According to the latest study by researchers at the University of Michigan, "teens who regularly consume energy drinks are twice as likely to also consume alcohol and drugs," the researchers say. The study has been published in the Journal of Addictive Medicine.
Consuming alcoholic beverages in excess is harmful to human bones, especially for healing after suffering a bone fracture, because alcohol reduces the presence of mineral in its structure. This is clear from a study carried out by researchers at Loyola University Medical Center in Chicago (USA), which provides an idea of how alcohol slows healing at the cellular and molecular levels. The findings could lead to treatments to improve bone healing in abusive alcohol users and possibly nondrinkers as well.
According to a report by researcher José Mataix Verdú, from the University of Granada, the alcoholic beverages that contain the most calories are anise (297 kcal per 100 milliliters), followed by rum, gin and whiskey (244 kcal).
A glass of beer a day could increase heart health, as it improves the condition of the blood vessels and blood flow, as well as making the arteries more flexible, according to recent research from Harokopio University in Athens, Greece.
Finasteride, a synthetic drug used to treat male pattern hair loss and benign prostatic hyperplasia, has been shown to reduce alcohol intake in rodents.
Actors smoke less and less in movies, but alcohol is still a widely used resource on the big screen, according to a study carried out by the Norris Cotton Cancer Center in Lebanon in New Hampshire (USA), which has analyzed more of 1,400 films shot between 1996 and 2009.
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