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...intervention. Another study shows that insurance companies could wind up spending less by approving bariatric surgery when compared to the life-long cost of obesity. And the latest piece of science shows that even though patients lose weight, they still need to be careful around certain indulgences - substances like alcohol have been found to have an even greater effect after surgery...
...Bariatric surgery isn't a cure-all. There are still significant diet and lifestyle changes that need to be enforced. For example, a new study from Stanford University shows that patients who have gastric bypass are more susceptible to the effects of alcohol. Inspired by an episode of Oprah Winfrey in which most individuals who had undergone gastric bypass said they got drunk faster on less alcohol, the researchers decided to test this theory. The study found that for people who had the surgery, drinking 5 ounces of wine would give them an average blood alcohol level of 0.08, while...
Because these student groups have public leadership, however, the College runs the risk of discouraging these groups from hosting social events with alcohol altogether. If the policy is enforced, it places inappropriate responsibility for every partygoer on select individuals. If the policy is not enforced, then the College will have to admit to not being able to solve the problem it set out to eradicate...
There is something wrong when the College refuses to take proactive measures on non-recognized social clubs and instead implements a “one size fits all” alcohol policy indiscriminately on all student groups. The new policy is at best, unenforceable and at worst, harmful. It is certainly an overdose of the wrong medicine...
...Perhaps as a result, the number of “incidents” dropped sharply—one student was taken to the emergency room because of alcohol poisoning, as opposed to 30 in 2004, the last time Harvard hosted The Game. And only four individuals were arrested, none of them Harvard affiliates...