Imagine you are on a jury tasked with deciding fault in a wrongful death lawsuit. There has been a plane crash, and the grieving common-law widow is suing the airline company and the estate of the pilot for compensation. Her husband, along with three others, has been killed. The small plane only carries four, including ….
Read more ›In the United States, we don’t advertise alcohol and tobacco products to minors. The idea, shown to be true in several studies, is that you can delay or reduce the adoption of these behaviors if you keep ads away from young, impressionable minds – and especially when the products aren’t legal for kids to buy ….
Read more ›A study presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Vancouver showed that binge drinking in the elderly, even as little as once a month, led to significant increased risk of dementia. The study group was more than five thousand seniors, aged 65 and older. And the focus was on whether binge drinking behaviors would ….
Read more ›Did Alcoholic Shame Cause Mom’s Suicide? Sometimes we focus on the tragedy and forget the other victims. In this case, a mother who was accused of killing her own child while in an alcoholic stupor. Toni Medrano earned the shameful nickname, “Vodka Mom” when her story made it onto the Nancy Grace television show. Medrano ….
Read more ›Researchers have recently studied how the presence of alcohol in the stomach can affect the absorption of other, prescription drugs. The study, published in Molecular Pharmaceutics, used simulated stomach fluids to measure different rates. The speed at which a drug enters the body directly affects what happens afterwards. A drug that absorbs twice as fast ….
Read more ›There’s an ongoing battle for territory on Facebook and other social media outlets among advertisers. In a previous article we saw how self regulation is supposed to solve the problem. Certainly the alcoholic beverage industry doesn’t want the FDA or other regulatory agency stepping in and telling them what they can and cannot do. But ….
Read more ›There’s a thing about catch phrases. They get in your head. One of the most famous, “Friends don’t let friends drive drunk” has been bouncing around for years. That slogan along with “Buckle up, every trip, every time” have penetrated the public consciousness, but the organization behind them hasn’t. It’s actually been around since 1986 ….
Read more ›Rodney King became nationally famous when Los Angeles police were filmed brutally beating him in 1991. He became a symbol for institutional injustice. Last month, he was found unconscious in a swimming pool by his fiancée. King later died at the hospital. A coroner’s report, just released, shows that King had cocaine, marijuana and alcohol ….
Read more ›Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Medical School have found a target for preventing liver damage from alcoholism. The study, published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation used mice to show that blocking a specific inflammatory-causing receptor significantly lessened alcoholic hepatitis. The receptor, IL-1 is also in humans. It now seems to be a major contributor ….
Read more ›When USA Today reported on the rise of alcohol in everything from milkshakes to ice cream bars, it seemed a little unbelievable. Who, for example, wants Jack Daniels in their kids’ ice cream? Well, according to one manufacturer, the spiked ice cream sandwiches are selling pretty well, at about 10% boozy to traditional. Then there’s ….
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