With Heavy Drinking On The Rise, How Much Is Too Much?
Binge-drinking sounds like an all-night bender, but here's a reality check: Many social drinkers may "binge" without knowing it. Women who drink four or more drinks on an occasion are binge-drinking.
If one glass of wine takes the edge off, why not drink a few more?
This thinking may help explain the findings of a new study that points to an increase in drinking among adults in the U.S., especially women.
"We found that both alcohol use and high-risk drinking, which is sometimes called binge-drinking, increased over time," says , a professor of epidemiology at the Columbia University Medical Center and
