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POSTED October 24, 2011 - 15:53 | POSTED BY Jyoti Pal

RCP recommends new drinking norms – avoid alcohol three days a week

Experts at the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) opine that drinking everyday makes people more likely to slip into a cycle of binge drinking, raising their risk of liver disease and other life-threatening illnesses.

According to the new drinking limits suggested by the RCP men should have no more than 21 units of alcohol a week and women should be restricted to 14 units.

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POSTED August 30, 2011 - 15:03 | POSTED BY Simmy Mishra

Uninvolved parents behind teen bing drinking

The UK based think tank Demos has revealed in a new study that children of ‘disengaged’ parents are more likely to take up ‘binge drinking’ later in life.

The study added that parenting styles early in the childhood play a primary role in kids' drinking behaviour later in life.

POSTED August 9, 2011 - 15:19 | POSTED BY Neelam Goswami

Booze binge: Aussie girls equal men in drinking

A new study has revealed that young women in Australia are no less than their male counterparts in drinking and indulging in alcohol-fuelled violence.

The study, conducted by Queensland Academic Psychologist Gavan Palk, shows the falling difference in the rate of consuming alcohol between the men and women, as reported in the Herald Sun.

Girls outrun men in drinking

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