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NHTSA reports that the following blood alcohol levels (BAC) in a driver will have the following predictable effects on his or her ability to drive safely: (1) A BAC of .02 will result in a "[d]ecline in visual functions (rapid tracking of a moving target), a decline in the ability to perform two tasks at the same time (divided attention)"; (2 ...
In an article, How Much College Students Spend on Alcohol, a lot of statistics are given to show how many college students drink, how much they're drinking and how much they're spending on alcohol. "80% of students drink alcohol, that's 17 million college students or 2 times the population of NYC. 50% of students who drink binge drink that's 8. ...
The initial buzz and immediate effects of alcohol may be familiar. Here’s how the long-term consequences of excessive drinking can gradually take a toll on your health. 1.
The long-term effects of alcohol have been extensively researched. The health effects of long-term alcohol consumption vary depending on the amount consumed. Even light drinking poses health risks, [64] but atypically small amounts of alcohol may have health benefits. [65] Alcoholism causes severe health consequences which outweigh any ...
Alcohol can increase your risk of cancer, but it can also prevent some heart attacks. Here's the complicated truth. What alcohol does to your brain and body, according to the latest science
Interestingly, in patients that are defined as "heavy drinkers" (defined as consuming >30g of alcohol/day) decreased alcohol consumption to moderate levels has been shown to be an effective treatment; in fact [12] A retrospective cohort study analyzed data collected from over 3.8 million patients, and categorized patients as either abstinent ...
Research on alcohol's effects on cortisol dates back to the 1950s. Many studies showed a relation between the two; however, they were limited to short-term alcohol ingestion. The first human study to assess the long-term effects of alcohol ingestion on cortisol was conducted in 1966 (Mendelson et al.).
Alcohol acts as a general central nervous system depressant, but it also affects some specific areas of the brain to a greater extent than others. Memory impairment caused by alcohol has been linked to the disruption of hippocampal function—particularly affecting gamma-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) and N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) neurotransmission which negatively impacts long-term potentiation ...