risk factors

Alcohol’s Secondhand Harms: Prevalence and Risk Factors

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Harmful drinking can have severe physical and psychological consequences for the person consuming alcohol. However, the negative impact does not just stop at the individual level. Researchers from the US have examined data from two parallel...

Changing Perceptions: How Harmful Is Drinking in Later Life?

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Given the current growth of ageing populations, alcohol consumption among the elderly has received increased attention. What is deemed to be a ‘safe’ level of consumption has also been thrown into question, in the light of new evidence of a...

Alcohol Use by Adolescents in Ghana

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Harmful alcohol consumption during adolescence poses a major public health issue as it affects several aspects of young peoples’ health and wellbeing. A recent study, published in the Journal of Mental Health and Prevention, has examined...

Youth, Drugs and Alcohol- Social Science Approaches

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Aarhus

Among many young Europeans, alcohol and drugs are the preferred means of altering consciousness. These substances are used as part of various social activities either on weekends in bars, nightclubs, or music festivals or on weekdays.

Monitoring the Future: Teleconference Recording

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Dr Nora Volkow, NIDA Director, discusses the results of the 2018 Monitoring the Future survey during a teleconference which took place on December 17, 2018. Monitoring the Future tracks drug use trends of 8th, 10th, and 12th-grade students...

Risk Factors for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome

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Recent studies carried out by researchers from Vanderbilt University and Johns Hopkins University have examined characteristics linked with the heightened risk NAS. The researchers found that boys are more likely to receive a diagnosis of...