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21. When You Don't Drink But Your Friends Do
    

    There's no graceful way out: Your best friend's getting married. Your boss says the holiday party is mandatory. Your mom expects you to play Santa on Christmas, like always. But now that you're sober, you're nervous about social functions where everyone will be drinking and expecting you to follow s

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22. Drunk? Coffee Won't Get You Sober
    

    Dec. 10, 2009 -- Gulping down coffee won’t sober you up if you’re drunk, but it may make you awake enough to be dangerous, new research suggests. Researchers draw that conclusion from laboratory experiments on mice, in which caffeine made drunken rodents more alert but didn’t reverse learning proble

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23. Alcoholism May Alter Sleep Long-Term
    

    Oct. 1, 2009 -- Even if they quit drinking, alcoholics still have differences in their sleep when compared with other people, a new study shows. The study, published in the Oct. 1 edition of the journal Sleep, included 42 alcoholics who had quit drinking and 42 people with no history of alcoholism.

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24. Teen Drinking Tied to Bad Choices as Adult
    

    Sept. 21, 2009 -- Abuse alcohol when you're young and you'll make unwise decisions later on in life, a new study suggests. It is well known that too much alcohol can slow down a person's ability to think, react, and make decisions at the current moment. But scientists from the University of Washingt

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25. Study: Alcohol Tied to Nearly 1 in 25 Deaths
    

    June 25, 2009 -- Approximately 4% of global deaths may be linked to alcohol, according to a new study. The study, published in The Lancet, estimates the percentage of alcohol-related deaths based on accidents, alcohol abuse, and various health conditions -- including certain cancers, high blood pres

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26. Booze Tube: TV Alcohol Ups Real Drinking
    

    March 3, 2009 -- Watching alcohol use portrayed in movies and in alcohol ads makes young men drink more beer and wine, Dutch researchers find. It's the first time a study has found that watching alcohol ads or alcohol use portrayed in movies immediately affects how much people drink. "For young adul

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27. The Language of Intoxication, Straight Up
    

    Dec. 17, 2008 -- If you've been drinking and think of yourself as "tipsy," chances are you're drunk as a skunk -- and female. If you're a man and just as inebriated, odds are you'll describe yourself as "hammered" or "wasted." Researchers are finding that the language drinkers use to describe alcoho

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28. Resveratrol May Help Treat Fatty Liver
    

    Oct. 15, 2008 -- Scientists looking for ways to help treat fatty livers have discovered that an ingredient in red wine can help protect from -- and possibly even be used to treat -- fat buildup in the liver that goes hand-in-hand with chronic alcohol use. This study zoned in on resveratrol. You've l

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29. Underage, Drunken Fans Buy Stadium Alcohol
    

    Aug. 20, 2008 -- Underage or drunken fans are often able to buy alcohol at sports stadiums, especially if it's purchased from a vendor in the stands, according to a study. The study, by University of Minnesota researchers, shows that underage fans are able to purchase a drink 18% of the time and int

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30. Study: Americans Drinking Less Alcohol
    

    Aug. 6, 2008 -- Americans may be drinking less alcohol, on average, than in the past -- and they're cutting back on beer and sipping more wine as they get older. That finding comes from 50 years of drinking data reported by 8,600 white adults in Framingham, Mass., the home of a long-term health stud

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