How to survive brain trauma? Drink up! October 9, 2009
Posted by Jolie McCullough in study.Tags: alcohol, health research, trauma
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Courtesy of MedicineWorld.org
It seems like it happens all the time. There is a tragic car accident involving a drunk driver and a young teenager or a family. The drunk driver lives, and the others don’t ever seem to make it.
There have been theories as to why this happens. I, for one, used to hear that drunk drivers usually survived more often because they didn’t tense up in a crash since they are impaired as opposed to the sober victims. Whether this myth is true, I can’t say.
However, a study published in the October edition of the American Surgeon states that being intoxicated does indeed lessen your risk of death from head injuries because ethanol, the substance in alcohol, can lessen the swelling of the brain.
Depressed, obese and drunk, oh my! September 23, 2009
Posted by Jolie McCullough in study.Tags: alcohol, depression, health research, weight, women's health
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Well, women, once again, we have gotten the short end of the stick.
The University of Washington recently found evidence that depression, obesity and alcohol abuse are interrelated among women, but not men.
Courtesy of PsychCentral
Basically, the study found that women with an alcohol problem at 24 are three times more likely to be obese three years later. Furthermore, they were then twice as likely to be depressed at 30. Alternatively, those women who are depressed at age 27 were more likely to be obese at age 30.
Don’t worry, there’s more. It seems that obese men, on the other hand, are less likely to be depressed later on in life.
Carolyn McCarty, the lead author of the study said that there are most likely two reasons why women are more likely to be obese later if they abuse alcohol now. (more…)
