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eMedicine Health - Alcohol Intoxication
Learn about a person's mental and physical abilities being impaired due to an excessive amount of alcohol.

Alcohol Poisoning
Basic mechanisms, critical signs, myths, and actions to take. Information provided by the U.S. National Traffic Safety Admisistration.

First Aiders Guide to Acute Alcohol Poisoning
Information about effects on brain, signs and symptoms, treatment, detoxifying the body, the body's response to blood alcohol levels, and myths.

eMedicine.com: Alcohol Intoxication
Includes definition, signs and symptoms, treatment, physician diagnosis, information about drunk driving, photos of liver damage, and bibliography. Article by James S Cohen, MD.

Effects of Alcohol Intoxication
Includes general information and dose-specific effects. Adapted from Drug Use in American Society, 3rd ed., by William J. Bailey. Provided by the Indiana Prevention Resource Center.

WebMD: Alcohol May Raise Risk of Irregular Heartbeat
Study reported in the Archives of Internal Medicine found that drinking alcohol on a regular basis may slightly raise men's risk of developing a type of irregular heartbeat known as atrial fibrillation.

Reuters.com: Drinking by Men or Women Affects Miscarriage Risk
A Danish study shows that consumption of ten or more alcoholic drinks per week by women or men during the conception period increases the risk of a miscarriage.

Science Blog: Drinking Without Food may set you up for High Blood Pressure
An epidemiological study conducted by the University at Buffalo suggests that moderate to high consumption of all kinds of alcoholic beverages without accompanying food consumption is a significant risk factor in developing hypertension.