News articles tagged with 'drink'
Sugary sports drinks mistakenly associated with being healthy, say UTHealth researchers
— 28 Sep 2010 14:27 | HealthChildren who practice healthy lifestyle habits such as eating fruits and vegetables and engaging in physical activity may be negatively impacting their health because they tend to consume…
Can I buy you a drink? Genetics may determine sensitivity to other people's drinking behaviour
— 23 Jul 2010 11:47 | HealthYour friend walks into a bar to meet you for happy hour. He sidles up to the bar and orders a drink - does that make you more likely to get a drink yourself? According to new findings…
1 in 10 revelers plan on consuming more than 40 units of alcohol in a single evening
— 20 Apr 2010 11:08 | HealthUsing measures of blood alcohol concentration, self-assessed and observer-assessed drunkenness, a study in the North West of England has confirmed the overwhelming prevalence of extreme…
Drinking sugar-sweetened beverages daily linked to diabetes
— 15 Mar 2010 14:28 | HealthMore Americans now drink sugar-sweetened sodas, sport drinks and fruit drinks daily, and this increase in consumption has led to more diabetes and heart disease over the past decade,…
Soft drink consumption may increase risk of pancreatic cancer
— 8 Feb 2010 12:22 | HealthConsuming two or more soft drinks per week increased the risk of developing pancreatic cancer by nearly twofold compared to individuals who did not consume soft drinks, according to…
Addictive effects of caffeine on kids being studied by UB neurobiologist
— 1 Jan 2010 11:41 | HealthCaffeine is a stimulant drug, although legal, and adults use it widely to perk themselves up: Being 'addicted' to caffeine is considered perfectly normal…
Kefir, although rich in probiotics, didn't prevent diarrhoea in children using antibiotics
— 4 Aug 2009 10:53 | HealthKefir, one of the world's oldest 'health' drinks, did little to prevent diarrhoea in young children being treated with antibiotics, say researchers at Georgetown University Medical…
OJ worse for teeth than whitening says Eastman Institute researchers
— 1 Jul 2009 01:07 | HealthWith the increasing popularity of whitening one's teeth, researchers at the Eastman Institute for Oral Health, part of the University of Rochester Medical Centre, set out to learn if…
Binge drinking linked with haemorrhagic stroke in Korean men
— 26 Jun 2009 13:28 | HealthFrequent binge drinking may dramatically increase the risk of haemorrhagic stroke, according to a South Korean study published in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association…
Zero tolerance alcohol policy good choice for parents
— 11 Jun 2009 12:08 | HealthRestaurants in Germany legally sell alcohol to teenagers after their sixteenth birthdays and French children drink wine with dinner at an early age, but U.S. parents who follow this…