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Article: Female alcoholics at a greater risk of cognitive problems
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- The Hindustan Times
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- April 24, 2007
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Washington, April 24 -- A recent research has found that alcoholic women are more likely to develop physiological and cognitive problems than their male counterparts.
The study, conducted by researchers at the University of North Carolina, has established the greater damaging physical effects that alcohol can have upon women, despite drinking less and for a shorter period of time than men.
"The term 'telescoping' generally refers to the fact that women experience the negative physiological consequences of alcohol abuse/dependence earlier in their drinking careers and with less alcohol consumption than do men," ...