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Survey Proves: Difficulties Can Turn Teens Into Drug and Alcohol Addict

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Poor sleep can increase the risks of drinking habits, drug use and sexual misbehavior in teenagers, a new study suggests.

The research shows that sleep difficulties and lack of sleep is directly connected to mental and behavioral problems.

Maria M. Wrong, the main author of the report discussed the significance of sleep for adolescents. She states that parents should closely watch the sleep patterns of their child. The sleep plays an integral part in the psychological and physical health of a child.

Experts accumulated the data of nearly 6,504 adolescents from National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. The data were gathered from three different surveys. There were nearly 48 percent of girls and 52 percent of boys.

The chief objective of the study is to determine the connection between sleep and substance related issues. The   data indicates that the teenagers who experience sleep difficulties are more likely to develop interpersonal problems. Around 50 percent of teenagers who suffer from sleep issues turn into binge drinker in the future.

Additionally, the data shows that 14 percent of such teens drive drunk to the point of deadly accidents.

However, the researchers found that influence of peers and genetic factors can also turn teenagers into heavy drinkers.

The study is printed in Journal Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research.

 

Long Working Hours Are Directly Connected to Heavy Drinking

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A recent report reveals strong connection between usage of alcohol and long working hours.  It uncovers that long working hours is directly associated with the high consumption of alcohol.

The study clears out all the misconception that long office working hours will turn people in heavy drinkers. Astonishingly, researchers discovered that no matter you are a home-based worker or office employee, more than 48 hours of work can make you frequent drinker.

Researchers carried out the study through gold standard method.  They included extensive data of 61 studies in the research.  They analyzed around 333,693 of 14 different countries from all around the globe. Additionally, they examine the behavior of 100,602 people who belong to nine different countries.

Later on, researchers concluded that people who work more than 48 hours are more likely to become heavy drinkers.  The long working hours can increase the hazard of drinking up to 13 percent.

However, the limit of drinking is different in every continent. Europeans believe a heavy drinker is a person who drinks 14 drinks per week. In comparison, the guidelines of United States call a person heavy drinker if he takes 21 drinks weekly.

Marianna Virtanen, a researcher at the Finish Institute of Occupational Health explained “long hours”.  She informs that 48 working hours are considered as normal working duration. However, if the time exceeds beyond 48 hours then it comes under “long working hours”

The study is explained in the latest edition of British Medical Journal (BMJ).

Birds and Booze are just as synonymous as Humans and Booze

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Researchers have found out that birds mumble and stammer their songs just like us, humans when they get high while drinking.

Oregon Health and Science University researchers did a study in order to find out how our different parts of brain respond to alcohol. They also tested their theories on zebra finches after giving them berries and fruits spiked up with alcohol.

They pretty much saw how their birdsongs start to get affected when the alcohol in their bloodstream reaches a certain level. A 0.08 % alcohol level is enough to make the birds slur their songs. This is also the legal driving limit for humans in most of the states.

It was also observed that alcohol affects different parts of the bird’s brains differently.

The findings could help us understand how humans learned to speak because the way birds learn to sing is quite similar to us in learning to speak.

Researchers say Birds are affected by Booze just like us

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Scientists have found out that whether if you’re a person or a bird, getting drunk acts the same for both. Oregon Health and Science University’s researchers fed juiced laden with alcohol to zebra finches in order to understand how their merry songs get affected by booze.

Just as expected, their songs depicted the tale of a person getting drunk in a bar and starting to sing. Their songs became a little less melodious after alcohol level in their blood reached 0.08 %. For curiosity, this is the same level that’s the legal driving limit for us in most states. The birds began to hum their songs in a mumbling fashion which is often what happens when we drink too much. They further stated that some parts of their songs were more affected by alcohol, indicating that alcohol affected the brain activity differently in different parts of the brain.

This research was aimed at understanding how our body processes alcohol because the way birds learn to sing and we learn to speak is quite similar.

Drunken birds slur just like humans: Study says

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Researchers from Oregon Health & Science University have found that birds slur after getting drunk just like human do. Scientists selected Zebra finch, a song bird that learns to sing in the same manner as humans learn speech.

In the study made, Researcher described how a group of zebra finches reacted after being given a mixture of grape juice and ethanol. They have recorded how the acoustics of the song altered after having alcohol.

Researchers wrote “The most pronounced effects were decreased amplitude and increased entropy, the latter likely reflecting a disruption in the birds’ ability to maintain the spectral structure of song under alcohol,”

“Furthermore, specific syllables, which have distinct acoustic structures, were differentially influenced by alcohol, likely reflecting a diversity in the neural mechanisms required for their production.” They added.

Zebra finch will prove to be a powerful model in understanding how alcohol affects learned social behaviors in humans, the researchers said.

Alcohol makes birds to slur their songs: Research says

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According to the new study made on birds to understand Human speech reveal that alcohol makes birds to slur their songs.

The birds were given alcohol around 0.08 percent of their blood level which is enough as far as the bird’s standard is concerned.

Researchers from the Oregon Health and Science University allured zebra finches with spiked juice to study birdsongs to study more about human speech. Birds learn to sing in the same way as humans learn to talk. In fact it is easy to do the study on a caged bird as compared to a human infant.

So birds do give insight into the brain mechanism that makes the speech possible for human.

There hasn’t been much research on the vocal impairment caused by the alcohol just because of the lack of non-human labs that are capable of ‘speech’ to work on.

“At first we were thinking that they wouldn’t drink on their own because, you know, a lot of animals just won’t touch the stuff, But they seem to tolerate it pretty well and be somewhat willing to consume it.” Researcher Christopher Olson told NPR.

At once the birds hum and started to slur their songs.

Researcher mentioned in the study “The most pronounced effects were decreased amplitude and increased entropy,” which means that the songs got less organized and reticent.

Surprisingly all part of the song were not equally effected. Songs of Zebra finch is composed of specific syllables each with different acoustic nature and some are affected more than the others.

This made the researchers think that alcohol has a different effect on different part of the brain. Further studies may help explore more.

Experts Found Cure For Ebola- Report Says

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Thus far, Scientists are unable to find any appropriate cure and vaccine for Ebola Virus. However, the deadly virus is not an unbreakable disease.

Fortunately, Public Health Agency of Canada and several other authorities joined together in order to look for things that can kill Ebola Virus.  They jotted down a few items that are strong enough to fight with Ebola.

As per the report of World Health Organization, bleach can play a vital role in the destruction of the lethal disease.  Generally, it is used to kill harmful germs.  However, the report proposed that merely 5.25 % of bleach is enough for the Ebola disease.  It is certainly an excellent option to get rid of this disease.

Alcohol is the second best alternative to defeat the deadly disease.  The PHAC stated that a few of the alcohol based like skin care items and hand sanitizers can pose a great threat to Ebola.  Nevertheless, it is really significant to bear in mind that this virus can even enter in the human body through tiny pores. Generally, the fatal virus can survive relatively longer on the dry surfaces as compared to wet areas.

Moreover, Center of Disease Control and Prevention informed that an Ebola patient merely require 3% of acetic acid to kill Ebola. It is an organic compound which is usually present in Vinegar. Ordinary vinegar contains around 12.3 % of acetic acid which signifies that vinegar is really good for Ebola patients.

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