Strict sobriety goals can backfire and lead to guilt and binge drinking when people feel they’ve failed.
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“Drink responsibly” messages have not stopped risky drinking. Some say we need cancer warnings on wine bottles and beer cans like we do on cigarette packs.
Statistically, your risk for cancer goes up from the very first sip of alcohol. However, what’s lost in this messaging is how much this risk is.
Canada’s new alcohol guidelines cut the number of drinks per week in the ‘low-risk’ category by almost half for women, and by more than half for men. Here’s how researchers came to these conclusions.
The guidelines are informed by a review of the best available evidence. The less you drink, the lower the risk of harm to your health.
Are you drinking more while in lockdown? Here are some things to look out for if you’re concerned about how much alcohol you’re consuming at the moment.
Most of us wake up with a hangover after a big night. But some people also wake up with awful anxiety (‘hangxiety’) and can’t remember much of the night before because of memory blackouts. Here’s why.
New draft guidelines recommend limiting alcohol consumption to no more than ten standard drinks per week and no more than four standard drinks on any one day.
Women are catching up to men in rates of alcohol consumption and this has important implications for how we think about our community response to harmful alcohol use.
The new alcohol guidelines limit of 14 units a week for men and women hides a more complicated story.
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