in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Recently, …
A couple of glasses of wine daily may be a good way to promote cardiovascular and brain health, but it also comes with a hidden risk - lowering brain cell production by 40 percent, new research says. Megan Anderson, a graduate …
According to German researchers, the annual death rates of alcohol-dependent women are 460 percent higher than the non-drinking general population while male alcoholics have a 190 percent higher death rate than the general …
Alcoholism is known to cause osteoporosis, which increases risk of fractures, but it can be undone by eight weeks of abstinence and some exercise, suggests a new research. Osteoporosis, or reduced bone mineral density (BMD), is …
Complimentary drinks for women, buy one-get one offers and other freebies in Chandigarh's drinking circle could be a thing of the past with the city's administration to issue an advisory to bars, hotels, restaurants, night-clubs …
People taking three or more alcoholic drinks in daily life may be at a higher risk of stroke earlier in life than those who do not drink heavily, a new study has found. The observation has been made in a new study to be …
