7 Health Risks of Binge Drinking You Can't Ignore
Binge drinking can lead to long-term health problems.
By Samantha Costa, Staff Writer Oct. 2, 2015, at 1:48 p.m.
When it comes to alcohol, do you know your limits?
If your glass of wine at dinner regularly turns into two or three, you may want to ease up. More than 38 million U.S. adults binge drink – defined as five or more drinks for men and four-plus drinks for women within a two-hour period – about four times per month. “Binge drinking is a key public health problem when it comes to excessive alcohol abuse,†says Dr. Bob Brewer, epidemiologist and lead of the alcohol program in the division of adult and community health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Consider these immediate and long-term health risks:
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