Binge drinkers should have been identified separately

Should There Have Been a Polis in Aristotle’s Poetics?

[Reimbursement of generics in Croatia: should more have been done?].

BACKGROUND while numerous ordinances on drug pricing and reimbursement have been enacted, trying to suppress the drug expenditure in Croatia, it seemed there were inconsistencies in pricing procedures of some of the drugs. OBJECTIVES to show whether or not the pricing system given has had the desired result, we review pricing and reimbursement systems of generics in some of the EU countries a...

Increased Ventral Striatal Volume in College-Aged Binge Drinkers

BACKGROUND Binge drinking is a serious public health issue associated with cognitive, physiological, and anatomical differences from healthy individuals. No studies, however, have reported subcortical grey matter differences in this population. To address this, we compared the grey matter volumes of college-age binge drinkers and healthy controls, focusing on the ventral striatum, hippocampus a...

[Functional and dysfunctional impulsivity in young binge drinkers].

The pattern of binge drinking (BD), found especially among young people, has become an important social and health problem. However, its prevalence has not been carefully studied until recently, together with its consequences in the mid and long run and the possible risk factors. The aim of this work is to study, for the first time, the possible differences in the dimensions of functional and d...

What do binge drinkers drink? Implications for alcohol control policy.

BACKGROUND Although binge drinking (drinking five or more drinks on an occasion) is an important public health problem, little is known about which beverage types are consumed by binge drinkers. This knowledge could guide prevention efforts because beer, wine, and liquor are taxed, marketed, and distributed differently. METHODS Data from 14,150 adult binge drinkers who responded to the Behavi...