Binge Drinking

Increased alcohol intake was associated with a significant increase in heart rate and an excess of atrial tachycardias in young adults with no history of cardiac arrhythmias, according to a study published in the European Heart Journal.

Adults assigned to an evening of binge drinking alcohol experienced elevations in heart rate and sympathetic transduction to blood pressure the following morning, researchers reported.

LGBTQ+ middle and high schoolers reported binge drinking more often and at younger ages than cisgender and heterosexual students, according to findings published in Pediatrics.

Each January, Alcohol Change UK runs Dry January, a post-holiday campaign that encourages people to abstain from alcohol for 31 days at the beginning of the year and drink more healthily year-round.

Heavy binge drinking and high polygenic risk score were associated with a sixfold higher relative excess risk for alcohol-related cirrhosis, with the presence of diabetes mellitus further increasing the risk, researchers reported.

Increased daily alcohol intake was associated with elevated ectopic adiposity, especially among individuals who reported binge drinking in the past month, researchers reported.

The use of an automated bilingual digital health tool significantly reduced the number of binge drinking episodes among Hispanic patients in the ED, representing a viable option for addressing health disparities, according to researchers.

People who increased their alcohol consumption or began binge drinking during the beginning of the pandemic had greater odds of developing mental health disorders, according to findings published in Alcohol and Alcoholism.

Even people without a history of heart disease could be vulnerable to atrial fibrillation when drinking more during the holidays, according to experts.

Excessive alcohol use was attributed to 12.9% of deaths among Americans aged 20 to 64 years from 2015 to 2019, a new study revealed.