How Alcohol and Drug Use Can Affect Your Intimate Relationships Substance abuse, whether it be drugs or alcohol, can deeply impact your intimate relationships. Couples, where one partner has a substance use disorder, tend to experience marital problems. Substance abuse can affect your significant other, parents, siblings, and children as well as almost any other …
Study Shows Significant Portion of Adopted Children in UK Suspected of Having Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder As discussed in a recent Guardian article, a survey conducted by Adoption UK finds that “17% of adopted children are suspected of having fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.” As many as one in four children adopted in the UK …
Alcohol-related Deaths Increase Among Women, Causing Worry During Pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic has affected nearly every person on the planet. The ongoing health crisis caused fears of sickness, hospitalization, and death. Shutdowns and economic uncertainties have led to fears about a person’s future financial stability. Headlines confirm that more women have had to leave the …
Pandemic Takes Toll on Millennial Health A new study from Blue Cross Blue Shield Association reported on by Benefits Pro shows that millennials’ health has been adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the study, over the past year, there has been a 7 percent increase in alcohol use disorder and a 12 percent …
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Does Excessive Drinking Make Divorce More Likely? Research suggests that excessive drinking by one partner can impact the couple’s chances of getting a divorce. As noted in the Medical Daily, divorce is more likely if one person is a heavy drinker and the other is not. While this information is not necessarily surprising, it …
How Alcohol Can Affect You As You Age Alcohol can affect many aspects of your health. We’ve discussed in prior blogs about how alcohol can adversely affect your heart, brain, and liver as well as how it can affect your sleep and mental health. Heavy alcohol consumption can also affect how you function and how …
Companies Are Now Offering THC Spiked Drinks As reported by NPR, Pabst Blue Ribbon has begun selling a non-alcoholic cannabis-infused seltzer. PBR’s lemon seltzer sells for $24 a four park and has hit shelves in California. One can contains 5 mg of THC and is aimed at revolutionizing the cannabis market. Other companies are …
CDC Recommendations on Drinking for Nursing Mothers The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that abstaining from alcohol is the safest option for mothers who are breastfeeding. This means that complete sobriety is often the best choice. They do state, that moderate alcohol consumption, defined as 1 drink per day “is not …
Studies Show That Fatal Traffic Accidents Are More Likely to Occur on Halloween As noted by the Chicago Tribune, fatal drunk-driving crashes are more likely to occur on Halloween than other holidays such as New Year’s Eve. Halloween traditionally proves deadly for many young people with the high number of pedestrians and drivers under the …
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