Binge drinking teens can pay the price later in life
- Released On:April 03, 2015
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- Mirror
Drinking can cause problems with brains development, DNA and trigger psychiatric disorders and alcoholism
Teenagers who binge drink can suffer lasting damage into later life, a study said yesterday. On-off heavy drinking upsets brain development and DNA, doctors warned. It can trigger psychiatric disorders and alcoholism – long after drinking stops.
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- Joseph A. Flaherty MD, Endowed Professor of Psychiatry
- Director, Center for Alcohol Research in Epigenetics
- Professor of Biochemistry in Psychiatry
- Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology
- Director, Neuroscience Alcoholism Research
- Senior VA Career Research Scientist
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