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...equivalent of a whole bottle of wine in a night, is practiced at least once a week by 36% of British men ages 16 to 24 and by 27% of women. It leaves a trail of social debris--crime, fatal accidents, unsafe sex, date rapes, even an uptick in liver disease among those in their 20s. In places like Croydon, where the economy gets a big boost from vertical-drinking palaces that can compete for customers as far as 50 miles away, city centers have become weekend no-go zones for the sober. Says Commander Chris Allison of London...
...Harvard students with special-needs children, affectionately referred to as a “buddies.” The first day he picked up his “buddy,” he said, he was greeted by the child’s mother, who was waiting for a liver transplant. “It hit me that for two hours I could have fun with my buddy and give his mom a much-needed break from taking care of her special-needs child,” Kumar said. “You never know how much of an impact...
...information or superficial résumés, a certain level of prudence, say, not featuring oneself chugging a bottle of champagne or doing a keg stand, would be wise. Being a member of “The Blackout Club” or “I Party My Liver Away All Over the World” might say something of a student’s character that seems funny to us college students, but which might scream something else to a potential employer. Keeping an eye on ever-embarrassing “Wall” posts would be worthwhile...
BEFRIEND A BATHROOM SCALE Hop on that scale: dieters who weigh themselves daily lose more weight than those who don't, reports a yearlong study in the Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 51% Percentage of acute liver-failure cases linked to overdoses of the pain reliever acetaminophen; half the poisonings were accidental...
...after being hospitalized for a prescription-drug reaction; in London. Long before David Beckham, Best injected sex appeal into soccer, leading Manchester United to its first European Cup win in 1968. But he earned his reputation as a trouble-seeking playboy. Unable to stop drinking, even after a 2002 liver transplant, he called alcohol the "only opponent I've been unable to beat...