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...this month's issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, researchers recruited 42 adults: half were between the ages of 50 and 74, and half were aged 25 to 35. The participants were given either alcoholic drinks - roughly equivalent to a couple of glasses of wine - or placebo beverages, then asked to perform tasks designed to test their motor skills. They were also asked to rate their level of intoxication on a scale of 1 to 10. While the older people were more impaired by the alcohol, they also consistently underestimated their drunkenness. That may be because...
...care providers ask their patients more probing questions about alcohol consumption. Too often, she says, the issue is addressed perfunctorily: "Do you drink?" Check. "Socially?" Check. Then the doctor moves on. Instead, Nixon thinks providers should instigate a conversation, asking questions that raise self-awareness: Are you still having wine with dinner? How much? Why? "It doesn't make you 'old' to monitor your drinking," Nixon says. Just smart...
...Starchild. Despite prevailing concerns about the flaccid economy, it had been a very good day. Stanley, however, says the rewards are more than monetary. "I like the idea that the snobbism is taken out of it here," he observes, as shaggy-haired guys in rhinestone-encrusted Kiss shirts sip wine and gaze at paintings. "I'm exposing people to art who have never been in a gallery." And they were doing something you don't often see people do at a highbrow art exhibit: they were having an incredible time...
...Ring.” There’s popcorn and cookies aplenty, but only about ten people sprawled around the television. 11:35 p.m. Krista E. Weiss ’09, former HoCo executive and the brains behind the slumber party, enters with both food and wine in hand. “I was sitting in the dining hall with my block mates, and we were talking about funny things we could do in Pfoho, and I just thought of having a sleepover,” says Weiss. According to her, the general response was positive, but the actual turnout...
...Oasis. In L.A., the Luxe Hotel's "Stay & Save" promotion offers 15% off rates if you stay three nights, or 20% off if you stay four or more nights, through July 31. In addition to the discount, you'll also get a complimentary glass of wine or cappuccino in the Luxe Lounge, plus cooling cucumber eye pads in your room, which are intended to "soothe eyes tired from reading the day's financial headlines." If you want more pampering, get massages, facials and pedicures at the hotel's spa. The hotel also has a pool and tennis court and allows...