Share of Cost, Young Adult Binge-Drinkers May Be Damaging Their Brains
Monday, Nov. 21st 2011 6:40 AM
It’s considered a rite of passage among young people – acting out their independence through heavy, episodic drinking. But a new University of Cincinnati study, the first of its kind nationally, is showing how binge drinking among adolescents and young adults could be causing serious damage to a brain that’s still under development at this age.
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