BACKGROUND Alcohol consumption and drink/driving are positively correlated and many predictors of alcohol use also predict drink/driving. Past research has not fully distinguished the contributions of personal risk factors from the level of alcohol use in the prediction of drink/driving. As a result, the extent to which predictors are specific to drink/driving, versus due to a mutual associatio...

background: the aim of this study was investigate drinking, driving, and socio-behavioral factors among university students in low and middle income and emerging economy countries. methods: using anonymous questionnaires, data were collected from 18476 university students, of which 15151 (82.0%) were drivers of a car or motorcycle (41.3% men and 58.7% women), with a mean age of 20.7 years (sd=2...

Attempts to treat cancer with drugs that target mutated proteins have met with mixed success. By screening for compounds that alter the phenotype of glioblastoma cells-an aggressive brain tumor-Kitambi et al. identify a potential new treatment of the disease and shed light on an unusual cell death mechanism.

The report presents the results of a survey of 3,700 licensed drivers in Victoria, Australia, concerning their experiences of speed and drink-driving enforcement and their perceptions of the risk of detection for speeding and drink-driving. Exploratory analyses of the data indicate that there were five groups of correlated items. These related to the perceived risk of detection for drink drivin...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to investigate the cardiovascular hemodynamic effects of Red Bull® Energy Drink during prolonged, simulated, monotonous driving. METHODS This was a double-blind, within-subjects-design, crossover study. Twelve healthy volunteers (21.7 ± 0.8 years old) experienced each of three conditions at various times: 1) consumption of Red Bull® Energy Drink; 2) consu...