It is great to hear that a health insurance company is coming out with a useful seminar series that doesn’t’ cost an arm and a leg. Cigna has launched a free monthly drug and alcohol awareness series that focuses on underage drinking and drug abuse. The great part of it is that you don’t have to register for the course, so there is no one tracking your identity…

Teenage binge drinking is risky. It may lead to teenage alcoholism and also increases risk of alcohol poisoning which can be fatal. The definition of teenage binge drinking is consuming multiple drinks (usually 5 or more drinks for men, 4 or more for women) in a short period of time. The result is the teen's blood alcohol level rises too quickly because the liver can't process the alcohol quickly enough. The 5 signs of alcohol poisoning to look out…

Alcohol is known to cause an increase in impulsive behavior in individuals, which can not only be dangerous for themselves, but for others as well. A new study on adolescent males indicate that risky behavior may actually increases over time after periods of heavy drinking. The period known as adolescence is a significant time of change for the individual experiencing it. Some of the most important changes occur within the prefrontal cortex of the…