High-intensity drinking is eight or more drinks in a row for women, 10 or more in a row for men. Read more at ...

High-intensity’ imbibing, on the rise among the middle-aged, escalates risk of harm, scientists say. Here’s why.

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In recent years, more women, particularly those in their late 20s and 30s, have been drinking alcohol at levels that raise ...

This includes women aged 35 and up, who are drinking excessively at increasingly high rates. Excessive alcohol use is an umbrella term that describes a range of harmful drinking patterns ...

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also showed a decline in high-intensity drinking among young adults overall. But its frequency among men aged 30 and older and women aged 18 to 64 has increased, said Camillia Lui, a scientist at ...

As my female friends and I entered our mid-40s ... at how a woman’s ability to metabolize alcohol changes in middle age, he said any changes may be due in part to the natural and inevitable ...

The biggest spike was observed among adults aged 25 to 34 ... two groups especially vulnerable to the health effects of drinking –women and older Americans – are consuming more alcohol ...

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That behavior has important consequences for women's health, said Dr. Pleil, "because many studies show this pattern of drinking enhances alcohol's harmful effects." Indeed, women had many more ...