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...MAMA, BEWARE Put down that mug! A huge study of 42,000 pregnant women concludes that consuming lots of caffeine--the amount in five or more cups of coffee a day--doubles the odds of a miscarriage. Unlike previous studies, researchers didn't rely on what women said they drank. Instead they measured a byproduct of caffeine found in blood, called paraxanthine. Going cold turkey may not be necessary though: one or two cups daily seems fine. --By Janice M. Horowitz...
CLINK! Here's something to toast on New Year's: a major study shows that besides warding off heart disease, moderate amounts of alcohol may reduce the risk of stroke. The likelihood of suffering a stroke dropped 20% in men who drank anywhere from one glass a week to one glass a day. Any kind of alcohol works, but don't go overboard. Excessive booze--more than a few drinks a day--raises blood pressure, which dramatically heightens your risk of stroke...
...freshman way back in 1992, Tim and a prospective student he was hosting walked all around the outer fields and parking lots in Allston looking for a welcome tailgate and came up empty. With the morning passing by, they took what they had--a bottle of wild turkey--and drank it. What began was the concept of the Wild Turkey Party...
After nearly two decades of swapping, Jerry and Mary had their first annoyance this past summer with a couple from Italy. "They drank our wine collection," Jerry griped. Well, the Italian couple drank about 10 bottles, Mary corrected, but they didn't touch the "good" wine, and in turn had left Jerry and Mary some bottles and food in their home in Italy. Despite this, Jerry says he would gladly exchange again, only not with them...
...board closed MIT's Phi Gamma Delta fraternity in September 1997 in the wake of the death of Scott Krueger, an 18-year-old first-year. Kreuger drank himself into a coma at a fraternity party...