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From Tipsy To Regret: Your Tales From The Office Holiday Party

3:14pm December 16, 2015

Office soirees can be an opportunity for networking and workplace bonding. But drinking with the boss can also lead to embarrassment, injury and litigious outcomes, as the stories you shared bear out.

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Sipping on rum punch at the office party may be festive, but too much alcohol can lead to behavior that might embarrass you later

Health & Safety

Boozing At The Office Holiday Party? Use Our Tips, Take Our Survey

2:18pm December 11, 2015

by Allison Aubrey

Sipping on rum punch at the office party may be festive, but too much alcohol can lead to behavior that might embarrass you later. Read our tips on staying in control and take our survey.

It may be fine. But do we know for sure?

Why Do People Get So Bent Out Of Shape About Drinking While Pregnant?

8:24am October 26, 2015

by Nancy Shute

A lot of people think doctors are being way too absolutist about moderate drinking in pregnancy. But the doctors say since there's no way to know what's safe, it's not worth the risk.

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Abstaining while pregnant is the easiest way to reduce the risk of physical, intellectual and emotional problems in the baby, doctors say.

Pediatricians Say Absolutely No Drinking While Pregnant

2:33pm October 19, 2015

by Nancy Shute

Ten percent of pregnant women say they drink, even though doctors have spent decades saying that birth defects and developmental delays from alcohol can be prevented completely by abstaining.

When drink enters the picture, first sexual experiences tend to be riskier and less wanted.

Drinking Makes Teens' First Sexual Experience Riskier, Less Satisfying

4:23pm October 16, 2015

by Nancy Shute

When drinking is part of the picture, young women are more apt to say their first sexual experience was coerced, and that it wasn't planned with a romantic partner in an ongoing relationship.

Megan Draper (Jessica Pare) and Don Draper (Jon Hamm) raise their glasses. Many fans have been inspired to do the same, but Mad Men has a complicated relationship with alcohol.

Drinking With 'Mad Men': Cocktail Culture And The Myth Of Don Draper

4:51pm April 06, 2015

by Carly Severn

The culture of retro cocktails that the show helped reignite is intriguing, considering how much of Mad Men is actually about excessive — even abusive — drinking.

Your Drinking Habits May Be Influenced By How Much You Make

8:30am March 19, 2015

by Nancy Shute

Genetic differences explain more of the wide variation in drinking habits among people with low incomes, while higher-income people tended to drink alike.

If your idea of fun is being falling-down drunk, there's plenty for you on YouTube.

Hammered And Heedless: Do Dangerous Drinking Videos Harm Teens?

11:57am February 23, 2015

by Maanvi Singh

Being falling-down drunk is often played for laughs on YouTube videos, but those videos don't show the downside of getting trashed. That can't be good for teenagers and young adults, researchers say.

Working Longer Hours Can Mean Drinking More

12:21pm January 15, 2015

by Patti Neighmond

Working more than 48 hours a week makes risky drinking more likely, a study of people in 14 countries finds. And that held true for rich and poor, men and women.

Police officers check drivers at a sobriety checkpoint in Escondido, Calif.

Traffic Stops Persuade People To Avoid Drinking And Driving

4:17pm January 04, 2015

by Patti Neighmond

Everyone knows it's dangerous to drink and drive, but a lot of people still do it. Strict enforcement of traffic laws makes it less likely that people will get behind the wheel when soused.

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