Alcoholism In Women in the News

Heavy Alcohol Use During Pregnancy Shrinks Child's Brain
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"It underscores that heavy drinking during pregnancy often has lasting consequences for the child's growth and development, and reminds us that women who are, who may be, or who are trying to become pregnant, should not drink alcohol," said Ken R.
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Alcoholic women die younger
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Berlin: 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 population, German researchers have found. “Clinical …
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Study Roundup: In Some Ways Alcohol Dependency Is Worse Than Smoking …
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German researchers have found that annualized death rates for men who are alcohol dependent are 1.9 times higher than for men in the general population. For alcohol dependent women, death rates are a staggering 4.6 times higher. Both men and women …
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Excess Mortality for Alcohol-Dependent, Especially Women
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WEDNESDAY, Oct. 17 (HealthDay News) — Alcohol-dependent adults, particularly women, have excess mortality, according to a study published online Oct. 16 in Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research. Ulrich John, Ph.D., of the University Medicine …
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