Category Archives: Alcohol Studies

Link Between Epilepsy, Alcohol Consumption Uncertain

Posted on January 27, 2022 by Joel Whitaker

Various studies have focused on how alcohol consumption leads to provoked epilepsy seizures, commonly occurring due to alcohol withdrawal, or heavy alcohol intoxication. However, very few of these studies focus on the link between alcohol consumption and unprovoked seizures. One … Continue reading →

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Prohibition Was About Prohibition, Not Saving Beer or Ending Worker Exploitation

Posted on September 26, 2021 by Joel Whitaker

Someone should tell Auggie Busch, who ran Anheuser-Busch during the dark days of Prohibition:  It wasn’t about stopping the manufacturer, sale and consumption of alcohol.  It was all about saving beer and stopping workers from being exploited. That was the … Continue reading →

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Nearly 20% Reported ‘Heavy Drinking’ During Pandemic

Posted on September 22, 2021 by Joel Whitaker

Seventeen percent of respondents to an online survey aged 21 and over reported drinking patterns that met the survey criteria for “heavy drinking” — two days in a single week in which a woman had four or more drinks or … Continue reading →

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NIAAA Parents to Warn About College Drinking

Posted on August 24, 2021 by Joel Whitaker

National institute on Alcoholism & Alcohol Abuse, citing research that shows college students that abstain from drinking often do so because parents discussed alcohol and the consequences of abuse with then, urged parents to have those talks with their teens … Continue reading →

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College Students Who Returned Home Due to Covid Drank Less: Study

Posted on December 21, 2020 by Joel Whitaker

“Drinking is a social behavior for college students, and without social interaction students are less likely to drink heavily,” says Helene R. White, Ph.D., distinguished professor emerita with the Center of Alcohol & Substance Use Studies at Rutgers, The State … Continue reading →

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Covid-19 Is Driving Us to Drink: Study

Posted on October 5, 2020 by Joel Whitaker

American adults have sharply increased their consumption of alcohol during the shutdown triggered by the coronavirus pandemic, with women increasing their heavy drinking episodes (four or more drinks within a couple of hours) by 41%, according to a new RAND … Continue reading →

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